$3000 Sign On Bonus! Licensure status drives rate! All days and shifts available! General Description Provide mental health/substance abuse treatment at the Pittsfield Based Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC). Essential Job Functions • Complete diagnostic mental health/substance abuse assessment and provide treatment • Maintain client records, completing all necessary paperwork 24 hours of a session. • Plan and implement treatment collaboratively which includes completing all paperwork collaboratively with full live participation of the client • Coordinate treatment components and communicate with all collateral agents • Provide treatment within guidelines established by the Brien Center. Treatment is goal focused with a clearly defined end. Clients requiring long term care will be referred to a CBHC clinical extender, for example a Care Navigator. Treatment is either Urgent care with a clearly defined end or Routine Care with goals that are reviewed quarterly. • Provide consultation to community agencies on mental health/substance abuse issues upon request • CBHC is required to provide 24-48 hour access to care. Clinicians are required to participate in centralized scheduling. • Interventions and treatment are evidence based approaches from the approved list of treatment modalities. • Treatment provided is both routine and urgent care. Length of treatment in routine care is reviewed the Utilization Review Committee • Treatment is provided by a team of providers; the clinician takes a leadership role in team planning and coordinates care with the CBHC Team • Treatment is delivered either in person or via Telehealth based on clinical need and client choice Other Responsibilities • Maintain client records, completing all necessary paperwork in a timely manner • Participate in regularly scheduled supervision • Attend required meetings and agency trainings Qualifications • Master’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling or other clinical concentration required • LCSW, LICSW, LMHC required within 6 months of eligibility date • Diagnostic and treatment knowledge and skill • Extensive knowledge of the dynamics of mental health/substance abuse treatment, intervention and education • Experience in providing individual and group mental health/substance abuse and family counseling Skills • Ability to work on interdisciplinary team • Excellent oral and presentation skills • Leadership talent and the ability to delegate effectively • Proficient knowledge of computers Other Requirements • Able to pass a CORI and RMV check • Support and maintain the principles and policies of the agency • Flexibly respond to program scheduling needs • Communicate a sense of hopefulness and respect for consumer rights • Encourage independence • Represent the agency in a professional manner in all community contacts • Demonstrate a commitment to the agency’s mission and community mental health principles Working Conditions • Works in office; temperature regulated • Facilitate groups in other community locations • Schedule may include evening and weekend hours Physical Conditions • Manual and visual dexterity; correctable • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions IND2