Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Salary
$32 / HOUR
The clinician will provide ongoing assessment, individual, family, and group therapy to adults, adolescents, and children across clinic and outreach sites, including DTA motels. Responsibilities also include connecting patients with necessary resources, consulting with medical providers for comprehensive care, and maintaining accurate electronic records.
Candidates must be licensed or license-eligible in Massachusetts (LCSW required or LMHC preferred), with specific timelines for obtaining full licensure if license-eligible. Fluency in both English and Haitian Kreyol is mandatory, and experience working with homeless populations, substance abuse, trauma, and dual-diagnosed patients is preferred.
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 10,000 homeless individuals are cared for by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program each year. We are committed to ensuring that every one of these individuals has access to comprehensive health care, from preventative dental care to cancer treatment. Our clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 30 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens.
From our earliest days as a program, we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity; centering dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down barriers, including systemic racism which harms us all. We provide community-based health care services that are compassionate, dignified, and culturally appropriate, incorporating social determinants of health, with the goal of breaking down the physical and systemic barriers that our patients face.
Families are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population. Family structures are shattered by homelessness and, as a result, the emotional and physical health of both children and parents are at risk. The family shelter system has been overwhelmed in recent years, and the move to shelter families in motel and hotel rooms complicates the crisis.
In this outreach and clinic-based role, you will provide ongoing assessment, individual therapy to adults, adolescents and children, family therapy and group therapy, along with support services to patients referred to the Behavioral Health Team from BHCHP providers and outside sources. You’ll provide expertise to providers and others regarding patient’s Behavioral Health treatment plan that meet the medical needs of our patients in an integrated care model.
• Compensation starting at $31.73 per hour and increase with years of experience; additional compensation for LICSW and LMHC.
Does this amazing opportunity interest you? Then we'd love to hear from you.
As an equal opportunity employer, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
Proof of Covid-19 vaccination(s) is optional for employment. Candidates who are offered employment will be given details about how to demonstrate receipt of vaccination if they choose to.
Employment at Boston Health Care for the Homeless is at-will. Boston Health Care for the Homeless does not sponsor work authorization visas.
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