Counselor - Mirasol Center Healing

Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 4:00 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 Southeastern Massachusetts.

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Clinical Director and in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the Counselor is responsible for providing clinical services including assessment, individual and group counseling, and case management service for individuals in recovery from substance use disorders and co-occurring behavioral health disorders, in partnership with other providers across Bay Cove’s continuum of care as well as with external providers.

The Counselor contributes to Bay Cove’s mission by providing trauma-informed and person-centered services to individuals in pursuit of their recovery goals.

This is a non-exempt position. The schedule for this position is Tuesday-Saturday 11am-7pm.

Essential Functions of Position:

Provide a warm, welcoming, and safe environment while interacting with individuals to ensure service needs are met.

Engage individuals to conduct interviews, develop comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, and establish individualized treatment plans within required time frames.

Facilitate individual, group, and family counseling sessions in accordance with the individualized action plan to and in alignment with evidence based curriculums under the supervision of the Clinical Director.

Complete all documentation in the electronic health record in accordance with agency and DPH/BSAS guidelines for format, timeliness, and quality assurance.

Serve as a member of the multidisciplinary team via active participation in team meetings, informing decision making regarding treatment planning by communicating observations regarding status changes and document these changes in a Multidisciplinary Service Notes.

Work with each individual toward completion of treatment, and identification of needed and desired transitional, discharge, and aftercare supports.

Maintain records in compliance with agency and funder requirements.

Provide daily programing that facilitates the stabilization of the individuals’ substance use and mental health symptoms, adherence to medication regimens, and connect to and/or participation in community based recovery supports.

Provide timely and accurate communication and coordination of care with other providers, such as DCF, Probation, and DPH, with signed consent.

Provide case management and engage in care consultation regarding specific individuals with identified collaterals with signed consent (e.g. relatives, social service agencies, housing authorities, health care providers, and vocational services providers, etc.).

Actively participate in training, group and individual supervision, and other professional development opportunities with the goal of continual development of clinical skills.

Provide crisis prevention and intervention, escalating to the appropriate party when assistance is needed (supervisor, AMCI team, etc.).

All other job-related duties as assigned.

All BSAS licensed programs must have at least one staff member designated to serve as coordinator for the following topics. If assigned, both supervisor and employee must initial to acknowledge the assignment:

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