Creative Arts Therapist

We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

The Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) Program at Housing Works is a unique community-based health care program that provides comprehensive nursing, social work, nutrition, mental health, and substance use services to individuals living with chronic illnesses including HIV, behavioral health conditions, diabetes, hypertension and others. Housing Works is seeking a creative Arts therapist Licensed Master Social Worker/Case Manager to provide mental health/substance use/supportive counseling, crisis interventions, and case management services to clients of the Adult Day Health Care Program, located in Brooklyn.

This is a unique opportunity for a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) who is focused on patient centered community mental health and harm reduction model. With the support of the Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Supervisor and interdisciplinary team of professionals, the Licensed Master Social Worker will help achieve improved health outcomes for our client population. The ideal candidate will be familiar with evidence-based interventions and comfortable using data to guide practice.

NYS Licensed Master Social Worker required.

• Manages a caseload of 30 – 40 active clients, not inclusive of staff coverage.
• Provides case management services including but not limited to: monthly assessments, quarterly assessments, quarterly care planning, counseling, outreach, case conferences, advocacy, referrals (on-site & off-site,) and discharge planning.
• Completes initial assessment (4A/4B) and quarterly reassessments/LCAT on all enrolled clients in a timely manner to develop appropriate treatment goals for each client, while ensuring timely submission of clinical documentations to managed care organizations for uninterrupted services.
• Establishes treatment goals and objectives with clients as part of the interdisciplinary team, while ensuring timely submission of clinical documentations to managed care organizations for uninterrupted services.
• Facilitates up to 6 groups per week, attend all trainings, staff meetings, care plan sessions, and daily morning rounds, performs lunch monitoring for clients at least once per week, accompany client trips/outings, and participates in agency advocacy events devoted to HIV/AIDS.
• Provides crisis intervention services and, if necessary, refers clients for psychiatric assessments. Consults with supervisor and completes incident reports on all incidents including trauma or behavioral problems requiring AADHC intervention. 2 Revised January 12, 2021
• Coordinates the provision of multidisciplinary services as outlined in interdisciplinary care plan. Periodically reviews clients’ Medicaid status and provide spend-down letters if appropriate.
• Identifies clients receiving services from other community providers and assumes role of lead case manager. Coordinates joint services and treatment planning, assessment and re-assessment. Coordinates joint case conferences with other service providers to clarify and define each provider’s goals and objectives.
• Develops a collaborative relationship with clients to monitor integration in the AADHC, to encourage client attendance and provide on-going clinical services. Addresses issues and concerns which may arise for the client in the…