NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Purpose of Position:

The Sr. Rehabilitation Counselor is an integral member of the interdisciplinary treatment team within the chemical dependency program. The Sr. RC conducts individual and group counseling to assess the strengths and limitations, establishes treatment goals and provides interventions to help patients achieve those goals. She/he provides and coordinates those pre-vocational and vocational activities that will help patients develop and achieve vocational rehabilitation goals and function successfully in the competative workplace.

Job Responsibilities:

• With personal and social history as reference, conducts a comprehensive educational/vocational assessment, eliciting information about school and work performance including the determination of possible learning disabilities and identifies stressors related to areas of concern that may contribute to poor self-esteem, lack of motivation to change and relapse.
• Identifies the patient's vocational stage and determines the appropriate level of care necessary for the patient to achieve an optimal level of functioning.
• Administers, scores and interprets vocational tests such as WRAT (Wide Range Achievement Test), TABE (Tests of Basic Education) and Strong Interest Inventory.
• Synthesizes the test information along with basic values clarification exercise outcomes and confers with patients about their areas of strength, interests and values. Collaborates with patients in designing effective interventions.
• Actively participates in assisting patients in determing appropriate vocational goals.
• Provide treatment team with the results of the Assessments and contributes to the development of both the problem list and identification of goals, objectives and intervention with expected time frames.
• Monitors and documents the progress of the patient in treatment and continually reviews the objectives agreed upon with the patient in regard to Vocational Rehabilitation.
• Contributes to the completion of quarterly/semi-annual treatment plans/length of stay reviews and determination of phasing of patient services.
• Develops and implements a process by which patients are educated in life and coping skills that will enable them to be more successfully involved in community based social and leisure activities.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by Supervisor and/or designee.

1. A Masters Degree in Vocational Guidance, Vocational Rehabilitation, Psychology or a related field from an accredited college after completion of a one-year course, plus two years of full-time, paid, professional experience, at least one year of which must have been with adults, in vocational guidance, vocational rehabilitation or psychological counseling or psychological testing acquired in the past fifteen years; or,
2. A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience. However, all candidates must possess a minimum of thirty graduate credits in Vocational Guidance, Vocational Rehabilitation, Psychology and/or related fields. All candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in (1) working with adults. A Masters Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation from an accredited college after completion of a two-year course will be accepted as meeting one of the two years of experience required in (1).

Please be advised that proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required prior to hire.

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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs