What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Therapist (Community Outreach) position at Access-Supports for Living?
Location: Mt. Vernon, NY
Hours: Per Diem
Billing Rates:
15 minutes billing visit is $40
30 minutes billing visit is $50
45 Minutes billing visit is $60
1 hour billing visit is $70
What we offer:
- Supervision hours towards licensure
- Offer in-house Continuing Education Unit credits
- Employee discount program (get discounts for movies, hotels, cars, car rentals, broadway shows and much more)
- Health, wellness and self-care events across the network
- Free NYS Defensive Driving
Position Summary: Work with adults in mental health and substance abuse recovery primarily in various community settings including in participants’ homes. Promote community inclusion and provide counseling in order to achieve wellness, vocational and educational goals. Provide clinical supervision to peer staff and interns.
Responsibilities:
- Support a high-performing culture aligned with TGCW core values and B.A.S.I.C Tenets: Balance, Accountability, Satisfaction, Inclusion, and Communication.
- Complete person centered and eligibility assessment, service plans, authorization requests and case notes.
- Meet regularly with participants in their homes, communities and office providing rehabilitation services; Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment (CPST), Psychosocial Support and Rehabilitation (PSR), Family Support and Training (FST) individually or as a group when services and treatment permits.
- Provide counseling services including teaching coping skills, relapse prevention strategies, wellness management and social skills to help participants become more independent and achieve their goals.
- Work with participants’ natural support system and provide family counseling.
- Communicate/collaborate with participants’ treatment providers.
- Provide educational counseling.
- Teach independent living skills.
- Provide clinical supervision to Peer Specialists and interns.
- Participate in staff meetings, case conferences, and relevant trainings.
- Networking and promoting program to outside providers.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: LPHA required (LCSW preferred or LMSW, LMHC, LCAT, LMFT. Counseling, computer and organizational skills. Driver’s license required.
Travel Requirements: Generally, 40-60% in the field.
EEO
Salary : $70
