Clinical Social Worker - School Based - Consultation Center (61287)

University Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation.

 

Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts.

 

The Clinical Social Worker provides mental health services to children and their families with Axis I diagnoses utilizing a variety of treatment modalities on-site at Satellite School location. In this role, you will provide case management as linkage referrals, as needed, and maintain appropriate documentation of all services rendered. The Clinical Social Worker will report to the Open Access Clinical Supervisor. This position is pro-rated to follow the Board of Education 10-months school calendar 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provides mental health services to a caseload of children/adolescents in individual, group, collateral, and family modalities 

• Provide services onsite at a designated school(s) during school hours up to 5-days weekly for 10-months annually 

• Provide services to a caseload of 25 to 35 clients with a productivity benchmark of 30 sessions weekly. 

• Provides these mental health services with an awareness of, and respect for, diversity of culture, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. This knowledge shall be incorporated into therapeutic practice 

• Accepts referrals from school social workers, guidance counselors and whomever the principal deems appropriate and initiates contact as appropriate 

• Master and utilize computerized treatment systems (AWARDS) for all aspects of client record-keeping/charting, toward assuring all documentation is maintained in comprehensive, organized, and timely manner 

• Coordinates intake evaluations: scheduling of psychiatric evaluation, writing psychosocial summary, determining initial DSM IV diagnosis, assessing need for psychiatric referral 

• Writes daily progress notes, initial treatment plans, and quarterly treatment summaries for all individuals on caseload 

• Develops (with clients) measurable short-term and long-term treatment goals with action plan and completion time frame on a quarterly basis 

• Helps individuals on caseload (and their parents) access appropriate entitlement benefits and needed resources/concrete services 

• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with coworkers, school staff and community partners of the school as indicated 

• Provides 24-hour emergency coverage on a rotating basis, to all current clinic patients as per program policy guidelines 

• Maintains individual case records for caseload, assuring that necessary reports are in place, all documents are filed appropriately 

• Completes discharge summary and completes case record documentation for those clients who discontinue services in an appropriate timeframe 

• Records billable and non-billable visits/services daily 

• Fulfills all documentation required by Department of Education for funding purposes 

• Participates in weekly case conferences and supervision 

• Participates in community-building activities sponsored by program and agency and encourages participants to support these activities 

• If desired, can provide services onsite at the Consultation Center clinic or in the community with the CFTTS program when school is closed 

• Follow the Board of Education calendar regarding school closings, when taking vacation or PTO 

• Other duties as assigned 

• You have a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion 

 

Qualifications: 

• LMSW/LCSW from accredited graduate school of social work. Experience working with children / adolescents and families 

• At least 1-year post graduate experience required 

• Bilingual Spanish or Mandarin preferred 

• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, including effective written and verbal communication 

• Demonstrated leadership, including effective decision-making and problem-solving experience

• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a busy school environment

• Ability to exercise initiative and manage time efficiently.

• Must be self-efficient

• Good communication and organizational skills 

 

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, 35 hours per week 

 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team that will contribute to our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.