Clinician - Master's Level or Licensed

Job Description

Job Description

We're more than just quality treatment for substance use disorders. We're a total health community. At SSTAR, our mission is healing the community, one person at a time. We will provide a personal level of healthcare and addiction treatment that addresses the mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of everyone we touch. SSTAR is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) which affords our employees eligibility to apply for one of our three Loan Repayment Programs.

SSTAR's clinical team provides comprehensive outpatient behavioral health services in a safe and welcoming environment! The clinician provides individual, group, and family counseling to people affected by addiction and or/mental illness. The licensed clinician may also have opportunities to provide clinical supervision to other team members.

Benefits

• 403B
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance through Massachusetts PFML
• Employee discounts, cell phone, eyewear etc.
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Opportunities to earn CEU's
• Voluntary Benefits including but not limited to, Disability, Life, Critical Illness, Accident and Disability Insurances

Clinician Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide a minimum of 100 hours of direct client service per month. Maintain case records in compliance with agency standards.
• Provide individual, group and family counseling sessions. Provide required clinical documentation and maintain case records in compliance with agency standards.
• Complete Biopsychosocial comp assessments.
• Conducts Suicide assessment using the Columbia Suicide Assessment too at initial visit. Continues to use CSA during treatment as clinically indicated from previous scoring.
• Participate in interdisciplinary staff meetings.
• Participate in weekly group supervision and biweekly individual clinical supervision.
• Communicate with referring agencies and others on behalf of the client.
• Respond to crisis situations as requested.
• Participate in weekly group supervision and individual clinical supervision.
• Perform case management functions as necessary for specific clients.
• Communicate, as indicated, with referring agencies and others on behalf of the client.
• Respond to crisis situations as requested.
• Share on-call coverage as requested by Clinical Manager and/or Program Director.

Clinician Qualifications

• Master's Degree in social work, counseling, or a related discipline.
• LICSW, LMHC, LADC1, preferred.
• Massachusetts license in appropriate discipline.

Clinician Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• An understanding of the relationship between substance abuse and mental health issues and/or self-help programs
• Diagnostic skills and case management ability
• Promote and enhance one's knowledge about the symptoms of psychiatric illness and addiction
• Interagency collaboration
• Ability to facilitate a group/lecture
• Ability to set limits and enforce rules
• An understanding of boundaries and ethics
• Intermediate computer skills