Mental Health Clinician

Volunteers of America Massachusetts; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

403(b) retirement plan

Loan forgiveness (PSLF)

Job summary

Volunteers of America Massachusetts is hiring a Mental Health Clinician for our residential Hello House program in Boston. The clinician delivers individual and group therapy, develops action plans, and coordinates with the care team to support men in recovery and wellness, using a trauma-informed, harm-reduction approach.

The role emphasizes client-centered treatment planning, collaboration with staff, and active participation in supervision.

Qualifications

• Must have a Master’s degree in mental health counseling, social work, or a related discipline.
• Experience providing treatment to individuals and in groups.
• Computer proficiency in electronic health records, Microsoft Word and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate a therapeutic environment and provide in-the-moment clinical intervention in the residential milieu.
• Develop individualized action plans focusing on mental health and co-occurring symptoms.
• Deliver individual sessions for residents and group sessions weekly.
• Attend weekly clinical supervision and staff meetings.
• Collaborate with collateral contacts and the integrated care team.

Skills

Counseling experience

Group therapy

Electronic health records

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Education

Master’s degree in mental health counseling, social work, or a related discipline

Tools

Electronic health records

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

Description

The Opportunity: Mental Health Clinician

Job Type: Full-Time, On-site

Salary: Starting at $70,600

Hours: Sun- Thurs 11a-7pm

Additional salary possible for those with experience. We also offer a sign-on bonus of $1000!

What We Do

Through our powerful integrated behavioral health care model, we bring together vast resources from a diverse team of caring staff to help each client meet their personal goals. The care we provide paves the way for greater opportunity and second chances by focusing on the critical pillars towards a healthy life: behavioral health, financial stability, and safe housing.

Men's Hello House

The Men's Hello House provides comprehensive treatment to men coping with substance use and mental health disorders. The Men's Hello House provides 24 men with the support, resources, and tools needed to manage their conditions and reclaim their lives.

As Mental Health Clinician with VOAMASS, you’ll have a dynamic and critical role ensuring the highest quality of behavioral health care at our residential co-occurring recovery home. Our program helps men recover and achieve wellness through a client-centered, trauma-informed harm reduction framework. As a Mental Health Clinician, you'll make an impact creating treatment plans that provide the level of support needed by each individual and provide care through individual and group sessions .

Some of your critical responsibilities:

• Facilitate a therapeutic and supportive environment for residents to provide in-the-moment clinical intervention in the residential milieu
• Work with residents to develop individualized action plans focused on mental health, substance use and co-occurring symptoms with a whole-person health approach
• Deliver individualized sessions for up to 8 residents, and group sessions for up to 16 residents weekly
• Attend weekly individual clinical supervision, group clinical supervision and staff meetings.
• Collaborate with client’s collateral contacts, the integrated team, and/or any providers working with the residents

The Mental Health Clinician role is about making a difference in the lives of the people we serve. You’ll bring the following qualifications:

• Must have a Master’s degree in mental health counseling, social work, or a related discipline.
• Experience providing treatment to individuals and in groups.
• Computer proficiency is preferred in electronic health records, Microsoft Word and Outlook.

If you come to us with some experience you are eligible for a higher starting pay. The following experience is preferred for the Mental Health Clinician:

• Diagnosing substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and/or co-occurring disorders
• Experience providing treatment of substance use disorders including, but not limited to: CBT, motivational interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or other person-centered approaches
• Knowledge of milieu therapy in residential settings; substance use modalities, harm reduction approaches, trauma informed care, whole person health approaches, dual diagnosis, and commitment to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable.

Since 1934, VOAMASS has provided critical services to the residents of the Commonwealth. From pioneering early residential treatment programs in the 1960’s to leading today in the field of mental health programming, VOAMASS can be counted on to tackle our greatest challenges.

For full-time employees, including our Mental Health Clinician, our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:

• Individual and group clinical supervision toward licensure
• Excellent health, vision, and dental insurance with 90% of medical deductible and certain co-pays paid by employer
• Multiple opportunities to use pre-tax dollars to save for expenses such as health care (flexible spending account), child care, transit, and parking
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• 24/7 nurse hotline for urgent health questions
• Employee assistance program to provide help with family concerns, stress management, legal issues, and more
• Employer-paid long-term disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance
• Tuition remission programs
• Loan forgiveness (Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program)
• Generous vacation benefits, starting at three weeks and moving to four weeks after three years of employment
• 14 paid holidays, higher than industry average
• Fitness/wellness reimbursement to cover expenses such as gym membership
• Employee discount program on hundreds of items such as computers, cell phone plans and accessories, furniture, hotels, vacation home rentals, etc.
• Cash bonus, with no annual cap, for referring other qualified candidates for employment

VOAMASS is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.