In Home Behavioral Clinician

Work Location: Holyoke, MA

The Gándara Center provides residential, mental health, substance abuse, and preventive services for children, adults, and families across the Pioneer Valley and eastern parts of Massachusetts. We believe in our communities and value cultural diversity and strive to provide culturally competent, innovative services to a diverse community. Our mission is to promote the well-being of Hispanics, African-Americans, and other culturally diverse populations, through innovative, culturally competent behavioral health, prevention, and educational services –Empowering Lives. Restoring Families

Provide leadership for their portion of the Agency’s Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative whose mission is to strengthen, expand and integrate a comprehensive system of community- based, culturally competent behavioral health and complementary services for children with serious emotional and behavioral health needs along with their families. She/he is accountable to the Licensed Senior Clinician. The behavior management therapist will develop specific behavioral objectives and interventions that are designed to diminish, extinguish, or improve specific behaviors related to the youth’s behavioral health condition(s) and which are incorporated into the behavior plan ad the risk management/safety plan. Behavior Management/Therapist maintains a caseload of 8 families, and will liaises with the Care Coordinator, Family Partners and other team members to achieve program objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Complete functional behavioral assessment inclusive of the CANS
• Provides in-home and in-community behavioral observations
• Completes a written behavioral assessment report
• Develops an individualized focused behavior plan in collaboration with the family and the child.
• Responsible for the supervision and coordination of interventions
• Participates in the development of CPT and ICP
• 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. Will attend IEP meetings, CPT meetings and any other meeting necessary to achieve the stated goals and objectives

Minimum Qualifications

• Behavior Management Therapist must possess a clinical Master Degree with additional hours of coursework and training in conducting functional behavioral assessments and selecting, implementing, and evaluating intervention strategies.
• Two years relevant experience providing direct services to youth and families who require behavior management to address mental health needs.
• Supervised experience consulting behavioral assessments and designing, implementing and monitoring behavior analysis program for individuals.
• Experience navigating any of the child/family-serving systems and advocating for family members who are involved in the behavioral health system
• Demonstrated ability to be innovative, creative, analytical and decisive in problem solving.
• Demonstrated communications, administrative and organizational capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations and community agencies: School Dept., DCF, DYS, Juvenile Court, etc.
• Must have a driver’s license and availability of vehicle to support Program needs.

Benefits:

• Retirement Plan 403(b)
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid Vacations
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 8 Discretionary days a year

The Gándara Mental Health Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.