• Coordinates between Graham Windham stakeholders, primarily physical, mental, and behavioral health care providers, and birth and foster parents to develop a holistic comprehensive treatment plan.
• Creates goals and outcomes utilizing historical and currently available information in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Attain a comprehensive, working understanding of person-centered treatment planning and availability of behavioral health services to ensure all supports and interventions that are offered to children/adolescents in foster care have been accessed internally and via external community providers.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments, initial mental health and risk assessments, SOGI questionnaires, etc. to determine clinical eligibility and program appropriateness via Graham’s holistic approach.
• Gathers collateral information for optimal assessment and planning.
• Provide mental health supports and therapy such as individual counseling and treatment, substance abuse counseling and treatment, trauma-informed counseling and treatment, family and group counseling, crisis intervention, and/or transitional counseling as applicable.
• Utilize various EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems for scheduling, uploading, and tracking medical and behavioral health information.
• Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of protected health information.
• Documents all counseling and psycho-education services, assessments, reassessments, referrals, and follow-ups in the child’s record/chart.
• Ensures appropriate signatures and dating of forms and entries including those made in the electronic records.
• Participates in organizational and service planning meetings as appropriate such as High-Risk meetings and ensures that the best provision of services is offered.
• Participates in the department’s performance improvement activities and supports department outcomes.
• Acts as a resource to the Care Coordination department and other agency stakeholders in the child/adolescent's life by: suggesting preventative care, health, and wellness initiatives, and community supports as they pertain to mental health and/or behavioral health concerns.
• Promote evidence-based wellness, prevention, and treatment practices for a variety of health and behavioral health disorders to achieve optimal outcomes for children/adolescents in foster care.
• Ensures adherence to all applicable county, state, and other regulatory bodies.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned or perform other duties when necessary.

• MSW/LMSW/LCSW, MHC/LMHC, MFT/LMFT For MSW permit holders, must obtain a license within one year.
• MHC permit holders must obtain a license within two years.
• Experience and skill in providing care coordination, preferably with children and families.
• Microsoft Office and familiarity with NYS Connections system are a plus as other electronic health records systems.
• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills.
• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.
• Willingness and ability to work from both the Harlem and Bronx office with additional travel to our Brooklyn site.

In full partnership with families & communities, Graham Windham strives to make a life-altering difference to children, youth and families affected by abuse, neglect and delinquency by providing each child we serve with a strong foundation for life: a safe, loving, permanent family and the opportunity and preparation to thrive in school and in the world. With over 400 full-time, part-time and On-call employees serving children and families in multiple programs throughout Westchester County, Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem, Graham Windham provides an exciting & enriching work experience.Graham has pioneered programs for New York City’s children, families and communities for over 200 years.Today, Graham is one of New York City’s leading social services organizations, providing educational and social services to over 4,000 children, young people, and parents in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Harlem.GRAHAM ‘s IMPACT: 2019 HIGHLIGHT-Graham served 4,128 children, young people, and parents across New York City.-99% of families in our prevention program, who were at risk of having children placed in foster care, remained intact six months after receiving family support services.*95 kids in foster care reunited with their families within one year and 25 were adopted.*Over 90% of children in foster care who were reunified with their families avoided re-entering foster care in the year after reunification.*92% of young people in the Graham SLAM education and career support program graduated from high school by age 21 (compared with 22% of young people across the New York City foster care system).*We helped to lead close to 100 stakeholders in successfully advocating for New York City to invest $10 million in an approach similar to Graham SLAM for young people across NYC through the Fair Futures campaign.