Regional Clinical Coordinator, Southeast Region
Listed on 2026-10-07
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Job Description
- Regional Clinical Coordinator, Southeast Region (260005X1)
Job Description
Regional Clinical Coordinator, Southeast Region - ( 260005X1 )
Description
The Department of Youth Services (DYS) is the juvenile justice agency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We work with young people who are detained or committed and provide detention, custody, diagnosis, education, and support to young people ages 12-21. Most of the youth served are between the ages of 14 and 18. The Department promotes positive change for the youth committed to our care and has been on the forefront of de-institutionalization, in part, by providing adolescent-focused rehabilitation to youth in residential treatment.
The Department of Youth Services employs staff in various professions and backgrounds to engage young people in strategies that support positive youth development. As key members of the residential team, direct-care staff must monitor and provide on-site and immediate intervention of DYS youth in our residential facilities.
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The Department of Youth Services (DYS) is seeking a dynamic, experienced, and licensed Psychologist to fill the role of the Regional Clinical Coordinator– Southeast Region. The selected candidate will develop and oversee the psychological services that Southeast Region DYS programs (both state and provider) provide to the youth in its care, participate as a senior staff member of the DYS Southeast Regional team, and provide interagency consultation and planning.
The Regional Clinical Coordinator receives clinical supervision from the Agency’s Director of Clinical Services and clinically supervises the Clinical Directors from the Southeast Regional programs which include pre-trial detention (bail), assessment, secure and staff secure residential treatment programs.
Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all-inclusive):- Direct the psychological services provided to youth in the care of DYS in their region, including diagnostic evaluations, counseling services, treatment planning, and crisis intervention and planning.
- Responsible for ensuring the access and coordination of behavioral health services for youth residing in the community and assigned to the Department’s District Offices.
- Review the psychological needs of youth detained or committed to the Southeast Region through the process of supervision of the Clinical Directors, reviewing critical incident data, developing treatment plans for high-profile youth with serious emotional disorders; and overseeing referrals of youth for specialized services, such as forensic evaluations, sex offender specific treatment etc.
- Evaluate the assessment needs of detained youth by consistently examining the intake and screening process for all Southeast Region committed youth to ensure consistency and adherence to DYS policies.
- Analyze the counseling services provided to DYS youth in detention, locked secure treatment sites, and residential group care programs, to determine their efficacy and consistency of service delivery.
- Provide training to DYS clinical and administrative staff on clinical-related topics, such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), suicide prevention, sex offender and violent offender treatment, and family counseling services.
- Develop and maintain interagency collaborations with other state agencies within the Southeast Region to develop resources for the treatment of DYS youth.
- Assist Community Reentry Staff in the linkage with Mass Health Payers and Network Providers ensuring access to behavioral health services within the Southeast Region.
- Provide annual reports to the Regional Director and Director of Clinical Services of their assessment of the clinical quality and service delivery within the Region and make recommendations for program and policy improvement.
- Proficient in the theory, principles, and practices of psychotherapy and developmental psychology including therapeutic techniques used in psychotherapy such as analytic, existential, non-directive, behavior modification.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the principles, practices, and techniques of counseling, motivation, and reinforcement techniques, interviewing techniques.
- Ability to identify types and symptoms of mental and/or emotional disorders.
- Understanding of psychological research…
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