Housing Clinician, Clarendon

Office location: 140 Clarendon St., Boston, MA 02116. Minimal travel is required for this position.

About the role

The Housing Clinician will be available to Pine Street Inn tenants and staff (especially case managers) to provide support, clinical services, and consultation. The role focuses on addressing the complexities of care for tenants with histories of trauma, mental illness, and/or addictive disorders, utilizing Harm Reduction as a model of engagement, intervention, and evaluation.

The Housing Clinician works closely with Housing Support Services teams and outside providers for tenancy preservation and increased resident independence. The role involves maintaining close communication with the Housing Clinical Services Team by collaborating and coordinating regarding high-risk individuals and high-risk/acute/high-need programs.

Schedule

40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., or comparable. Some flexibility required.

Pay

$71,676.80 - $76,000.00 annually, dependent on experience.

Qualifications

Education/Training

• Required:
  • Master’s degree or higher in a related field (e.g., social work, clinical psychology, education, nursing)
  • LICSW, LMHC, or other qualified licensure (e.g., LCSW), or the ability to obtain licensure within 6 months of hire
• Preferred:
  • Advanced training in hoarding or current Hoarding Certification, or ability to obtain advanced training in Hoarding and/or Hoarding Certification within one year of hire

Knowledge/Experience

• Required:
  • Minimum of three (3) years of direct care experience providing services, including assessment and individual and/or group therapy, to adults living in the community with mental illness and/or addictive disorders
  • Clinical skills and competence to offer education around substance use, trauma, co-occurring disorders, mental illness diagnoses, and emotional and mental health generally
  • Strong computer skills, including but not limited to use of management information systems or database programs
  • Knowledge of and strong commitment to Harm Reduction philosophy, principles, and practices
• Preferred:
  • Experience working with chronically homeless, medically vulnerable individuals with tri-morbidities (mental illness, substance abuse, medically compromised)
  • Experience coaching, mentoring, empowering, and otherwise supporting non-clinical direct-care staff
  • Familiarity with Housing First as a model of permanent, supported, affordable housing
  • Expertise in Motivational Interviewing and case management responsibilities
  • Expertise in Trauma-Informed Care, including the impact on direct-care staff (e.g., secondary traumatic stress, vicarious traumatization)
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English)