Child & Family Services, Inc.
Clinician (Mobile Crisis/YCCS)
Child & Family Services, Inc., New Bedford, Massachusetts, us, 02746
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Clinician (Mobile Crisis/YCCS)
role at
Child & Family Services, Inc.
Base pay range
$30.00/hr - $33.00/hr
Overview The
YCCS Clinician
is responsible for crisis stabilization, therapeutic interventions, and providing treatment modalities aimed toward the youth’s re-entry to the community. YCCS is a short-term crisis stabilization unit for children and adolescents up to age 18, providing short-term crisis stabilization, therapeutic intervention, and specialized programming in a staff-secure environment with supervision and structure. The program emphasizes restoration of functioning, leveraging resources and supports, and ensuring a timely return to the youth’s previous living environment.
The
MCI (Mobile Crisis Intervention) Clinician
provides clinical care and support to adults, youth, and their families using the wraparound process to prevent hospitalization and stabilize individuals in the community.
Equity statement:
Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right.
Schedule YCCS: Tuesday–Thursday 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm (with Friday & Saturday for Mobile Crisis); hours may vary by program needs.
$5000 full-time sign-on bonus!
($2500 after 3 months; $2500 after 6 months)
$1 per hour Language Differential
(eligible languages include Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL)
Compensation is determined by factors including internal equity, individual experience, and current market pay to ensure fairness and competitiveness.
Responsibilities & Essential Functions
Provide short-term, mobile, on-site, face-to-face therapeutic response to behavioral health crises; identify, assess, treat, stabilize the situation, and reduce immediate risk per risk management safety plan
Provide brief solution-focused interventions and reassess current level of need with individuals awaiting higher level of care
Post-crisis evaluation and follow-up interventions when applicable
Collaborate with staff to provide resources/referrals, support, and psychoeducation to families
Attend community-based meetings with the individual, family, and providers to assist with advocacy and safety concerns
Complete collateral contacts with the individual’s providers
Engage clients in safety planning
Provide clinical care and support to adults/youth and families to prevent hospitalization and stabilize individuals in the community
Respond quickly to emergencies; provide triage through call center
Work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends
Complete intake data forms by telephone or in person; confirm health care coverage
Conduct comprehensive mental health status exams; use admissions/screening instruments per DSM criteria
Telephone screening and consultations
Understand treatment modalities to stabilize clients at home and prevent hospitalization
Consult with program director/administrator and on-call psychiatrist prior to disposition planning
Participate in supervision, staff meetings, and training
If licensed, maintain licensure through continued education
Responsibilities & Essential Functions — YCCS
Provide information to youth and family about wellness, recovery, crisis self-management, and access to services
Conduct comprehensive assessments including suicide risk, crisis counseling, safety planning, discharge planning, and care coordination; master’s-level clinician oversees individual, group, and family therapy
Perform biopsychosocial assessments within program timeframes; may include weekends/holidays
Offer flexible hours, including weekends when needed
Identify current providers and collateral contacts for comprehensive information
Assist in youth admissions and discharges; address precipitating events
Include recommendations for clinical, social, and medical components to support safe return home, school, and community
Participate in multi-disciplinary treatment teams; develop initial treatment plans with youth and family
Review and update treatment and discharge plans at least every 24 hours
Define goals and actions to address needs and reduce stressors; support crisis prevention strategies
Coordinate with service providers and discharge planning to facilitate rapid return to the community
Participate in trainings and clinical reviews; obtain insurance authorizations as needed
Observe youths, provide interventions, and assist in de-escalation; cross-train within Acute Care Services as needed
All clinical team members share responsibility for all youths on unit
Participate in supervision and training curricula
All 24-hour/Acute Care Services staff are considered essential.
Essential staff report to work as scheduled during holidays, emergencies, or agency closures to ensure program operations.
Note:
This position may require working beyond forty hours; some shifts may require staying on shift until relief staff are available. For overnight positions, staff may stay awake for the entire shift. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Other Duties:
This description is not exhaustive; duties may change at any time with or without notice.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Mental Health Care
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Clinician (Mobile Crisis/YCCS)
role at
Child & Family Services, Inc.
