What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinician III position at gpac?
Pay scale 53k-82k
The Clinician III - LCSW is responsible for the expert assessment and delivery of quality services. They will participate as part of a collaborative, inter-professional team member to provide functional assessment and analysis in treatment development to treat challenging behaviors. This person will also assess skill needs, develop teaching programs to increase the use of critical skills, and will provide staff and training. The person in this role will split their time working at one site serving 6 individuals with special needs, as well as having clinical oversight of Behavior team.
Essential functions of this job include, but are not limited to:
- Collaborate with educational program staff to plan for generalization of skills to the home or less restrictive environments.
- Works as a senior team member in assessing a youth's/family's needs and is responsible for developing, assessing and modifying the individual service plan in collaboration with the youth/family and multi-disciplinary treatment team.
- Must have demonstrated ability to treat children/youth and families with more complex challenges.
- Lead projects and provide educational opportunities for staff.
- Works as a team member in assessing a youth/family's needs and is responsible for providing data analysis, graphic documentation, and recommendations to support development, assessment and modification of the individual service plan in collaboration with youth/family, and multi-disciplinary treatment team.
- Utilize the science of human behavior to conduct assessments and develop treatment strategies, experience, and education. This is done using age-specific knowledge and cultural competence; in order support the youth/families to achieve positive and successful outcomes.
- Successfully uses problem-solving skills with self and others.
- Recognizes the need for and provides team mentoring and clinical guidance; clinical peer supervision and clinical consultation.
- Develops and provides expert training to employees as required.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Master's degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or a related field is required and at least 5 years of relevant experience is required.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure required.
- NYS Professional License in area of study is required.
- Candidates must be able to regularly perform the Behavior Specialist/analyst functions with significant independence and expertise and must be relied upon as a resource to guide team performance.
Preferred:
- OPWDD experience preferred.
- Candidates with management/supervisor experience are preferred.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.
