In-Home Therapy Clinician |New Bedford, MA

Behavioral Health Clinician or In-Home Therapists provide structured, consistent, strength-based therapeutic interventions in client homes for the purpose of treating a youth’s behavioral health needs.

Requirements

• Accurately diagnose and provide proper clinical formulation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the service delivery protocol and treatment standards as well as the ethical mandates of relevant professional bodies.
• Submit detailed progress notes that follow federal, state, and agency requirements.
• Conduct comprehensive home-based assessments and behavioral health assessments inclusive of the age appropriate version of the Massachusetts Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS).
• Develop and modify the youth and family-centered treatment plan in collaboration with the youth, parent/caregiver(s), and with required consents, in consultation with other providers.
• Review/development of a risk management/safety plan in collaboration with the youth and parent/caregiver.
• Provide intensive family therapy that may include working with the entire family, or a subset of the family, to implement focused, structural, strategic, behavioral techniques, or evidenced-based interventions to enhance problem-solving, limit setting, risk management/safety planning, communication, and skill-building.
• Identifies community resources and development of natural supports for youth and parent/caregiver(s) to support and sustain the achievement of the youth’s treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Provides or secures support and crisis/emergency services for the youth/family.
• Collaborates with other necessary individuals the youth and family may have contact with, such as Bureau Case Managers, Probation Officers, Judges, District Attorneys, Attorneys, Teachers, Physicians, etc.

Benefits

• Retirement Plan 403(b)
• Health, Dental, Vision, Pet and Life Insurance
• Paid vacations
• Paid holidays
• 8 discretionary days
• Mileage Reimbursement