Clinician - Family-Based Intensive Treatment
Pittsfield, MA
Full time
Full time
Weekdays, 1st Shift! Licensure-status drives rate.
Essential Job Functions
- Adheres to all applicable state and federal regulations; ensures compliance with the organization's policies and procedures, code of conduct, and all applicable regulatory requirements.
- Completes a comprehensive and age-appropriate behavioral health assessment and treatment plan
- Delivers intensive family therapy on an outreach basis as part of the FIT team.
- Assesses safety needs, develops safety plans and monitors safety on an ongoing basis.
- Monitors progress on attainment of treatment plan goals and objectives.
- Provides coaching and support in decision making to the youth/family.
- Coordinates and communicates with all collaterals.
- Maintains contact with the family 3-5 times per week.
- Offers and delivers services in the home, community, schools, day care, foster homes, and other community settings.
- Completes all required documentation in accordance with agency policy and performance specifications.
Qualifications, Experience and Education
- Master’s degree that is license eligible with an Allied Mental Health (LMHC) or Social Work (LCSW, LICSW) licensure board and that contains a scope of practice to provide behavioral health interventions to youth and families.
- Must obtain licensure within 6 months of eligibility date.
- One year experience working with children, adolescents, and families.
- Crisis intervention training preferred.
- Basic knowledge and experience with diagnostic and treatment procedures.
- Ability to work mandatory on call rotation.
- Basic knowledge of community mental health systems and community resources.
- Excellent oral and presentation skills
- Ability to delegate effectively.
- Strong knowledge of computers.
- Ability to respond to program scheduling needs on a flexible basis.
- Valid US driver’s license.
- Ability to use personal insured automobile.