Bilingual Behavioral Health Clinician - Per Diem

Join Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program as a Bilingual Behavioral Health Clinician - Per Diem in Boston, Massachusetts.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides behavioral health assessment and ongoing individual, group, and family psychotherapy to adult, adolescent, and child patients in a clinic site, outreach sites, including DTA motels. Provides crisis evaluations as needed on-site.

• Connects patients with resources necessary to address needs, such as substance abuse treatment, vocational training, literacy services, and alternatives to shelter living.

• Maintains contact and consultation with patients’ medical providers to provide comprehensive care.

• Obtains billing authorizations in a timely fashion and maintains up-to-date charting of electronic records.

Requirements

• Massachusetts LICSW and LMHC preferred, LCSW required or license eligible; Must be licensed or must obtain license within 18 months (for LCSW) or 42 months (for LMHC) of hire date.

• Candidates working toward LCSW licensure must have filed a license application with the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers and must not have failed the licensing exam more than once.

• Bilingual in English and Haitian Kreyol is required.

• Experience with the homeless population preferred; experience practicing adult/adolescent/child individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and family therapy.

Benefits & Compensation

• Salary: starting at $31

Work Schedule

• Per Diem position.

Work with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program in Boston, Massachusetts.