Family Centered Clinician

Sevita•Leominster, MA

About The Position

Mentor South Bay, provides Early Intervention, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Behavioral Health and Mental Health Outpatient services across Massachusetts and Connecticut. For over 35 years, we’ve provided a collaborative, team-based approach dedicated to helping children, adults, and families reach their fullest potential. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, join our mission-driven team and experience a career well lived. SUMMARY Provides service and develops treatment plans that are based on a person-centered assessment of the individuals strengths, needs and is goal oriented . Provides 24/7 on-call support for all assigned individuals. Builds and maintains positive relationships with community partners from referring or collateral agencies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (or masters in some states) in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, and Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology or other related field
One or more years related field experience, two years preferred
Specialized training required
All counselors must hold a master's degree in counseling education, counseling psychology, or rehabilitation counseling from an accredited educational institution
Must have had two years of full-time supervised clinical experience in a multidisciplinary mental-health setting subsequent to obtaining the master's degree.
Must hold a Bachelor’s (Master’s preferred) degree in social work or Master’s degree in counseling from accredited educational institution
Must hold a license in: Licensed Social Work (LSW), Licensed Practicing Counselor (LPC) or Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) required
Driver’s License and acceptable driving record

Responsibilities

Provides person-centered assessments in the areas of behavioral health, education, personality, community engagement, vocational needs, relationships, and family interactions.
Develops and revises service or treatment plans based on assessment of strengths, needs, collaboration with referral agencies, collaboration with the individual served and is goal oriented.
Provides activity and participation based interventions and approaches developed from training materials, experience, individual and/or families’ successes.
Provides 24/7 coverage for all assigned individuals served and/or families.
Makes referrals to services and resources on behalf of individuals served and/or families.
Assures that documentation and records are kept confidential, organized, and complete and submitted to supervisor in an accurate and timely manner.
Participates in team meetings with peers and in collateral team meeting when needed. Supports peer development by addressing areas of concern for professional development and team performance issues.
Provides a discharge and aftercare plan for each family/individual served.
Builds and maintains positive relationships with community partners from referring/ collateral agencies. Provides guidance for the family in their interaction with referring agencies, and other community organizations as needed.
May provide training or field supervision of new or tenured peers; review and edit peer records and documentation, marketing and education presentations; training and development for the region or team meetings
Performs other related duties and activities as required