Clinician - Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention - Boston

Clinician - Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention - Boston

Boston, MA, USA

Posted Monday, December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Bay Cove Human Services’ mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. Bay Cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges associated with developmental disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness at more than 175 program sites throughout Greater Boston and Southeast Massachusetts.

Job Summary:

The Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention (YMCI) Clinician provides direct services to youth and adolescents in crisis. This Clinician assesses each youth and family’s needs for services and develops a treatment plan that best ensures their safety and optimizes their effective resolution of the crisis. S/he facilitates the person’s engagement or re‑engagement in Children’s Behavioral Health Services (CBHI) through referral to community based services that are consonant with the person’s needs and preferences, emphasizing Family Voice and Choice as it relates to CBHI principles.

As needed, the Clinician facilitates the person’s admission to acute treatment services. The Clinician works as part of the Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) that provides on site assessment and support, as well as mobile capacity to conduct assessments at the person’s home, school, or agency in Greater Boston. S/he works as a partner in an integrated urgent care/emergency support services network.

Given the nature of crisis services, provision of holiday and weekend coverage are expectations for staff working in this position.

This position is non‑exempt.

Essential Functions of Position:

Provides services in a manner that is consonant with program, Bay Cove, and collaborative agencies’ standards, policies, and procedures

Completes assessments of children and youth who are in crisis in a comprehensive manner attending to their safety and needs

Develops treatment plans with and for the person in crisis that utilize community based health, behavioral health, and social services that will ameliorate the presenting crisis

Works with the person in crisis and their support network to fortify their strengths and coping skills

Works collaboratively with members of the CBHC team and collateral helpers in the service of strengthening and integrating support and treatment supports and to accomplish the overall program’s mission

Assists the person in crises with engagement or reengagement in needed services

Documents all assessments and interventions in accordance with program and Bay Cove standards

Secures as needed financial and insurance related information to facilitate billing and payment for services rendered

Recognizes the importance of individual and cultural differences that influence behavior and applies such understanding to each person’s situation

Utilizes individual supervision and team meetings in the service of optimizing the program’s overall mission

Maintains requisite continuing professional education as required by licensure, professional standards and Bay Cove policies

Works effectively with police, DSCFMHC Security, and other law enforcement personnel to ensure the client’s safety

Facilitates admission to acute inpatient care on an as needed basis

Relates to clients, family members, and colleagues in a professional, hopeful, and respectful manner

Provides brief treatment and support until requisite community services can be accessed in order to minimize reliance on acute inpatient services

Performs all other duties and projects as assigned by the Program Director.

Requirements for the Position:

Licensed Master's level clinician, preferred. Minimum requirement is a Masters Degree in Social Work, Counseling or a related field.

Minimally 3 years’ experience working in a mental health setting.

Current Massachusetts Driver’s License and use of reliable personal vehicle for work related travel

High degree of personal organization, attention to detail, and time management skills.

Professional writing and verbal communication skills.

Proficiency in word processing and other computer…