Behavioral Health Clinician

Job Summary

***NOW OFFERING A $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS***

Responsibilities

• Provides behavioral health assessment and ongoing individual and group psychotherapy to adult patients at multiple clinic sites.
• Provides crisis evaluations as needed on-site.
• Connects patients with resources necessary to address needs, such as substance use treatment, vocational training, state/federal benefits, housing case management, and legal assistance.
• Maintains contact and consultation with patients’ medical providers to provide comprehensive care; maintains up-to-date charting of electronic records.
• Mets weekly with manager for individual supervision and monthly for peer group supervision.
• Attends weekly BH clinical rounds and weekly BH team meetings and other meetings as scheduled.
• Advocate and coordinate on behalf of the client with other agencies involved in the client’s life when appropriate.
• LICSW provides supervision to unlicensed clinicians as needed.

Qualifications

• Massachusetts LICSW and LMHC preferred, LCSW required or license eligible.
• Candidates working toward LCSW licensure must have filed a license application with the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers and must not have failed the licensing exam more than once.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred.
• Experience with the homeless population preferred; experience as practitioner in adult individual psychotherapy and group psychotherapy.
• Training in substance abuse, trauma, and intimate partner violence.
• Ability to work with dual diagnosed patients who also have complex medical problems; ability to be flexible within a changing milieu.
• Takes direction well. Works well with a multidisciplinary team approach.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary starts at $66,000 and will increase with years of experience; additional compensation for demonstrated bilingual proficiency and more.
• BHCHP full-time employees are eligible for our competitive time off program, health, dental and vision insurance, 403B retirement savings plan, pre-tax MBTA pass program with 40% discount, additional compensation for demonstrated bilingual proficiency and more.
• Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.