"Social Worker (LCSW), Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Outpatient Department (OPD)"

At Stony Brook Medicine, our social workers are valuable members of our team, who provide empathic care to our patients, their families and visitors, with the highest degree of integrity and respect. We are currently expanding our team of social workers for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Due to great demand for psychiatric and behavioral health services, we aim to add experienced social workers to assist our team in appropriately triaging Child & Adolescent patients to the health care provider or situation that best fits their needs as well as identify barriers that might obstruct their abilities to engage in treatment. Qualified candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, knowledge and understanding of patient care, and effective responses to changing patient needs, decisions-making based on ethical principles and adhering to our high standard of excellence. We are looking for clinicians who are comfortable treating children and families of diverse backgrounds with a commitment to maintaining an inclusive care environment.

Duties will include the following but are not limited to: Engaging patients and families into treatment utilizing motivational interviewing techniques. Assessing patients’ needs, safety and establishing a working diagnosis. Carrying a caseload for individual, family and group therapy modalities. Coordinating care with an interdisciplinary team to ensure that patients are assigned to a clinician who can meet their specific needs. Identifying barriers to treatment and coordinating services as appropriate. Intake assessments take place both in person and via telehealth. As we are an academic medical center, appropriately referring patients to research coordinators. Coordinating with outside agencies to gather collateral information and provide referrals (as appropriate).

Required Qualifications: MSW (or foreign equivalent) from an accredited Social Work Education School. New York State LCSW licensure. Background in providing evidence-based psychotherapies. Experience working with children and adolescents.

Preferred Qualifications: R Licensure Preferred. SIFI certified. Experience providing care via telehealth videoconferencing platform. Four (4) years post Master's experience. Three (3) years of experience in a community mental health care setting. Experience working with Electronic Medical Record keeping. Bilingual care clinicians are encouraged to apply.