In-Home Clinician

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network • Framingham, MA

12d • $65,000 - $70,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is hiring an In-Home Clinician to provide intensive, family-focused therapeutic services to youth with significant behavioral health needs and their families. The role serves youth and families in home, school, and community settings and includes counseling, assessment, treatment planning, crisis support, and care coordination. Clinicians manage flexible, independent schedules within a supportive culture that encourages work-life balance and professional development. The position requires a completed master's degree in mental health counseling, social work, or a related field due to contract obligations. The role is community based in Framingham, Massachusetts, and requires driving in the community with a valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or a related field.
• License eligibility required.
• Valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle for required community driving.
• Ability to connect with people.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to assess and manage risk.
• Strong care coordination, collaboration, and systems-navigation skills.
• Ability to engage youth and families experiencing complex behavioral health challenges.
• Flexibility, creative thinking, and ability to adapt to competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Independent licensure (LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, or LCSW) is preferred.
• Experience providing family therapy, community-based behavioral health services, crisis intervention, or care coordination is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individual and/or family counseling using trauma-informed and culturally responsive interventions.
• Provide intensive family-focused therapeutic services in home, school, and community settings.
• Complete behavioral health assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, and monitor progress toward measurable goals.
• Help caregivers navigate child-serving systems, identify resources, and improve access to support and services.
• Equip caregivers with strategies and skills to support youth behavioral health needs and strengthen family functioning.
• Create care plans and interventions that support skill development, family stability, and long-term success in the community.
• Strengthen families' natural supports and community connections.
• Provide crisis prevention, risk assessment, safety planning, and stabilization interventions.
• Collaborate with youth, parents and caregivers, Family Partners, schools, medical providers, and other service providers as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinate care through phone, virtual, and in-person meetings with providers, schools, state agencies, and community partners.
• Coordinate referrals, community linkages, and warm handoffs to behavioral health, medical, educational, and community-based services.
• Plan for discharge from the start of treatment, connecting families to ongoing services and developing aftercare plans.
• Collaborate with community-based organizations and service systems to advocate for youth and families and secure needed supports.
• Respect clients' rights, including cultural responsiveness, family voice and choice, and equitable access to services.

Benefits

• $2,000 sign-on bonus, pro-rated for part-time; half paid after six months of employment and half after one year.
• Tuition and training reimbursement.
• PTO package including three wellness days.
• Nine paid holidays.
• Up to three weeks of vacation in the first year.
• Free training and CEUs.
• Medical benefits.
• Financial health supports.
• Career development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level