Clinician

Location : Dorchester, MA – Adolescent Detention Program (male program) within the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services.

Schedule : Full-time, Sunday-Thursday. (Monday-Thursday 9am-6pm plus 4 hour shift on Sundays)

Pay rate : $66,500-$68,000 annually

Benefits :

• 401k with company contribution
• Health, dental, vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discounts on wide array of services / entertainment

The Masters level Clinician is responsible for :

• Assisting the Clinical Director in the implementation, ongoing development and management of the Program's clinical component.
• Providing direct clinical services, administering youth assessment and evaluation instruments to clients in the program.
• Providing crisis management, and offer clinical support in the program milieu as needed.
• Work in a hardware secure setting for male identified youth
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to help young people in the juvenile justice system
• Run therapy groups such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy groups and substance use prevention groups (with training)
• Assist with intakes of new youth and clinical case management of small caseload
• CA
• CB #CON020

Qualifications

Qualifications :

• Master's degree in human services or related field required, license eligible. (LICSW, LMHC)
• Two (2) years field experience, preferably with at-risk youth.
• Highly developed clinical skills; demonstrated ability to assess and diagnose a client in crisis; client triage and referral skills.