Base pay range
$30.00/hr - $33.00/hr
Overview The
YCCS Clinician
is responsible for crisis stabilization, therapeutic interventions, and providing treatment modalities aimed toward the youth’s re-entry to the community. YCCS is a short-term crisis stabilization unit for children and adolescents up to age 18, providing short-term crisis stabilization, therapeutic intervention, and specialized programming in a staff-secure environment with supervision and structure. The program emphasizes restoration of functioning, leveraging resources and supports, and ensuring a timely return to the youth’s previous living environment.
The
MCI (Mobile Crisis Intervention) Clinician
provides clinical care and support to adults, youth, and their families using the wraparound process to prevent hospitalization and stabilize individuals in the community.
Equity statement:
Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right.
Schedule YCCS: Tuesday–Thursday 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm (with Friday & Saturday for Mobile Crisis); hours may vary by program needs.
$5000 full-time sign-on bonus!
($2500 after 3 months; $2500 after 6 months)
$1 per hour Language Differential
(eligible languages include Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL)
Compensation is determined by factors including internal equity, individual experience, and current market pay to ensure fairness and competitiveness.
Responsibilities & Essential Functions
Provide short-term, mobile, on-site, face-to-face therapeutic response to behavioral health crises; identify, assess, treat, stabilize the situation, and reduce immediate risk per risk management safety plan
Provide brief solution-focused interventions and reassess current level of need with individuals awaiting higher level of care
Post-crisis evaluation and follow-up interventions when applicable
Collaborate with staff to provide resources/referrals, support, and psychoeducation to families
Attend community-based meetings with the individual, family, and providers to assist with advocacy and safety concerns
Complete collateral contacts with the individual’s providers
Engage clients in safety planning
Provide clinical care and support to adults/youth and families to prevent hospitalization and stabilize individuals in the community
Respond quickly to emergencies; provide triage through call center
Work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends
Complete intake data forms by telephone or in person; confirm health care coverage
Conduct comprehensive mental health status exams; use admissions/screening instruments per DSM criteria
Telephone screening and consultations
Understand treatment modalities to stabilize clients at home and prevent hospitalization
Consult with program director/administrator and on-call psychiatrist prior to disposition planning
Participate in supervision, staff meetings, and training
If licensed, maintain licensure through continued education
Responsibilities & Essential Functions — YCCS
Provide information to youth and family about wellness, recovery, crisis self-management, and access to services
Conduct comprehensive assessments including suicide risk, crisis counseling, safety planning, discharge planning, and care coordination; master’s-level clinician oversees individual, group, and family therapy
Perform biopsychosocial assessments within program timeframes; may include weekends/holidays
Offer flexible hours, including weekends when needed
Identify current providers and collateral contacts for comprehensive information
Assist in youth admissions and discharges; address precipitating events
Include recommendations for clinical, social, and medical components to support safe return home, school, and community
Participate in multi-disciplinary treatment teams; develop initial treatment plans with youth and family
Review and update treatment and discharge plans at least every 24 hours
Define goals and actions to address needs and reduce stressors; support crisis prevention strategies
Coordinate with service providers and discharge planning to facilitate rapid return to the community
Participate in trainings and clinical reviews; obtain insurance authorizations as needed
Observe youths, provide interventions, and assist in de-escalation; cross-train within Acute Care Services as needed
All clinical team members share responsibility for all youths on unit
Participate in supervision and training curricula
All 24-hour/Acute Care Services staff are considered essential.
Essential staff report to work as scheduled during holidays, emergencies, or agency closures to ensure program operations.
Note:
This position may require working beyond forty hours; some shifts may require staying on shift until relief staff are available. For overnight positions, staff may stay awake for the entire shift. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Other Duties:
This description is not exhaustive; duties may change at any time with or without notice.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Mental Health Care
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New Bedford, MA .
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