Bilingual Part Time Mental Health Clinician/ Social Worker

Company Description
JECC Behavioral Center, LLC is an evidence-based mental health practice located in North Andover, MA, dedicated to providing treatments for historically marginalized populations in a multitude of settings such as home, community, offices, and schools. Our aim is to empower our clients to reach their full potential in their daily lives by implementing high-quality care while expanding on an array of traditional and community-based services, striving to reduce health disparities, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion of care. Racial and cultural humility is embedded in our work.

Role Description
This is a part-time on-site role for a Mental Health Clinician. The Mental Health Clinician will provide direct clinical services to clients, including conducting assessments, creating treatment plans, providing therapy (individual, family, and group), case management, crisis intervention. The Mental Health Clinician will also collaborate with other professionals, as needed, to provide comprehensive care to clients. All services are provided in accordance with professional ethics and boundaries.

Brief Breakdown of Duties
1. Interview clients to obtain information concerning social history, treatment, and other pertinent information.
2. Plan and administer therapeutic treatment, behavior modification, and stress management therapy to assist clients in developing/displaying appropriate behaviors.
3. Clinically evaluate patients to detect indications of abnormal physical or mental behavior.
4. Review results of psychological evaluations and evaluations from community providers to assess client needs.
5. Change method and degree of therapy when indicated by client reactions and needs.
6. Discuss progress toward goals and objectives, such as medication regimen, family relationships, educational programs, social development, discharge plans or other behavioral problems, with clients.
7. Responsible for carrying a clinical caseload, either online via secured HIPPA Compliant Telehealth platform or face to face at our organization, while maintaining required productivity level as detailed by the Clinical Director.
8. Consult external community providers concerning treatment plans and for coordination of care, as required.
9. Maintain regular contact with other agencies and professionals regarding client progress in the therapeutic treatment milieu through phone calls, letters, and/or monthly reporting.
10. Refer clients to supportive services to supplement treatment and counseling, as needed.

Telehealth
The clinician must understand when virtual care is appropriate and when a patient is best served with in-person care. Clinicians must demonstrate how to effectively communicate with virtual patients, be able to evaluate signs and symptoms for a patient virtually, and be able to use best practices when delivering virtual care.

Supervision Received
Clinical Therapists are required to meet with their designated supervisor, on a monthly basis, to review treatment planning and coordination of care for patients. Specific treatment interventions are planned and implemented by the therapist, independently. Situations in which clients are not responding to treatment are to be reported to the Clinical Director and Supervisor. Unethical or illegal issues, and/or any perceived threat to clients or other individuals are to be reported to the Clinical Director immediately. Treatment records may be reviewed at any time.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to understand and follow directions from supervisors, as well as comply with agency and county directives, state laws, licensing rules and regulations, and certification standards that cover mental health, AODA, and the chronically mentally ill.
- Maintain electronic case records that are in accordance with HIPAA guidelines and other federal and state regulations.
- Demonstrates excellent verbal skills (essential to communicate clearly with clients and other staff members).
- Ability to read and understand clinical reports and professional literature.
- Knowledge of the spectrum of mental illness, symptomatology, psychotropic medications, and the problems presented in adjusting to life cycle changes.
- Knowledge of lifespan issues from child development to issues of aging.
- Ability to articulate a coherent philosophy regarding a psychotherapeutic approach or approaches within generally accepted practices of psychotherapy.
- Ability to accurately recognize crisis situations, assess potential danger to clients and/or others, and effectively intervene, complete Baker Acts, and assist with hospital transportation, as needed.
- Ability to recognize dual diagnosis and substance abuse problems.
- Ability to work as part of a mental health team.
- Ability to relate to administrative staff in a professional and appropriate manner. Ability to begin with a case load of a minimum of 50 clients
Qualifications
Bilingual in English & Spanish

Pay Rate:

Fee for Service rate ranging for $30-34 dependent on experience.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $30.00 - $34.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Experience:

• Clinical counseling: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person