Bilingual Spanish Social Worker/Clinician Needed in Manhattan
Full-Time Position!
Responsibilities - Provide individual therapy and group counseling to youth
- Administer required behavioral and mental health assessments for youth
- Carry a caseload up to twelve youth, ages range from 3-17.5 years
- Coordinate services for each youth in conjunction with case manager
- Provide therapy during traditional and non-traditional hours including weekends and evenings
- Participate in 24 hour on-call phone availability for program youth and foster parents
- Attend weekly clinical team meetings
- Attend weekly staffing meetings
- Attend weekly group therapy sessions
- Provide record keeping and documentation for all clinical activities (case documentation)
HOURS PER WEEK: - Regular hours entail Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Must be available to work on-call rotations
Requirements - LMSW in the state of New York required. MSW candidates WILL be considered with a contingency to receive LMSW within 6 months of hire.
- One year of postgraduate direct service delivery experience preferred
- Experience with a strength based, cognitive behavioral, and trauma sensitive approach to treating troubled youth preferred
- Strong proficiency with completing the administrative components of treatment (case documentation) required
- Ability to work well with people from many cultures including recent immigrants, non-English speakers, and LGBTQ children
- Bilingual - English-Spanish required. All agency documents and records are in English, so English writing proficiency required. Position itself requires Spanish speaking, writing, and reading proficiency
- Valid NYS Driver's License preferred
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Howard Newman
Account Manager, Bond Health Staffing
5824 12th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11219
Office: 1-718-302-0040 ext. 204
Fax: 1-718-302-0070
Howard@bondhealthstaffing.com