DGMH Therapist

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $85,000.00 Annually

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The Greenwich House Center for Resiliency and Wellness is seeking a DFTA Geriatric Mental Health (DGMH) Therapist who will be responsible for providing embedded, on‑site behavioral health services to adults 60+ at DFTA Older Adult Centers. Services provided include: structured engagement groups, unstructured individual engagement; short- & long-term behavioral health services integrating the creative arts. The provider should have awareness of life stages and aging process;

trauma informed care, Domestic/Intimate Partner/Gender Violence issues, as well as LGBTQ/gender nonconforming or questioning communities and communities of color, using individual, family, group and evidence-based modalities.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about people and wants to be part of a mission‑driven organization making a lasting impact in New York City.

• Provide long and short‑term psychotherapy to clients and collateral family members where appropriate (including crisis intervention) in person or Telehealth in compliance with NYS OMH criteria.
• Facilitate time limited and ongoing group therapies as well as structured engagement presentations.
• Utilize concurrent clinical documentation in electronic health record (eCR) and data entry (VIVE) in compliance with NYS Office of Mental Health;
  Dept for the Aging and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene requirements to include: periodic assessment
• scales; progress notes; treatment plans and treatment plan reviews; incident reports and encounter forms.
• Alert immediately the Director of reportable incidents and clients at risk behaviors.
• Perform other tasks and special projects as assigned by the direct supervisor.
• Interact with all levels of personnel within the organization.

• LCSW/LMHC/LMSW (New York State Department of Education) with minimum two- or three‑years clinical counseling experience.
• Strong engagement skills and knowledge of age related, life stages, mental health conditions and harm reduction recovery and openness to integrate creative arts.
• Experience with adult mental health 60+, knowledge of the aging process, life transitions and awareness of Domestic/Intimate Partner/Gender based Violence issues, as well as, GLBTQ/gender non-binary or questioning communities, and, communities of color.
• Familiarity with a range of therapeutic interventions: trauma informed care, CBT, DBT, MI, ACT, creative arts and psychodynamic approaches to treatment.
• Alignment with agency standard of ethics, conduct and organization policies.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with interdisciplinary team to accomplish client goals and adapt to changing program environment.
• Ability to prioritize and implement a course of action for handling multiple tasks.
• Bilingual skills in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, or…