Outpatient Therapist

About the Role:

We are seeking a skilled Mental Health Clinician to join our team at Volunteers of America Massachusetts. As a Mental Health Clinician, you will work with a dynamic clinical care team to provide mental health services to individuals and families in need.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain an active billable caseload of thirty (30) hours per week on average, including individual, couples, family, and group sessions.
• Work with clients to develop individualized action plans focused on mental health, substance use, and co-occurring symptoms.
• Attend weekly individual clinical supervision, group clinical supervision, and staff meetings.
• Serve as part of the integrated services care team within VOAMASS to enhance client experiences with a whole-person health approach.
• Serve as part of the crisis team to ensure that clients are provided crisis intervention services, brief supportive psychotherapy, and timely assessments to triage and refer to providers based on acuity of need.

Requirements:

• Must have a 60 credit Master's Degree from an accredited institution with a focus in mental health counseling, social work, psychology, or a related human services field.
• Master's program must have included an internship.
• Licensed candidates (LMHC, LICSW, and LADCI) must hold an active license in MA.
• Unlicensed candidates must be eligible for licensure by timeline set for each licensure track.
• Must have at least a year of experience working with clients diagnosed with substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and co-occurring disorders.
• Must have experience working with various ages, diverse populations, and a wide range of diagnoses.
• Must have experience using safety/risk assessment skills in supporting high-risk populations.
• Must have knowledge of trauma-informed and harm reduction philosophies.
• Computer skills required to learn electronic medical record system.

Benefits:

• Individual and group clinical supervision toward licensure.
• Excellent health, vision, and dental insurance with 85% 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.