In-Home / Outpatient Therapist

In-Home / Outpatient Therapist (IHT, OPT)

Bay Coast Behavioral - Plymouth, MA

- Starting salary $55,000 to $65,000 -

The Position: **Bilingual candidates strongly encouraged to apply!**

With flexible hours, a competitive starting salary, an excellent benefits package, paid holidays and a cohesive "family-like" work environment, an IHT/OPT at Bay Coast Behavioral will use their Master's level education to provide intensive clinical therapeutic services, implement treatment plans, and coordinate with family/guardian(s) while assisting the youth in achieving the goals of that plan. As a clinician you may be working alone or as part of a team of qualified paraprofessionals to meet these objectives. Services include teaching the youth to understand, direct, interpret, manage, and control feelings and emotional responses to situations and to assist the family to address the youth's emotional and mental health needs.

This full-time position (part-time available) for a IHT/OPT is responsible for adhering to professional and legal requirements and principles as well as always demonstrating sound professional judgment. You will be responsible for ensuring that each client on their caseload receives at least the minimum standard of care according to program standards and principles of "good practice."

Who We Are:

Bay Coast Behavioral provides an array of behaviorally based treatment and mental health services to children, families, and adults. We are friends, we are a family, and we strive to uphold the same level of care and patience for our staff that we provide for our clients. Bay Coast Behavioral is passionate about being a welcoming and respectful working environment that gives every employee a chance to grow in both their professional and personal lives.

Requirements:

• Master's Degree in relevant field with post-degree experience working with youth with behavioral/mental health challenges and supervising colleagues in a clinical setting.

Job Duties:

• The Therapist will provide mental health assessment and treatment services to children, adults, and families in home-based or outreach programs.
• Attend staff meetings and training meetings as required and regularly meet with the supervisor to carry out directives and ensure quality and efficient practice.
• Develop a treatment plan in collaboration with the youth, parent(s), guardian(s), and/or caregiver(s) with required consent in consultation with other providers.
• Review and modification of the treatment plan as necessary.
• Intensive Family Therapy that may include working with the entire family, or a subset of the family, to implement evidence-based interventions to enhance problem-solving, limit-setting, risk management/safety planning, and communication, skill-building to strengthen the family and advance therapeutic goals.
• Meet with collateral service providers to coordinate care across all settings
• Prepare and submit all required documentation in a timely manner.
• Provide billing data to biller for individual clients and clients with unusual billing requirements.

The Programs:

IN-HOME THERAPY SERVICES (IHT) under21 years of age

IHT services are delivered by one or more members of a team consisting of Therapist and para-professional (TT&S) staff, offering a combination of medically necessary In-Home Therapy and Therapeutic Training and Support. In-Home Therapy is a structured, consistent, strength-based, therapeutic relationship between a clinician and the youth and family for the purpose of treating the youth's behavioral health needs, including improving the family's ability to provide effective support for the youth to promote his/her healthy functioning within the family. Interventions are designed to enhance and improve the family's capacity to improve the youth's functioning in the home and community and may prevent the need for the youth's admission to an inpatient hospital, psychiatric residential treatment facility or another treatment setting.

OUTPATIENT SERVICES (OP)Child, Adolescent, Adult

Outpatient Services are behavioral health services that are rendered in an ambulatory care setting, such as an office, clinic environment, a client's home, or other locations appropriate for psychotherapy or counseling. Services consist of time-effective, defined episodes of care that focus on the restoration, enhancement, and/or maintenance of a member's optimal level of functioning, and the alleviation or amelioration of significant and debilitating symptoms

Salary & Benefits:

This position is full-time, has an excellent benefits package, a competitive salary, and a wonderful work environment! Salary starts at $55,000 to $65,000. Our benefits package includes:

• A focused commitment to Work-life Balance with Paid Holidays, Sick Leave, & Vacation time.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• AFLAC Supplementary Insurance
• Tuition Assistance & Continuing Education Program

There is also the option of a part-time, fee for service, position for those interested.

Bay Coast Behavioral has been accredited by CARF! Accreditation is an official recognition that our organization is guided by internationally recognized service standards and best practices.