In-Home Therapy Clinician

Work Location: Brockton, MA

 * Bilingual Candidates Encouraged to Apply

* EOE M/F/D/V

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 – Changing Lives one family at a time. 

Job Requirements:

• Accurately diagnose and provide proper clinical formulation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the service delivery protocol and treatment standards as well as the ethical mandates of relevant professional bodies.
• Submit detailed 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.
• 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.
• Provides or secures support and crisis/emergency services for the youth/family.
• 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 Requirements:

• Degree Required: Must possess an MCE approved Master's Degree in a human services field.
• Minimum Experience Required: 1 year

Benefits:

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

The Gandara 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.