Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) Clinician

Justice Resource Institute•Taunton, MA

4h•$75,000 - $79,000

About The Position

The Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) Clinician works as part of a small, dedicated team serving MassHealth youth with serious emotional disturbance. JRI’s Community Service Agencies provide medically necessary intensive family therapy, care coordination, and Family Partner engagement. The clinician focuses on improving youth mental health while strengthening family structure and support, providing services in home and community settings through consistent, strength-based therapeutic relationships. The clinician delivers trauma-informed, confidential clinical services and works with youth and families to support healthy functioning. The role includes collaboration with a multidisciplinary treatment team and consultation with collateral providers, including schools and medical service providers. JRI provides training for the position.

Requirements

Master’s degree or higher in a mental health field.
Must be licensed or working toward licensure and license-eligible as an LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, or LMFT; JRI will support licensure hours and testing.
Clinical experience with children or adolescents.
Ability to form therapeutic relationships with people from diverse racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and sexual-orientation identities.
Daily access to a reliable, insured vehicle and an active driver’s license.
Willingness to maintain a flexible work schedule and participate in an on-call schedule.
Knowledge of, or ability to learn, electronic medical record software and basic computer functions, including Microsoft Suite.
Background and driving record checks will be performed.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with trauma-informed treatment models.
Experience with community mental health programs.
Experience providing family therapy.

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 and support safety planning and stronger family dynamics; interventions may help prevent the need for inpatient hospitalization, psychiatric residential treatment, or another treatment setting.
Work as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team to guide and support youth and their families.
Develop structured, consistent, strength-based therapeutic relationships with youth and families to address behavioral health needs and improve the family’s ability to support the youth’s healthy functioning.
Provide trauma-informed, confidential clinical services.
Consult with collateral providers, including schools and medical service providers, to help youth navigate their lives with more support.
Provide FIT services in home and community settings.

Benefits

$2,000 sign-on bonus, paid in full after 90 days of employment.
$2,000 bilingual bonus for new hires who speak a second language fluently and use it to serve clients.
Reimbursement for registration costs and annual fees for professional licenses required for work.
Blue Cross medical benefits.
Delta Dental benefits.
401(k) with matching up to $800 per year.
Pension after five years of employment.
Tuition reimbursement up to almost $4,000 per year.
Discounted tuition rates at select partner colleges and universities.
Wellness benefits, including employee engagement groups, self-care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
Up to 19 days of paid time off in the first year for full-time employees.