Outpatient Clinician
Ferreras Counseling & Wellness Center is a growing mental health clinic looking to hire more talented, dedicated and ethical fulltime clinicians to join our team in Lawrence, MA.
Responsibilities:
- Lead individual, family, couples, and group therapy
- Conduct client intake sessions & assess client’s need/readiness for services
- Facilitate crisis intervention
- Maintain a minimum of 35 average clients per week full time & minimum of 10 clients per week part time
- Schedule follow-up client appointments
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams to present cases for proper treatment
- Ability to identify problem behaviors, provide advice, and track development effectively through treatment plans
- Demonstrate an understanding of patient needs when devising and implementing treatment
- Attends scheduled staff meetings
- Submits all required progress notes and reports within expected company timeframe
Qualifications:
- Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
- Minimum of 1 year post-graduate work
- Experience with youth and their families, a plus
- Experience or understanding of underserved populations, a plus
- Masters level degree in Social Work, Counseling Psychology or a Masters degree with a concentration in one of the areas of Counseling such as, Mental Health Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, or Rehabilitation Counseling required
- Experience or degree in treating dual diagnosis clients, a plus
- Bilingual in English and Spanish, a plus.
- Proficient with EHR programs and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PDF)
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team as well as being highly self-directed
- Self-motivated, a self-starter, and a desire to learn