Housing Works
Compensation Range:
$65,000 - $70,000 yearly commensurate with experience
Benefits:
Three comprehensive healthcare plans with coverage paid by Housing Works, subject to employee contribution based on salary.
Accrual of up to 30 days of paid time off (PTO) earned in the first year.
Educational benefit for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and textbooks.
Overview:
The Telehealth Psychotherapist will be instrumental in delivering high-quality behavioral health care remotely. The caseload focuses on clients identified for telehealth treatment due to depression, anxiety, substance use, grief, and related concerns. This role emphasizes adaptability to virtual platforms, effective remote communication, and a commitment to providing exceptional telehealth behavioral health services. The position maintains a strong focus on continuous professional development within the telehealth landscape.
Responsibilities:
Primary:
Utilize Tele-psychotherapy, incorporating evidence-based approaches (e.g., Problem Solving Treatment, Behavior Activation Treatment, Motivational Interviewing) for remote patient education and medication adherence.
Ensure confidentiality of every virtual therapy session with a private, secure working environment.
Secure and encrypt channel for all client interactions, maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
Manage virtual communication with team members to support telehealth treatment decisions and facilitate changes in recommendations or referrals.
Provide remote medication adherence/medication management services.
Collaborate and coordinate with in-clinic care providers to inform virtual stepped‑care processes and support relapse prevention.
Evaluate risk level of each client and, when necessary, collaboratively develop and implement safety planning/monitoring with supervisor.
Engage in virtual case conferences for ongoing coordination of telehealth clients’ care.
Promote and facilitate diagnostic consultations between the PCP and Consulting Psychiatrist for challenging cases.
Offer “Self‑Management” options to clients declining coordinated care but willing to engage in supported self‑management goals.
Generate timely, accurate, and substantive progress notes with treatment goals and interventions consistent with the client’s diagnosis and scope of practice.
Maintain confidentiality of treatment records.
Generate accurate encounter forms with diagnoses and appropriate CPT codes.
Participate in virtual weekly supervision sessions.
Secondary:
Stay accessible for ongoing training and certifications as required.
Requirements:
Master’s degree in social work.
Current license as an LMSW or LCSW in New York State.
Job candidates should be aware that scammers may pose as employers and create fake job postings to extract personal information. Housing Works will never ask for personal information such as social security numbers or bank account details over the phone. If you suspect a job posting may be fake or wish to confirm authenticity, please contact us at recruitment@housingworks.org.
Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics, in line with federal, state, and local nondiscrimination laws. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and it may become covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Housing Works and the RWDSU.
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$65,000 - $70,000 yearly commensurate with experience
Benefits:
Three comprehensive healthcare plans with coverage paid by Housing Works, subject to employee contribution based on salary.
Accrual of up to 30 days of paid time off (PTO) earned in the first year.
Educational benefit for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and textbooks.
Overview:
The Telehealth Psychotherapist will be instrumental in delivering high-quality behavioral health care remotely. The caseload focuses on clients identified for telehealth treatment due to depression, anxiety, substance use, grief, and related concerns. This role emphasizes adaptability to virtual platforms, effective remote communication, and a commitment to providing exceptional telehealth behavioral health services. The position maintains a strong focus on continuous professional development within the telehealth landscape.
Responsibilities:
Primary:
Utilize Tele-psychotherapy, incorporating evidence-based approaches (e.g., Problem Solving Treatment, Behavior Activation Treatment, Motivational Interviewing) for remote patient education and medication adherence.
Ensure confidentiality of every virtual therapy session with a private, secure working environment.
Secure and encrypt channel for all client interactions, maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
Manage virtual communication with team members to support telehealth treatment decisions and facilitate changes in recommendations or referrals.
Provide remote medication adherence/medication management services.
Collaborate and coordinate with in-clinic care providers to inform virtual stepped‑care processes and support relapse prevention.
Evaluate risk level of each client and, when necessary, collaboratively develop and implement safety planning/monitoring with supervisor.
Engage in virtual case conferences for ongoing coordination of telehealth clients’ care.
Promote and facilitate diagnostic consultations between the PCP and Consulting Psychiatrist for challenging cases.
Offer “Self‑Management” options to clients declining coordinated care but willing to engage in supported self‑management goals.
Generate timely, accurate, and substantive progress notes with treatment goals and interventions consistent with the client’s diagnosis and scope of practice.
Maintain confidentiality of treatment records.
Generate accurate encounter forms with diagnoses and appropriate CPT codes.
Participate in virtual weekly supervision sessions.
Secondary:
Stay accessible for ongoing training and certifications as required.
Requirements:
Master’s degree in social work.
Current license as an LMSW or LCSW in New York State.
Job candidates should be aware that scammers may pose as employers and create fake job postings to extract personal information. Housing Works will never ask for personal information such as social security numbers or bank account details over the phone. If you suspect a job posting may be fake or wish to confirm authenticity, please contact us at recruitment@housingworks.org.
Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics, in line with federal, state, and local nondiscrimination laws. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and it may become covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Housing Works and the RWDSU.
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