Team Leader-OT533501

JOB SUMMARY

The OnTrackNY Program is an innovative treatment program at ICL. The Team Leader will work as part of a small multidisciplinary team providing coordinated and assertive treatment in the earliest stages of illness.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: List all essential job duties. (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.)

• Provides overall supervision to the team and is responsible for allocation of staff time.


• Ensures all team members are informed of issues involving participants and their families.


• Monitors caseload size and coordinates program intakes and discharges.


• Facilities weekly team meetings and provide training and supervision of the IPS specialist and recovery coach.


•  Makes rotating call schedule for after-hours coverage by team members.


• Rotating on-call responsibilities with other team members.


• Serves as the primary clinician for a subset of program participants.


• In this role of Primary Clinician, the Team Leader will: Serves as the point person for the participant and their family; Conduct needs assessments; Engages in safety planning and wellness management planning with participants; Connects participants and families with the services and supports they need; Provide behavioral interventions and take an especially active role in the family support domain.


•  Conducts clinical assessment to determine the participant's level of social functioning and substance use via a shared decision making (SDM) framework


• Provides Social Skills Training, Substance Abuse Treatment, Behavioral Activation, coping Skills Training, And Psycho-education.


• Provides psycho-education regarding first episode psychosis (FEP) and the goals of the OnTrackNY program; Provides supportive therapy; Develop and modifies treatment using a shared decision-making process with clients.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Effective problem-solving skills


•  Effective interpersonal skills


• Ability to work with diverse individuals


• Ability to create and compose written materials


• Ability to effectively and efficiently respond to questions from persons served


• Ability to facilitate a meeting


• Ability to present information to persons served and other employees


• Ability to work with residents, families, and staff in a caring and respectful manner, and with due understanding of and consideration for cultural differences


• Ability to serve as a role model to clients including modeling appropriate interpersonal interactions, appearance, demeanor


• Ability to effectively use computer software


• Willingness to continually learn and apply knowledge and willingness to participate in in-service training and development activities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

LMHC; LMSW; NYS licensed Clinical Social Worker or Ph.D clinician in appropriate field (Social work, psychology); Two years of supervisory experience; Experience working with adolescents and/or young adults with serious mental illness. Experience in community-based mental health services