Overview

The Clinician will provide direct intervention with Persons to conduct comprehensive assessments, Treatment Plans and clinical interventions. provide modeling and supervision for direct care staff and Provide on-call coverage through established rotation.

The Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS) Program Director Provides administrative and clinical leadership, supervision and direction to the ACCS Integrated Team/Supervised Group Living Environments (GLE’s).

The ACCS is DMH's reconfigured service model set to strengthen and improve behavioral health care for DMH adults who live in or are transitioning to the community. The ACCS will replace Community Based Flexible Supports (CBFS) and will deliver evidence based interventions within the context of a standardized, clinically focused model.

Must be a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA): Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Registered Nurse, Licensed Psychologist, Registered Occupational Therapist, or Licensed Rehabilitation Counselor. Experience working with people who have been diagnosed with a serious or persistent mental illness is required. Must have a valid driver's license in state of residence and own means of transporation.

BAMSI is a private, non-profit culturally diverse human services organization providing services to adults and children with developmental disabilities, mental illness, behavioral health, and public health needs. We at BAMSI believe that those we serve are capable of amazing things and deserve our best. We support them in their journeys and celebrate their accomplishments along the way.

We strive to offer valuable benefits that promote a healthy work/life balance and add value to our employees’ lives. Our comprehensive benefits include:

• Generous Time Off Package
• up to 4 weeks combined vacation, personal and cultural holiday
• 12 paid holidays
• up to 2 weeks Sick Time
• Highly Specialized Paid Trainings including opportunity to earn CEUs
• Health and Dental Insurance
• Life, Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 403B plan with discretionary match
• Wellness Activities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Career Development Opportunities

*Available benefits are based on position and scheduled hours.

Responsibilities

General Statement of Duties: Provide direct intervention with Persons to conduct comprehensive assessments, Treatment Plans and clinical interventions. Provide modeling and supervision for direct care staff. Provide on-call coverage through established rotation. Provide coordination of crisis intervention, as needed.

Responsibilities:

Utilize recovery principals in partnership with Persons and members of the Integrated Teams to improve Persons’ health and wellness; achieve symptom stabilization and self-management; develop and/or restore skills impacted by their mental illness; live a self-directed life; and strive to reach their full potential.

Ensure that a culture of quality is maintained by using evidence-based and other best practices within the services being provided.

Provide the staff and persons served with a vision about the importance and inevitability of achieving goals through the recovery process.

Increase the level of involvement and decision-making by persons served in their treatment planning and in service delivery.

Enhance efforts to encourage and provide services in regard to physical and emotional wellness.

Anticipate issues of risk and attend to crisis or emergency situations by intervening immediately with appropriate clinical/medical treatment and/or supervision.

Facilitate the comprehensive assessment process.

Oversee the development, implementation, review and revision of the treatment planning and service delivery process.

Coordinate treatment and services with all Persons’ Served Care Coordination Entities and behavioral and physical health providers.

In collaboration with Site Managers, provide clinical supervision to direct care staff.

Ensure compliance with organizational policies, contracts and funding source requirements as they relate to health and safety.

Assume rotating on-call responsibilities as assigned.

Ensure compliance with licensing and accreditation standards as well as local, state and federal regulations relative to the medical areas and medication in assigned programs.

Perform other related work duties as needed or as assigned by supervisor.

Perform duties to reflect agency policies and procedures.

Execute duties to reflect reasonable safety standards. Universal/standard precautions must be utilized and training obtained in areas that constitute risk.

Qualifications

• Must be a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA): Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Registered Nurse, Licensed Psychologist, Registered Occupational Therapist, or Licensed Rehabilitation Counselor.
• Competency with medical and psychiatric monitoring; and, consultation and coordination for Persons.
• Experience working with people who have been diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license in state of residence and own means of transportation required.
• Preference given to candidates with lived experience and fluency in languages prevalent in Southeastern MA.

EEO

We at BAMSI appreciate your interest and consideration of roles in our organization. BAMSI is an equal opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, age, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, protected veteran or military status and regardless of whether the qualified applicants are individuals with disabilities. EEO is the Law http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm Reasonable Accommodations for Applying/Recruitment Reasonable accommodations are adjustments made to remove workplace obstacles for qualified individuals with disabilities to apply for and perform their jobs. Applicants who qualify under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, may be eligible for a reasonable accommodation in BAMSI’s application and selection process. A request for an accommodation will not affect opportunities for employment within BAMSI. Arrangements can be made if you have a disability that requires an accommodation for completing an application form, interviewing or any part of the employment process. Requesting accommodations, in writing or verbally, can be initiated by a BAMSI employee, qualified applicant, or by someone acting on that person’s behalf. Either call 508-484-7171 or, send letter to Talent Acquisition, 15 Christy's Dr Brockton, MA 02301. Note: please do not use these contacts to follow-up on job inquiries.