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The Gándara Center provides residential, mental health, substance use, and preventive services for children, adults, and families across Massachusetts. We believe in our communities, 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 –Empowering Lives. Restoring Families
In-Home Therapy Clinicianprovides structured, consistent, strength-based therapeutic interventions in client homes for the purpose of treating a youth’s behavioral health needs, including improving the family’s ability to provide effective support for the youth to healthy functioning within the family. This service is delivered by one or more members of a team consisting of professional and paraprofessional staff, offering a combination of medically necessary In-Home Therapy and Therapeutic Training and Support.
Job Requirements
- Accurately use the DSM-V criteria to diagnose, ability to complete differential diagnosis, and provide proper clinical formulation.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the service delivery protocol, best practices and treatment standards as well as the ethical mandates relevant to the profession.
- Submit 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) that occurs in the youth’s home or another location of the family’s choice.
- 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.
- Provides or secures support and crisis/emergency services for the youth/family.
- 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.
- 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.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must possess an MCE approved master degree and have in a human service field.
- Minimum Experience required 1-year experience preferred.
- Experience in working with youth and families in a Therapeutic/Clinical setting.
- 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.
