Residential Clinician

Job Description

This Masters level clinical position requires experience with latency-aged youth, knowledge of trauma-informed care and excellent interpersonal skills. The Clinician is responsible for providing trauma informed clinical services to children and their families through individual, dyad, group, and family therapy at Italian Home. The Clinician works with children ages 4-13 that have experienced complex trauma and adversity that has impacted their ability to regulate themselves both socially and emotionally. The Clinician is responsible for case management and for serving as the primary contact for all involved family members and collaterals, which requires an individual with good organizational skills.  Internally, the Clinician works closely with direct care staff and managers, nursing staff and psychiatrists. The Clinician is expected to provide the highest quality of care to children and families.

Candidates fluent in Spanish are highly encouraged to apply. 

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Serve as case manager for assigned caseload 

• Provide individual, group and family therapy to clients 

• Maintain regular contact with outside collaterals and parents 

• Relay all significant information to treatment team members 

• Work closely with dorm leaders and staff 

• Provide clinical perspective to Staff members 

• Work closely with interdisciplinary treatment team 

• Attend conferences, family group conferences, planning meetings and other relevant clinical meetings 

• Chair treatment team meetings 

• Write initial treatment plans, psychosocial assessments, CANS assessments, quarterly treatment reviews, progress notes and discharge summaries in a timely fashion 

• Coordinate the assessment of a child’s response to psychotropic medications 

• Facilitate intakes into the program and process all necessary paperwork 

• Provide direct supervision of clients in dorms when needed 

• Learn, implement and demonstrate understanding of agency training philosophy and principles 

• Assist in providing behavioral and physical intervention in accordance with training principals 

• Provide in-home therapy to families in the community 

• Demonstrated support and belief in the agency’s treatment philosophy, values, and mission 

• Master-level degree in social work, counseling or related field 

• Massachusetts State Clinical license (LICSW or LMHC) or progress toward obtaining said license 

• 1-2 years post Master’s experience preferred 

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills 

• Experience working with children and families; experience providing treatment to children with social, emotional, and trauma concerns as well as mental health and developmental disorders 

• Evidence of sensitivity and respect for client’s culture and socioeconomic characteristics 

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of family, individual, and group therapy 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential in conjunction with computer literacy 

• Strong organizational skills, able to multi-task and prioritize, able to meet deadlines 

• Must be receptive and responsive to supervision and professional development 

• Ability to respond to emergencies quickly and safely 

• Maintain strictest confidentiality with respect to agency, employee and client information; adhere to all HIPAA guidelines and regulations 

• Visual and hearing acuity to perform job related functions 

• Physical ability to provide therapeutic physical restraint