Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) – Essen Healthcare – Bronx, NY

Essen Health Care is currently seeking Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) for our Behavioral Health Division.

The selected will participate in the newly established integrated behavioral healthcare program. The clinical social worker’s role is to assess behavioral/emotional health conditions and collaborate with the patient’s primary care provider, psychiatric consultant, and their health home care mangers. This role is

The Social Workers will aimed at providing clinical treatment to patients under the care of the primary care provider in collaboration with the psychiatric practitioner, but not limited to the following:

Assessment of patients referred by Primary Care Provider (PCP) using evidenced based assessment tools.
Treatment of behavioral health conditions using evidenced based approaches (CBT, Motivational Interviewing, crisis intervention, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and behavioral activation).
Make treatment recommendations during collaborative care team meetings.
Monitor treatment through care planning and coordination of care with clinical team and health homes.
Provide crisis intervention services and risk assessment of patients as needed. ‘
Engage clients with limited utilization of behavioral health service through outreach efforts.
Document services in a timely fashion.
Engage in clinical supervision and case conferences as needed.

The successful candidates will have the following qualifications/experience:

LCSW Licensure.
Master of Social Work Degree from accredited institution.
Ability to utilize behavioral health screening tools (PHQ-9, GAD-7) and perform biopsychosocial assessments.
Utilize DSM-V diagnostic criteria to diagnose and treat behavioral health conditions.
Assess for risk and collaborate with psychiatric and clinical team around risk managements.
Ability to utilize electronic health records for documentation of clinical services and review of relevant health data.
Communicate clinical information in a succinct and comprehensive way to integrated care teams, inclusive of PCP, NP/MD, and Health Home Care Management staff.
Bilingual Spanish preferred.

Essen Health Care is a growing community healthcare network provides high quality, compassionate, and accessible medical care to some of the most vulnerable and under-served residents of New York State. Guided by a ‘population health’ model of care, Essen has five integrated clinical divisions offering services in primary & specialty offices, urgent care centers, and nursing homes, as well as house calls for home bound patients; all clinical services are also offered via telehealth. Our Care Management division supports patient-centered care through care coordination, complex care management and helping address health-related social needs.
Founded in 1999, Essen provides care in all five boroughs of New York City, with a primary focus in the Bronx. Staffed by over 300 primary and specialty care physicians and advanced clinicians, Essen Health Care is one of the largest, most comprehensive private medical groups in New York City. Essen maintains a Clinical Information Services team that maintains our enterprise-wide electronic medical record system, data repository, clinical analytics, and population health capabilities. Our Community Services teams create and sustain relationships with community organizations and agencies and health plans.
Essen is dedicated to ensuring the quality of care for all patients and has been designated ‘Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home’ by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Essen has won awards for its patient care innovations and recently launched Intention Health Ventures to develop and commercialize our technology innovations.

Job Type: Full-time

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