Mental Health Worker

Job description

About Us
We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Overview
Under supervision of a licensed professional, assists in the provision of case coordination services to patients and families, to insure treatment plan is being followed and to aid in obtaining supportive goods and services.
Responsibilities
• Assists in the provision of case management services for caseload assigned to clinical supervisor and/or unit staff, to ensure treatment plan is being followed and to aid patients in obtaining supportive services and goods
• Acts as advocate for the patient with other medical center programs (e.g., outpatient department), and functions as liaison with other providers in the community, assisting in linkages for patients and families
• Working under supervision, participates in direct service activities, e.g. crisis intervention
• Participates in interdisciplinary diagnostic and treatment planning conferences, communicating family issues and needs to team
• Fulfills all case recording, statistical reporting and other documentation requirements on an accurate and timely basis
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards

Qualifications
Education:
High School diploma or equivalent.
Experience:
1 year of experience in mental health or developmental mental disabilities field (as appropriate) preferred.
Skills:
Good oral and written and communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with psychiatrically impaired or developmentally disabled population as appropriate.
Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position; knowledge of a second language preferred.
Pay Range
USD $31.04 - USD $38.08 /Hr.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.
• Assists in the provision of case management services for caseload assigned to clinical supervisor and/or unit staff, to ensure treatment plan is being followed and to aid patients in obtaining supportive services and goods
• Acts as advocate for the patient with other medical center programs (e.g., outpatient department), and functions as liaison with other providers in the community, assisting in linkages for patients and families
• Working under supervision, participates in direct service activities, e.g. crisis intervention
• Participates in interdisciplinary diagnostic and treatment planning conferences, communicating family issues and needs to team
• Fulfills all case recording, statistical reporting and other documentation requirements on an accurate and timely basis
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards

Education:
High School diploma or equivalent.
Experience:
1 year of experience in mental health or developmental mental disabilities field (as appropriate) preferred.
Skills:
Good oral and written and communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work with psychiatrically impaired or developmentally disabled population as appropriate.
Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position; knowledge of a second language preferred.