Social Worker - Mental Health Counselor - 0004Y - Mon-Fri 8:30AM-4:30PM

WellLife Network • Coram, NY

5d • $22 - $26

About The Position

Make an Impact. At WellLife Network, your clinical expertise helps individuals achieve wellness, recovery, and independence. Join a compassionate team of professionals dedicated to providing person-centered care across behavioral health, developmental disabilities, and community-based programs. Here, your skills make a real difference — one life, one family, and one community at a time. Position Summary: Provide Personalized Recovery Oriented Services to program participants; includes individual and group counseling as well as case management/coordination of services. Conducts assessments, reviews, develops Individualized Recovery Plans and maintains documentation of clients participation and progress.

Requirements

• Minimum of Masters Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or Rehabilitation. Experience working with individuals with mental health conditions, both individually and in group settings is required.
• or Bachelors Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or other human service area with two to three years mental health/human services experience working with individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Administration Responsible for timely and accurate documentation and follow up for assigned caseload.
• Maintain a caseload of individuals for the purpose of engagement, assessment, rehabilitation planning and goal setting/acquisition.
• Responsible for maintaining/up-keeping all records for their assigned caseload.
• Collaboratively document progress notes that document the service provision that include assessment of progress and review of IAP/IRP.
• Acts as leader/facilitator of classes and activities for which program participants are assigned.
• Develops curricula and group/class protocols as necessary.
• Participate in IPS (Individual Placement and Support), IRGA, and/or IDDT team meetings.
• Provide and initiate job development, job placement and community outreach as needed.
• Communicates information with all staff and director/supervisor(s) verbally and in writing for the purpose of imparting instructions, providing feedback and adjusting work practices.
• Complete referral process for individuals as needed.
• Participates in the discharge planning process including initiation of all necessary referrals.
• Provide individual and group rehabilitation/recovery and guidance to the PROS community members.
• Responsible to report safety issues or concerns that have been brought to their attention.
• Report any participant or program issues to the Program Director.
• Responsible for participating in evacuations and ensuring program participants safety in emergency situations (i.e. fire, fire drills, etc.).
• Work to achieve productivity standard set forth by administration.
• Supervise student interns under direction of Program Supervisor/Coordinator/Director.
• Incident reporting (when applicable).
• Comply with all Program, WellLife Network, and OMH policies and procedures, including those regarding participant rights, documentation, incident reporting.
• Adhere to OMH guidance documents and PROS standards of Care.
• Ensure compliance with all HIPAA and confidentiality guidelines.
• Uphold confidentiality.
• For those with licensure/credential, adhere to standards of care set forth by NYS Office of Professions, ones professional code of ethics.
• Ensure completion of all required educational training as directed by ones profession Operational Assist/empower individuals to identify and achieve recovery goals of employment, education, and community integration.
• Assist PROS clients in all aspects of their recovery and treatment.
• Develop and implement classes, groups and activities within the in PROS (Personalized Recovery Oriented Services) categories: IR, IDDT, CRS and CT.
• Provide services in all categories with the expectation of being part of a team of specialization such as Intensive rehabilitation goal acquisition (IRGA), Individual Placement & Support (IPS), Co-occurring disorders (IDDT), Community resource development, structured skills development, or wellness self-management.
• Classes, groups and activities are designed to facilitate the recovery of individuals diagnosed with mental health conditions.
• Provide services in all categories above such to facilitate the recovery of individuals diagnosed with mental health conditions.
• Participates in individual, group, family and other collateral meetings on and off-site.
• Be proactive regarding case reviews as needed.
• Communicates with assigned prescribers for participants on their caseload.
• Acts as liaison with other agencies to provide information about PROS program and to facilitate new referrals.
• Outreach/networking as needed.
• Coordinates treatment/recovery team meeting(s) for individuals within the program.
• Assist/empower individuals to identify and achieve recovery goals of employment, education and community integration.
• Provide coverage, as needed, of programming or classes usually facilitated by other staff that may not be scheduled to work on any given day.
• Attend and participate in regularly scheduled team meetings, in-service trainings, and supervision.
• Attend trainings and conferences as needed.
• Receive supervision by and report to the Director/Supervisor.
• Function as a vital part of an interdisciplinary team environment.

Benefits

• Compensation: Competitive hourly rate based on experience.
• Robust Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, and 401k retirement plan (with matching).
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, holidays, and personal days.
• Wellness Program: Free and low-cost gym and wellness access and support.
• Training & Growth: Ongoing professional development and career advancement opportunities.
• Meaningful Work: Direct impact on the lives of youth and their families.
• Supportive Environment: A collaborative team that values your contributions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time