FIT Master's Level Clinician (Bonus Eligible)

The Home for Little Wanderers•Chelsea, MA

52d

About The Position

When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids. For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future. At The Home, we believe strong families are the backbone of strong communities. Our Community Service Agencies (CSAs) provide individualized, family-driven coordination of care to meet the complex needs of children and families who are involved in child and family-serving systems and may be experiencing emotional, behavioral, safety or mental health difficulties. Each of our CSAs now offer a Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) service which provides short-term, flexible, hands-on support at home, helping families navigate tough times, strengthen connections and keep kids in their communities. The FIT service is designed for MassHealth youth under 21 with serious emotional challenges. It is delivered by a specialized team of clinicians, paraprofessionals, family partners and includes access to prescribers and behavioral therapists. Under the direction of the Program Director and Senior FIT Clinician, the FIT Master's-Level Clinician provides intensive, home and community-based therapeutic services to children under the age of 21 with a Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), SUD, ASD, IDD and their families under the CBHI framework. The FIT Clinician uses a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strength-based to stabilize and strengthen the family structure and youth mental health presentation to prevent the need for higher level of care.

Requirements

Master's degree in a mental health field (counseling, family therapy, social work, psychology, addiction, expressive therapies, etc.) from an accredited college or university
Licensed or license-eligible (LICSW, LCSW, LMHC LMFT, LADC 1)
Experience navigating any of the child/family-serving systems and experience advocating for family members who are involved with behavioral health systems
Must maintain certification in the Massachusetts CANS
Driving required or must have access to own mode of transportation
If transporting clients, then a valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record required
Computer literate and able to quickly learn new software applications.
Excellent organizational and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Preferably knowledgeable about the communities we serve
Preferably familiarity with psychotherapy techniques
Fluency in a second language (eg. Spanish, Haitian Creole) is a plus
Strong clinical formulation and diagnostic skills preferred
Experience with CBHI services preferred but not required
Knowledge of trauma-informed care service delivery and family systems theory preferred
Primarily home/community-based visits with office-based tasks
Travel within assigned geographic region that falls into CSA catchment

Responsibilities

Convenes monthly meetings with youth, family, providers, clinicians, and school representatives
Deliver intensive family therapy to youth and family in their home or chosen community-based setting
Develop and implement treatment plans to meet the individual needs of the youth and family
Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments inclusive of the CANS and CRAFFT
Maintains timely and accurate documentation in the program's eHR per agency, MCE, and CBHI guidelines
Maintains ongoing communication with families, collaborates with CBHI services, schools, and providers, and meets with assigned youth and families 3-5 times weekly to ensure coordinated care.
Provide crisis stabilization and safety planning for at-risk youth and families.
Place and monitor referrals that meet the medical, social, therapeutic or other necessary services in a timely manner
Participates in individual, dyad, and group supervision, weekly supervision, and regular staff meetings and training as required.
Carry a caseload of 5-6 youth
Attend daily "Wrap Rounds"
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

Generous time off including up to 15 days per year for new full-time employees, plus 11 holidays, and 5 sick days
Health, Dental and Vision Insurance available
Extensive training to new staff
Tuition reimbursement of up to $2,400 per fiscal year
403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match
Employer paid Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance, plus Basic Life and AD&D Insurance

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