Clinician - Children's MH Support & Stabilization Services

The Edinburg Center•Bedford, MA

6d•$65,208•Remote

About The Position

Support & Stabilization Clinicians work as a team with Outreach Workers and sometimes a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to support youth whose families are involved with The Department of Children and Families. Clinicians assess and manage risk, complete clinical assessments, oversee treatment planning, caregiver coaching, skill building, engage in intensive-family therapy, and provide case management as needed.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Social Work, Clinical Psychology or Education with a Clinical Concentration (or related field)
LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, or Psychologist licensure
Prior experience working with youth with emotional and behavioral health disturbances and their families.
Valid MA driver’s license and reliable transportation required.
Strong documentation and clinical writing skills.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual/bicultural
Experience working with youth with behavioral challenges
Lived experience
Supervisory experience
Knowledge of EBP models

Responsibilities

Engage in a comprehensive and on-going assessment process. Initial assessments will include 5 Protective Factors Survey (assessing parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, social connections, support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children), as well as a comprehensive assessment to assess functioning and needs across multiple domains. This may also include a specialized assessment to address the unique needs of individuals with co-occurring substance use or other co-occurring complex conditions.
Develop a treatment plan with the youth and family with goals that are clearly and measurably defined, individualized and reflect and target the needs identified in the comprehensive assessment.
Develop structured and consistent strengths-based therapeutic relationship with the youth and family for the purpose of treating the identified behavioral health needs, including improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote healthy functioning within the family.
Implement home-based individual therapy interventions that are evidence based or grounded in promising practices and utilize techniques that have proven effective for the presenting issues such as but not limited to: Motivational Interviewing, trauma informed CBT, DBT, Collaborative Problem-Solving, Multi-Systemic Therapy, Attachment Regulation Competency, Solution Focused Therapy. Interventions may also include treatment approaches modified to respond to the unique capabilities of individuals with co-occurring disorders or complex diagnoses.
Provide ongoing safety assessment, planning and on-call crisis support that includes on call telephonic support, 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
Provide weekly email updates to DCF related to service delivery
Coordinate services, ensuring they are integrated and clinically coherent across all treatment providers and supports to the youth. This includes coordinating continuity of approaches across providers, school, state agencies, and other supports.
Conduct collateral contact with third parties on behalf of the youth and family, with permission. These can occur through face-to-face meetings, by phone, email, or other technology and/direct observation with school staff, pediatricians, or other formal or informal services and supports to the youth and their family.
Facilitates Treatment Planning/Review meetings as assigned.
Support the caregiver and the youth in developing strategies for self-care, identifying respite care formal and informal respite care providers and accessing respite care.
Adheres to Edinburg Center policies and procedures
Complies with all state and local licensing/ certification requirements and regulations
Participates in daily Support and Stabilization team meetings, and departmental staff meetings and trainings as required.
Engages in weekly supervision.
Keeps abreast of and presents relevant current literature.
Consults with other professionals regarding their expertise.
Performs other job duties as required and consistent with the nature of the job.