Intensive HomeBase Family Services - Clinician

Clinician Position at Bay State Community Services

Help children and families create meaningful, lasting change—right in their homes and communities.

Bay State Community Services (BSCS) is seeking a compassionate and skilled Clinician to join our Intensive Home Based Family Services team. This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician who enjoys working collaboratively with children, youth, and families and wants to provide services where they can have a meaningful impact. Our clinicians work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team while providing intensive, strengths-based and trauma-informed services in home and community settings.

• Small caseloads that allow you to spend meaningful time with children and families.
• A supportive and collaborative team of professionals.
• Dedicated supervision focused on your professional development and clinical goals.
• Supervision toward licensure requirements.
• Extensive training and opportunities for certification in evidence-based practices.
• Agency-issued laptop and cell phone.
• State-of-the-art electronic medical record.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

What You Will Be Doing to Make a Difference...

• Work in a strength-based family focused team approach.
• Provide intensive family therapy and robust care coordination/targeted case management in-person in the home and community.
• Strengthening family systems so that the youth can be supported in her/his/their home and community to prevent hospitalization and higher level of care.
• Complete initial intake, comprehensive assessment and include the caregiver and youth in the development of a treatment plan.
• Assess safety needs and develop a safely plan at the onset of care and ongoing.
• Completes all documentation in a timely manner, including assessment, treatment/individualized action plan, progress notes and discharge summary; accurate observation and documentation of the progress, behavior, issues, and performance of persons being served; note any report changes in physical or emotional health of the persons served.
• Exhibit professionalism in all job functions (confidentiality, boundaries, respect for other employees), appropriate representation of the agency at all times (public, families and vendors).
• Participate actively and positively in staff meetings, supervision, professional development and annual performance evaluations, both internal and external.
• Attend mandatory trainings.
• Maintain necessary caseload to meet consistent productivity expectations.
• The clinician and team will meet with the family 3-5 times per week or more intensely as to prevent the need for admission to a 24-hour level of care.
• Will work collaboratively with other team members, including formal and natural supports in addition to support community referrals and linkages.
• Provide transportation to youth and families.

Important Health and Wellbeing Benefits - BENEFITS BEGIN FIRST DAY OF WORK

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance
• Eye-Med Vision Benefits
• Employer Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
• Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

• 35 Days Paid Time Off (15 Vacation Days, 12 Holidays and 8 Sick Days)

Additional Benefits

• Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)
• Opportunities for Reduced Tuition for Clinical Master's Degree
• Opportunities for Student Loan Forgiveness
• Mileage Reimbursement

Extensive Training Program

• Two-Week Orientation, Training, and Shadowing
• Weekly Group Supervision
• Weekly Individual Supervision
• Daily Mentoring and Support
• Immediate Access to Comprehensive Online Self-Paced CEU Trainings
• Opportunities for Certification in Evidence-Based Practices

Requirements

• Master's degree that is license-eligible with an Allied Mental Health licensure board of the Department of Public Health with appropriate scope
• In not, license eligible a master degree in one of the following fields with 2 years of experience working with children and families with behavioral health needs:
  Mental Health (including but not restricted to counseling, addictions, family therapy, social work, psychology, and expressive therapies), child development, nursing/medicine and Education with a concentration in Behavioral Health
• Must demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of clinical theory and practice, inclusive of:
• Strength Based Services
• Healthy Child Development
• Family Systems
• Behavior Management
• Behavioral Health
• Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
• Must possess strong organizational and clinical communication skills
• Must be available for rotation in in-person on-call, when required
• Must have flexibility in job schedule to meet families' needs; ability to work some evenings/weekends
• Bilingual ability desirable
• Computer proficiency
• Valid MA driver's license acceptable driving record, reliable transportation and proof of insurance
• Acceptable background record check as required by program

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