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Part-Time Mental Health Clinician, Correctional Health Services (EMTC)
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- Overview Mental Health Clinician (LMSW, LMHC, LCSW, Psychologist)Employed by PAGNY for The Division of Correctional Health Services (CHS) of New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H) is responsible for the delivery of medical care, mental health care, and discharge planning in the jail system.
- Approximately 25% of new admissions per year to the NYC jail system will receive care on the mental health service.
- This service strives to provide safe, holistic and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for the diverse range of mental health issues that face the population, from serious mental illness to the natural struggles that accompany incarceration.
- The service provides some of the most comprehensive and unique treatment modalities in the country, including specialty housing units for individuals with serious mental illness, a 24-hour on-call psychiatric service, robust creative arts programming, a strong DBT training program, clinics in each of the facilities, substance use treatment, integrated re- entry services, and relationships with multiple training institutions throughout the city.
- Responsibilities Schedule: Part-Time, Saturday - Sunday 8am-4pm (EMTC)Under the supervision of the Clinical Supervisor and the Mental Health Unit Chief on Rikers Island, the MHC will provide quality mental health care to incarcerated individuals who need and/or want services.
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