What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Specialist II- Child Advocacy Center of Niagara position at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center?
Clinical Specialist II, Child Advocacy Center of Niagara
NATURE AND SCOPE: Provide trauma-specific counseling to children affected by trauma including physical abuse, sexual abuse, and family violence. Assess trauma symptomology, mental health functioning, develop and implement of a plan of care to meet identified needs. Participate on multidisciplinary child abuse team to provide expertise on behavioral health aspects of child abuse and maltreatment issues.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Must possess a valid license to practice in the Mental Health Professions in the state of New York through the State Education Department Office of Professions. Two years' experience assessing and treating youth. Applicants with provisional licensure status will be considered.
Requirements: This is a grant-funded position with a small case load that does not require clinician to diagnose, bill or meet units of service. Must be available one evening a week (Monday 11a- 7 pm) at the Niagara Falls location. The Clinical Specialist II will work 2 days per week in Niagara Falls and 3 days per week in the Lockport office.
Status: Full-time
Benefits Include:
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Program
Extended Illness Bank
Competitive hourly rates
Group Life Insurance
Supplemental Short-Term Disability
Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
403(b) Retirement & Savings Plan
Job-related Tuition Reimbursement Program
Who We Are:
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is the only full-service hospital in Niagara County. The facility offers a 171-bed regional medical center with extensive inpatient and outpatient services, including a full-service Medical & Psychiatric Emergency Room, The Heart Center of Niagara featuring an on-site Cath Lab, Niagara Wellness Connection Center, The Wound Center of Niagara, OB/GYN Center and UBMD Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. We also offer a comprehensive range of surgical services.
The first hospital in Niagara to be designated a stroke center by the New York State Department of Health, we operate several satellite facilities, including the Summit Healthplex, Tuscarora Health Center, primary care offices in Niagara Falls, Wheatfield, and the Town of Niagara. Schoellkopf Health Center, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that specializes in short-term rehabilitation and elder care. Like the medical center itself, Schoellkopf features 100-percent private room accommodation.
Niagara Falls Memorial's Child Advocacy Center of Niagara enjoys national accreditation. Our community health advocacy efforts coupled with extensive and productive community partnerships make us one of Western New York's most consistently innovative providers of community-based health outreach.
As one of the Greater Niagara region's largest employers, we pride ourselves on playing an active role as an economic engine and a catalyst for community growth.
Through growth and change, we remain faithful to our core mission: Improving the health of the Greater Niagara Region with a passion for excellence.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $29.00 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Salary : $29
