Intensive HomeBase Family Services Clinician

Help children and families create meaningful lasting changeright in their homes and communities.

Bay State Community Services (BSCS) is seeking a compassionate and skilled Clinician to join our Intensive Home Based Family Services team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician who enjoys working collaboratively with children youth and families and wants to provide services where they can have a meaningful impact. Our clinicians work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team while providing intensive strengths-based and trauma-informed services in home and community settings.

• Small caseloads that allow you to spend meaningful time with children and families.
• A supportive and collaborative team of professionals.
• Dedicated supervision focused on your professional development and clinical goals.
• Supervision toward licensure requirements.
• Extensive training and opportunities for certification in evidence-based practices.
• Agency-issued laptop and cell phone.
• State-of-the-art electronic medical record.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

What You Will Be Doing to Make a Difference...

Work in a strength-based family focused team approach

Provide intensive family therapy and robust care coordination/targeted case management in-person in the home and community

Strengthening family systems so that the youth can be supported in her/his/their home and community to prevent hospitalization and higher level of care

Complete initial intake comprehensive assessment and include the caregiver and youth in the development of a treatment plan

Assess safety needs and develop a safely plan at the onset of care and ongoing

Completes all documentation in a timely manner including assessment treatment/individualized action plan progress notes and discharge summary; accurate observation and documentation of the progress behavior issues and performance of persons being served; note any report changes in physical or emotional health of the persons served

Exhibit professionalism in all job functions (confidentiality boundaries respect for other employees) appropriate representation of the agency at all times (public families and vendors)

Participate actively and positively in staff meetings supervision professional development and annual performance evaluations both internal and external

Attend mandatory trainings

Maintain necessary caseload to meet consistent productivity expectations

The clinician and team will meet with the family 3-5 times per week or more intensely as to prevent the need for admission to a 24-hour level of care

Will work collaboratively with other team members including formal and natural supports in addition to support community referrals and linkages

Provide transportation to youth and families

Important Health and Wellbeing Benefits - BENEFITS BEGIN FIRST DAY OF WORK

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Health and Dental Insurance
• Eye-Med Vision Benefits
• Employer Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
• Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

• 35 Days Paid Time Off (15 Vacation Days 12 Holidays and 8 Sick Days)

Additional Benefits

• Retirement Plan 403(b) (employer match after the first year of employment)
• Opportunities for Reduced Tuition for Clinical Masters Degree
• Opportunities for Student Loan Forgiveness
• Mileage Reimbursement

Extensive Training Program

• Two-Week Orientation Training and Shadowing
• Weekly Group Supervision
• Weekly Individual Supervision
• Daily Mentoring and Support
• Immediate Access to Comprehensive Online Self-Paced CEU Trainings
• Opportunities for Certification in Evidence-Based Practices

• Masters degree that is license-eligible with an Allied Mental Health licensure board of the Department of Public Health with appropriate scope
• In not license eligible a master degree in one of the following fields with 2 years of experience working with children and families with behavioral health needs: Mental Health (including but not restricted to counseling addictions family therapy social work psychology and expressive therapies) child development nursing/medicine and Education with a concentration in Behavioral Health
• Must demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of clinical theory and practice inclusive of:
• Strength Based Services
• Healthy Child Development
• Family Systems
• Behavior Management
• Behavioral Health
• Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
• Must possess strong organizational and clinical communication skills
• Must be available for rotation in in-person on-call when required
• Must have flexibility in job schedule to meet families needs; ability to work some evenings/weekends
• Bilingual ability desirable
• Computer proficiency
• Valid MA drivers license acceptable driving record reliable transportation and proof of insurance
• Acceptable background record check as required by program

Bay State Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from bias discrimination or harassment of any kind and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and teammates without regard to race ethnicity religion sex pregnancy national origin age physical and mental disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information military and veteran status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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