Clinical Coordinator - Bronx NY 10453

Clinical Coordinator

The Clinical Coordinator will be working with young adults, ages 18-24 who have a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. The position requires the Clinical Coordinator to possess expertise managing clinical issues including substance use disorders, mental health and cognitive disabilities.

• Provides integrated counseling and holistic services that effectively engage young adults and promote personal growth and wellness, housing stability and accomplishment of service plan goals on an ongoing basis.
• Creates and maintains confidential records, charts and logs for youth documenting all relevant information from individual and group interventions as well as with collateral services.
• Ensures that youths' files are compliant with all regulatory and other requirements.
• De-escalates crises; attends to emergencies following agency protocol surrounding young adults' goals.
• Advocates on behalf of youth with outside service providers.
• Escorts young adults to offsite meetings, outside providers.
• Conducts workshops on various life-skill issues, such as hygiene, anger management, self-esteem, and problem-solving, cleaning and laundry, job development, College Bound Track workshop, LGBTQI Training and Computer literacy Training.
• Collaborates and makes needed referrals with community providers.
• Participates in weekly multidisciplinary meeting to assess assessment of strengths and challenges.
• Maintains healthy relationships with the youth, mindful of boundaries and mutual respect.
• Additional duties as assigned

• Master's degree in Human Services or related field required or Bachelor's degree in Human Services with 4 years' relative experience required.
• 2+ years of management experience working in a social service or related setting, with people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities and people struggling with substance use, preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to interact professionally with diverse staff, consumers, and other stakeholders.
• Strong administrative and organizational skills.
• Previous experience working with adults with psychiatric disabilities utilizing the recovery model.
• Ability to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality of service provision.

Schedule:

Tuesday-Saturday 8am to 4pm