Mental Health Clinicians - Outpatient (Fee for Service)

From the time of its founding, the Brookline Center has been known for its field-defining impact.

Mental health is at a crossroads: the current system is inequitable, ineffective, and unaffordable, and the need for care is skyrocketing. Meaningful innovation and compassionate care are intertwined in the Brookline Center’s DNA and fuel our vision of mental health care accessible, equitable, and effective for all.

In response to today’s enormous mental health challenges, the Brookline Center is re-imagining its core work. In 2023, we began an evolution from an outpatient-centered community mental health care provider to an expanded role in mental health care as a center for designing, developing, and sharing ground-breaking, cross-sector programs and services. Our aim is to become a hybrid outpatient provider of community-based mental health care and innovation incubator, functioning similarly to the world-renowned research institutions and hospitals in our neighborhood that strive to narrow the gap between scientific insights and patient impact.

To support and fuel the Brookline Center’s growth and evolution, we are expanding our team. If you are interested in shaping the future of mental health and ensuring that care is effective and equitable for all, we would love to meet you.

Learn more about our work and impact at www.brooklinecenter.org.

We are looking for mental health clinicians (independently licensed preferred) who are interested in doing same day or next day care and short-term care with high to medium acuity clients of all ages and presentations and are enthusiastic about working in a multidisciplinary, community outpatient setting.

We are actively interested in ensuring that the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health represents a range of experiences and backgrounds. Qualified candidates with diverse racial, cultural, multilingual, religious, class, and/or gender background, and experiences are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key responsibilities:

• Conducting assessment along with intake and short term (six months) care to individuals and/or groups
• Caseload will represent varying populations – adult/child/family/group of all presentations, primarily clients experiencing high and medium risk
• Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team and coordinates case conferences with other providers, family members etc. as appropriate
• Ensure the quality and timely completion of documentation.
• Develops treatment plans aligned with Center’s standards of care.
• Attends supervision that counts towards independent licensure requirements.
• Attends in-service training for ongoing licensure requirements (required and elective) – two hours each week –1 hour of individual supervision and 1 hour of group supervision.
• Shares best practices and expertise during group supervision.
• Attends team meetings and other required meetings.
• In addition to remote work, commits to several days of in-person work and one evening per week until 8 pm.
• Complies with all Center policies for compliance and documentation.
• Participates on committees and task forces as appropriate.

Education and/or Experience:

• Master's level degree or above, current - LICSW, LMHC, or LMFT, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in good standing.
• Minimum 3 years’ direct clinical care.
• Experience with high-risk populations.

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Enjoys and works effectively in culture of collaboration, ongoing change, commitment to racial equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Passion for providing quality behavioral mental health services to marginalized populations. Commitment to cultural humility when working with youth, adults and families that are richly diverse in culture and background, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, socioeconomic status, ability, etc.
• Interest in working in an innovative work environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, clinical personnel, and Center staff.
• Demonstrated sound clinical judgment.
• The ability to work within a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Passion for providing quality behavioral mental health services to an otherwise underserved population.
• Knowledge of community resources.
• Digital fluency including experience with electronic medical records and MS Office.

Hours and Location:

Fee for Service positions available and includes one evening until 8 PM. The position is based in our outpatient office in Brookline and includes both virtual and in-person services.

Equal employment opportunity

The Brookline Center is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.