Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - Must Love Cats and Dogs!!!

Elite New York City animal hospital seeks a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to provide crisis intervention, emotional support and short term counseling to clients, oversee the organization’s Quality-of-Life Initiative and Pet Loss Support Program, and collaborate with departments, teams, and individuals across the hospital to support staff wellbeing and promote a healthy workplace culture.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the Pet Loss Support Program which includes facilitating a bi-monthly acute grief support group and a monthly long term grief support group.
• Conduct in-person crisis intervention for clients experiencing a mental health crisis or traumatic loss.
• Provide short-term counseling to clients around end-of-life issues, grief and bereavement, making treatment decisions, and managing caregiver stress.
• Consult with medical teams to address communication challenges with clients or to make an action plan in ethically complex situations involving euthanasia, end-of-life care, or animal abuse.
• Collaborate with administration and hospital leaders, implement programming to increase employee access to and utilization of mental health services.
• Act as a professional resource for mental health support for all staff
• Consult as requested with any department or team seeking assistance with developing programming, events, or protocols that support staff wellbeing, client wellbeing, or the human-animal bond.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• A minimum of five years of clinical experience
• Grief and bereavement counseling experience required

Please email resume to:
Joshua Albucker
Senior Vice President
NOOR Staffing Group
646-492-5653
jalbucker@noorstaffing.com