This position is responsible for providing skill building by addressing the behavioral health care needs of children based on established treatment goals and Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) standards and state regulations. The LBHP provides counseling and interventions including, but not limited to, those described in the job duties below. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Must be a Licensed Behavioral Practitioner in one of the following fields: Psychoanalyst, Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Master Social Worker. 

Obtain satisfactory background checks pursuant to NY Health Care Facility requirements. 

Certification in First Aid and CPR prior to or subsequent to hiring. 

Satisfactory Completion of Mandated Reporter Training prior to or subsequent to hiring. 

JOB DUTIES: 

Establishing Treatment Goals based on assessments, screening and historical information while also working with an inter-disciplinary team.

Communication and collaboration with family, case planning staff and medical practitioners. 

Assisting children and youth in the development of skills, resiliency and promotion of integration with community resources and skill-building as defined in treatment goals. 

Providing individualized psychiatric and therapeutic supports, counseling, and treatment, family and group counseling, as it relates to substance abuse, treatment issues and trauma-informed care, as well as transitional counseling. 

Enhancing compliance with clear behavioral expectation by structuring interventions to decrease problem behaviors and increase developmentally appropriate pro-social behavior. 

Utilization of evidence-based psychotherapeutic methodologies. 

Providing psycho-educational and wellness education. 

Monitor the entry of data into the CONNECTIONS Health Services Module. Keeping documentation timely, comprehensive, and accurate. Ensuring the documentation is legible, organized, easily useable and available for continuity of care, monitoring, and oversight. 

All other duties as assigned by management.