Behavioral Health Clinician - CBHC Cambridge Urgent Care

Location : CHA Cambridge Hospital

Category : Social Work

Department : CBHC Cambridge Urgent Care

Job Type : Part Time (Less Than 20 Hours Per Week)

Union Name : Union of Social Workers

Work Schedule: Day / Evening

Length Of Shift(s) In Hours : 8

Shift Details: Friday 6pm-8pm + Sunday 8:30am-5pm

Hours/Week: 10.00

Weekend Requirements: Yes

Holiday Requirements: No

On Call Requirements: No

Pay Range:

LCSW $36.98-$51.07 per hour

LMHC/LICSW $42.16-$58.22 per hour

Department Description

Exciting opportunity to be part of a new program that will 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.

The Psychiatry Access Service provides both Transitional Care and has a Partial Hospital Program. The mission of the service is to provide a holding treatment environment for patients transitioning from Inpatient Level of care, or Psychiatric Emergency Room.

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

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.