Behavorial Health Clinician LICSW

This is a fulltime onsite position for the Family Health Center of Worcester. Worcester Health Care for the Homeless located at 199 Chandler Street, Worcester.

Position Summary: 

The Behavioral Health Clinician provides comprehensive, culturally responsive behavioral health services within an integrated health care for the homeless practice. This role includes conducting assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, supporting crisis intervention efforts, and ensuring timely documentation and compliance with agency standards. 

Program Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Direct clinical work with individuals is required. 
• Conduct culturally sensitive, strength-based biopsychosocial assessments and deliver continued and/or short-term therapeutic care as appropriate. 
• Create a welcoming and understanding environment for diverse backgrounds, utilizing interpretation services when indicated. 
• Utilize evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), behavioral interventions, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.
• Offer therapeutic modalities that support wellness, improved quality of life and behavior change such as behavioral and cognitive behavioral modalities, solution-focused brief therapy, motivational interviewing, etc. 
• Develop and facilitate group therapy sessions. 
• Offer patient education, ongoing guidance, and follow-up support through both in-person and telephone contact.
• Deliver crisis intervention services, including psychiatric emergency consultation, comprehensive risk assessments, and development of safety plans to support client stability.
• Provide ongoing therapeutic support, patient education, and follow-up care (in person and by phone) to promote wellness, improved quality of life, and behavior change.
• Assist in staff and provider training in integrated behavioral health-primary care model. 
• Collaborate closely with primary care providers and interdisciplinary team members in an integrated care setting, offering real-time consultation and contributing to treatment planning, implementation, and monitoring.
• Participate in behavioral health quality improvement activities.
• Participate in group supervision and seek peer consultation as needed.
• Close all charts within forty-eight (48) hours of visit - ability to do concurrent/concordant charting/typing, including assessments, progress notes, and billing.
• Continually evaluates service and maintains a productivity level that adequately meets the goals of the department and ensures access to the clients seeking services.
• Keeps abreast of all insurance requirements and submits paperwork accordingly.
• Any and all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

One of the following combinations of education and employment experience must be met to be considered for the position:

• Professional Independent Licensure required: LICSW

A minimum of two years of post-graduate clinical experience required.

Experience working with individuals with substance use disorders and homelessness is strongly preferred.