Behavioral Health Clinician (School Based) in Randolph, Massachusetts at Codman Square Health Center Inc

Primary Responsibilities:

• The BHC works as an integrated member of a patient’s care team to provide consultation/assessment and bio-psychosocial evaluations on an urgent basis, support and linkage services, advocacy, education, brief interventions, counseling, to address behavioral health needs.
• BHCs provide culturally sensitive assessment, consultation, and brief interventions for psychological/psychiatric problems and/or disorders and diagnostic clarification utilizing DSM5-TR. They formulate client centered treatment plans appropriate for short term behavioral health treatment.
• BHCs collaborate with multi-disciplinary care teams, parents/guardians, community based social service agencies, and state agencies.
• BHCs provide group and family counseling where appropriate.
• BHCs at our school-based health centers at Randolph High and Tech Boston Academy provide care in an interdisciplinary setting including health center and school personnel and parents and guardians. BHCs at the main health center campus are embedded into primary care units and provide care as members of the primary care team.
• BHCs based at the main health center campus in Dorchester and the school-based health centers provide virtual and in person coverage for other sites as needed.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Master’s degree in social work, mental health counseling, or related human services field (Required)
• Massachusetts License LCSW, LICSW, LMHC (Required)
• Timely, complete and accurate documentation skills meeting insurance and regulatory standards utilizing an EMR (Required)
• Massachusetts License LICSW, LMHC (Preferred)
• Experience providing services to children, adolescents, and/or people who use substances (preferred)
• Experience with integrated behavioral healthcare and/or school based behavioral healthcare (preferred)
• Proficiency in speaking Haitian Creole, Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, or Vietnamese (Preferred)

· Knowledge of Epic EMR and Microsoft 365 (Preferred)

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to stand or sit for prolonged periods (50% of the time) ·

• Must be able to lift 10-25 pounds and load onto shelves.

• Visual acuity sufficient for frequent reading and computer use.