Careers Job Description
General Description
The New York City Mental Health Service Corps (MHSC) is a key initiative of Thrive NYC: A Mental Health Roadmap for All– a comprehensive public health approach to mental health designed to promote and protect the wellbeing of all New Yorkers. The MHSC fills the too long neglected gaps in mental health and substance use services throughout NYC by creating a corps of approximately 400 mental health clinicians able to provide effective evidence-based mental health treatment in high-need communities. Through best practices and a better design of care, the initiative will increase the diversity of behavioral health clinicians in the workforce and strengthen care where it is needed the most.
MHSC focuses on the recruitment, training, and support of early career social workers to increase access to mental health services in primary care and behavioral health settings throughout high need areas of New York City. MHSC provides a structured supervision system as required in New York for clinicians who are accumulating clinical and supervision hours towards advanced licensure. Additionally clinicians participate in a continuing professional development program provided by MHSC that includes regularly scheduled in-person and webinar based workshops. Clinicians will serve with MHSC for three years. Upon completion of these three years, clinicians will have made an important contribution to the mental health of New Yorkers.
The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is one of the specific placement opportunities within MHSC. NFP is a nationally replicated nurse home visiting program that serves first-time, low-income mothers and their families from pregnancy through the child's second birthday. The NFP model has been rigorously evaluated for over 30 years and has demonstrated significant improvements in pregnancy outcomes, parenting practices, child health and development, and family self-sufficiency. MHSC social workers placed with NFP will work under the direct supervision of The Manager of Mental Health and Strategic Partnerships. The social worker will provide short-term in-home therapy for clients identified by nurse home visitors (NHV) as requiring mental health services while also serving as an advocate to clients navigating social services. The social worker will also offer consultation to NHVs re: clients with mental health/social service needs. The ideal candidate is organized, motivated, creative, adaptive to change and willing to work in the field 80% of the time or more as needed. Bilingual Spanish a plus.
MHSC is a city-funded program housed under Hunter College, CUNY and the Research Foundation of CUNY. All MHSC staff are employees of the Research Foundation of CUNY. Excellent Benefits and Vacation Package from RF-CUNY.
Other Duties
- Conduct home visits to new mothers in New York City in this new and innovative program.
- Provide clinical care to patients to include initial assessments, diagnostic formulation, treatment planning, and treatment delivery and/or appropriate referrals.
- Treatment will include utilization of evidence-based practices and could include individual, and family treatments.
- Document treatment and outcomes in electronic medical record system at the practice.
- Facilitate referrals for clients as needed to other services and agencies.
- Complete any correspondence and documentation requirements of MHSC. Regularly check MHSC email and other communication platforms.
- Meet regularly with on-site and MHSC supervisors to discuss concerns and carry out plans for each client.
- Attend and participate in MHSC individual and group supervision, training sessions, and staff meetings.
- Follow all policies and procedures of MHSC as well as of the organization in which you are placed.
- Maintain client confidentiality as guaranteed by the Social Security Act and HIPPA.
- Work Schedule may vary and could include days, nights and weekends.
Qualifications
- MSW from accredited school of Social Work with eligibility for Limited Permit in Social Work; LMSW preferred.
- Unlicensed MSWs must apply for limited permit and must obtain license within 6 months of hire.
- Ability to travel within NYC as home visits are required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills
- Commitment to 3 years of practice with Mental Health Service Corps.
Additional Preferred Skills:
- Interest/experience in Public Health
- Interest/experience in Infant Mental health
- Interest/experience in dyadic work with infant and mother
- Interest/experience in reproductive health
- Knowledge of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Committed to racial & reproductive justice
- Familiarity with crisis intervention and Motivational Interviewing
- Excellent computer skills including: MS word, Excel, PowerPoint
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RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Full Time
$55,000.00 - $55,000.00
Apr 05, 2018 (Or Until Filled)