Location: CHA Cambridge Hospital

Work Days: Variable - one weekend day 4 weekdays

Category: Social Work

Department: Psych Transition Service

Job Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day / Evening

Hours/Week: 40.00

Union: Yes

Union Name: Union of Social Workers

Exciting opportunity to provide new models of care for walk-in/urgent care access including days, evenings and weekends. The new CHA CBHC Cambridge program provides behavioral health evaluation and initial treatment services for individuals of all ages.

As part of CHA’s Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) initiative, we are looking to add Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health clinical expertise to our staffing of our Psychiatry Access Service. Specifically we are looking for clinicians with expertise in evaluation and triage of children and adolescents in psychiatric distress, along with experience working with families and making referrals to specific programs designed to provide care and support to this . The diversity of the child/adolescent patient population served by the Cambridge Health Alliance, in addition to the treatment modalities utilized requires interdisciplinary expertise and collaboration. More specifically we’re looking for the ability to develop rapport with diverse children and adolescents having mental and/or substance use disorders.

Job Requirements: Ability to assess children and adolescents for DSM5 disorders utilizing an understanding of normal child and adolescent development and a strengths-based parenting/family assessment model. Skill and prior experience in making triage decisions; in assessing risk including suicide, violence, and abuse/neglect; and in applying the multi-axial diagnostic classification accurately. We’re looking for the ability to conceptualize individualized treatment plans utilizing a strengths-based approach with emphasis on improving symptoms and function within a developmental context using a full range of appropriate treatment modalities (such as crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy, family-based therapy, supportive therapy, intermittent therapy, and/or behavior therapy). Ability to provide clinical care to patients commonly seen in primary care and specialty mental health settings (including core disorders, such as mood or anxiety disorders; disruptive behavior disorders, adjustment disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and/or substance use; severe and persistent mental disorders; social skills deficits and developmental delays; and family system conflicts associated with parenting dilemmas.)

Qualifications: Education/Training: Masters degree Social Work

Licensure: Current MA licensure as LMHC, LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker), or LCSW (Licensed Certified Social Worker) considered with eligibility for licensure of LICSW within one year.

When required, must be credentialed by the CHA Medical Staff for practice in relevant clinical practice areas, and should ideally be CANS certified and familiar with conducting initial CANS assessments.

Bilingual in Portuguese, Spanish, or Haitian Creole is strongly preferred. Experience in short-term and behaviorally-oriented therapies (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma focused-CBT, dialectical behavior therapy, parent management training) is preferred. Expertise in neurodevelopment, gender and sexuality, and early psychosis are also preferred.

We’re looking for clinicians who are interested, and able, to work one weekend day (9am-5.30pm) and 4 weekdays 8am-4.30pm or 1.30pm-8pm.

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.