Position Overview:

Engage with clients across the lifespan through strengths-based practice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide habilitative individual and family/psychotherapy and psycho educational skill building; micro and macro levels of advocacy; Facilitate resource mapping; Utilize DSM-V and ICD-10 codes for diagnostic and billing purposes Participation in multi-disciplinary teams of care; Connect with individuals who have so much to teach you about your practice. Commit to professional growth through group and/or individual supervision Attend trainings to stay abreast of best practice in clinic and population support Embrace Mandated Reporter and Duty to Warn Status Participate in evaluation and visioning processes to grow the department and agency. Contemporaneously document services, complete assessments and reports in a timely manner. Willingness to familiarize self, operate within, and adhere to

NYS DOH, NYS

ED, and

NYS OPWDD

regulations Professionally represent client and/or HCA while interfacing with community agencies, coalitions, etc. Maintain NYS Licensure Maintain professional boundaries and design self-care plan Ability to manage daily scheduling and goal-oriented planning. Confidence in administering Mental Health First Aid, Suicide Risk Assessments, Contracting for Safety. Prioritize and foster agency and autonomy of client Operate from a strengths-based perspective enacted through person-centered visioning.

Embrace technology:

proficiency in Electronic Medical Records, Microsoft suite, Outlook, telehealth platforms Attend mandatory trainings. Ability to be flexible with daily schedule based on the needs and requests of the consumer. Maintain working knowledge of OPWDD requirements. Other duties or programs such as group facilitation as assigned. There is a sign on Bonus up to $3,000 for this position.

HCA:

not just a job opportunity but an opportunity to make a difference.