Per Diem Clinician - Boston

Bay Cove Human Services has been recognized by the Boston Globe as one of the Top Places to Work in 2021. This is the sixth year that Bay Cove has been acknowledged for this distinction.

Bay Cove Human Services' mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. Bay Cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges associated with developmental disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness at more than 175 program sites throughout Greater Boston and Southeastern Massachusetts.

Job Summary :

The Adult Mobile Crisis Intervention (AMCI) Clinician provides direct services to adults in crisis through assessing each person's needs for services to develop a treatment plan that best ensures their safety and optimizes their effective resolution of the crisis. They facilitate the person's engagement or re-engagement in behavioral health services through referral to community based services that are consonant with the person's needs and preferences including as needed admission to acute treatment services. The AMCI Clinician works as part of the Boston Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) that provides on site assessment and support, as well as mobile capacity to conduct assessments at the person's home, school, or agency in the Greater Boston area. They work as a partner in an integrated urgent care / emergency support services network.

This position is non-exempt.

Essential Functions of the Position :

• Provides services in a manner that is consonant with program, Bay Cove, and collaborative agencies' standards, policies, and procedures.
• Completes assessments of adults who are in crisis in a comprehensive manner attending to their safety and needs.
• Develops treatment plans with and for the person in crisis that utilize community based health, behavioral health, and social services that will ameliorate the presenting crisis.
• Works with the person in crisis and their support network to fortify their strengths and coping skills to engagement or reengagement in needed services.
• Documents all assessments and interventions in accordance with program and Bay Cove standards and secure, as needed, financial and insurance related information to facilitate billing and payment for services rendered.
• Facilitates admission to acute inpatient care on an as needed basis and provide brief treatment and support until requisite community services can be accessed in order to minimize reliance on acute inpatient services.

Job Requirements :

Bay Cove Human Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other groups as protected by Massachusetts or federal law. All qualified candidates, regardless of background, are encouraged to apply.

Bay Cove Human Services does not offer visa sponsorships at this time and will require candidates to be authorized to work in the United States.

Pay Rate : $31.25 (Master's / License Eligible) & $34.62 (Independent Licensure)