Case Monitor Bureau of Mental HealthAssisted Outpatient Treatment

OPEN TO PERMANENT SOCIAL WORKERS AND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WHO WILL FILE FOR EXAM # 4091 FROM 3/6/2024 TO 3/26/2024 ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

NOTE: Valid NYS Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license issued by the New York State Department of Education within one year of the date of appointment.

Updated New York State Education Department/Office of the Professions Licensure Requirements:
According to the New York State Education Department Office of the Professions/State Board Office for Social Work and Mental Health Practitioners as defined in Articles 153 154 and 163 of the Education Law effective June 24 2022 an individual must be:
1)Licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and/or Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) to practice social work as operated by the Department of Mental Hygiene agencies. For additional information please review 7704 Requirements for a license under NYS Social Work:Laws Rules & Regulations:Article 154 (nysed.gov); or

2)Authorized through a limited permit valid for a period of not more than twelve months who has met all requirements for licensure as a licensed master social worker or a licensed clinical social worker except those relating to the examination and provided that the individual is under the general supervision of a licensed master social worker or a licensed clinical social worker as determined by the department. For additional information please review 7705: Limited permits under NYS Social Work:Laws Rules & Regulations:Article 154 (nysed.gov)
Please review for the latest information concerning the expiration of the Exemption law.

Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential regardless of who they are how old they are where they are from or where they live.

As a worldrenowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge and responding to urgent public health crises from New York Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation expertise and programs and services. We serve as the population health strategist and policy and planning authority for the City of New York while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy including programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial and social justice work among others.

Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are:
1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated disease including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths strengthening our youth mental health systems and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for womens health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racisms impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021 the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance antiracist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power opportunity and access the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.

PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION::


The Bureau of Mental Healths mission is to improve mental health and wellness for people in New York City and to eliminate racial and other longstanding societal disparities by providing services resources and opportunities to providers that are grounded in accurate data driven information that fosters community participation thus reducing the stigma around mental health.

This includes procuring and monitoring more than 500 contracted programs that provide mental health treatment psychiatric rehabilitation supportive housing care coordination and advocacy services and operating courtmandated Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Single Point of Access (SPOA) for mobile treatment and care coordination and NYC Supportive Treatment And Recovery Team (NYCSTART) for people with first episode psychosis.

The Office of Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) is responsible for the management and oversight of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program in New York City. The New York State Legislature passed Kendras law as an amendment to the Mental Hygiene Law to allow for outpatient civil commitment of individuals with histories of serious mental illness difficulty engaging in rehabilitation and who present high risk to themselves or the community. The program enables these individuals to live safely in the community avoid repeated inpatient hospitalizations and ensure they have access to comprehensive outpatient services.


Working closely with mental health providers and staff from the Office of Assisted Outpatient Treatment you will:

Monitor consumer adherence to court order
and treatment plan.

Monitor weekly contact with Care Coordinator (CC)/Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) to ensure that all service providers are fulfilling their required responsibilities.

Verify consumer services monthly by completing the monthly service verification.

Ensure that treatment plans are complete timely.

Document any changes to the treatment plan as needed and in consultation with AOT psychiatrists during the order.

Monitor followup and document significant events timely and according to the policy and procedure guidelines.

Participate in case conferences to discuss consumer eligibility for AOT as well as progress under the court order.

Maintain consumer electronic and hard cover record.

Collaborate with other treatment/service providers and/or hospitals regarding current consumers.

**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:

Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation such as:
A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility such as: A Valid U.S. Passport Permanent Resident Card/Green Card or Drivers license.

Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.

Current Resume

Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone Cable Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this postings Minimum Qualification Requirements section. Examples of additional documentation may be but not limited to: college transcript experience verification or professional trade licenses.

If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an onboarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.

**LOAN FORGIVENESS

As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL

SOCIAL WORKER 52613

Qualifications :

Qualification Requirements
A Masters Degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.

License Requirements
You will be required to have a valid Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license issued by the New York State Department of Education within one year of the date of appointment. This license must be presented to the appointing officer at the time of appointment or if it is obtained after appointment at the time it is received. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

If you fail to obtain your LMSW or LCSW license within one year of the date of appointment your probationary period will be automatically extended for six months. If you fail to obtain the required license by the end of 18 months of service you will be terminated.

Special Note

Section 424a of the New York Social service Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with childcare responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report. The agency has the discretion to assign a candidate who has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report to a position with no childcare responsibilities.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime