Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) Clinician

Justice Resource Institute•Taunton, MA

5h•$75,000 - $79,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you looking to use your Master’s degree to help youth live their best lives? Do you want to support families to find stability and compassion in their care? We are offering a $2,000 sign on bonus paid out in full after 90 days of employment. Are you the Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) Clinician we have been looking for? In this position, you will be convey your passion for helping others as part of a small, dedicated team working with youth. JRI’s Community Service Agencies are committed to offering these teams to include a combination of medically necessary intensive family therapy, robust care coordination, and Family Partner engagement for MassHealth youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED). You will focus on improving the youth’s mental health concerns, while strengthening the family structure and support. Our staff provide the FIT service in home and community settings and facilitate a consistent, strength-based therapeutic relationship with the families we serve.

Requirements

Minimum Master’s degree or above in the mental health field, must be licensed OR working towards your license and License eligible (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC or LMFT). JRI will support you in gaining your licensure hours and testing.
Proven ability to form therapeutic relationships with people from various backgrounds including those of different racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious and sexual orientation identities.
Must have daily access to reliable, insured vehicle and active Driver’s License.
Must be willing to maintain a flexible work schedule and to participate in an on-call schedule.
Knowledge of or ability to learn electronic medical record software and basic computer functions including the Microsoft Suite.
Clinical experience with children/adolescents is required.
Background and driving record checks will be performed.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with trauma informed models of treatment preferred.
Experience with community mental health programs or providing family therapy preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide intensive family therapy, crisis intervention, treatment planning, and assessments.
Design and deliver focused, strategic, evidence-based interventions and behavioral techniques to build skills, safety planning, strengthen family dynamics, and may prevent the need for the youth’s admission to an inpatient hospital, psychiatric residential treatment facility, or other treatment setting.
Serve as a vital member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team that works together to find the best and most effective methods of guiding and supporting youth and their families.
Use your skills to develop a structured, consistent, strength-based therapeutic relationship with the youth and families you work with in order to help improve the youth’s behavioral health needs, including improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote their healthy functioning within the family.
Use your passion to provide trauma informed, confidential clinical services to guide care for the youth at the center of your care.
Provide consultation to collaterals including schools and medical service providers to help the youth you serve navigate their lives with more support.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus ($2,000)
Bilingual bonus ($2,000)
Reimbursement for professional license registration costs and annual fees
Medical and Dental benefits
401K matched up to $800 a year
Pension after 5 years of employment
Tuition reimbursement up to almost $4000 per year
Discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities
Wellness benefits including access to employee engagement groups, self-care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full time employees in your first year