MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST
Family Service League Inc.
- Bay Shore, NY
- $47,000-53,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Weekly supervision hours provided
- Health and Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement Savings Plan with a 5% employer contribution
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Generous PTO (paid time off)
- Up to 11 paid Holidays
- Paid Sick Leave
- Student Tuition Remission Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Discounts and more!
- The Therapist will conduct intake assessments.
- Provide individual and group therapy to adults, adolescents, and children with the full range of DSM diagnoses, including both mental health and substance use disorders, in an acute care, outpatient setting. Periodic, field-based work required.
- The Therapist will complete all clinical documentation in accordance with NYS Office of Mental Health in an electronic medical record (EMR).
- Provide linkage and follow up to clients during stabilization period and immediately following.
- Coordinate with outside providers and collateral contacts.
- Attend routine supervisions and team meetings.
- Coordinate treatment with a multidisciplinary team.
- The Therapist will complete training and maintain proficiency with de-escalation and physical restraint skills.
- Abide by FSL's Code of Ethics.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally.
- Foster teamwork, work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions.
- Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency, and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.
- Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information, and activities.
- Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.
- All other duties as assigned.