NORTH SUFFOLK COMMUNITY SERVICES INC·Revere, Massachusetts
The Therapeutic Training and Support Worker implements therapeutic objectives to address a youth's mental health, behavioral, and emotional needs. They work collaboratively with families to develop treatment plans, provide coaching, and coordinate with community resources to ensure sustainable progress.
NSCS is looking for a Therapeutic Training and Support Worker to help local youth and families!
Are you looking for an opportunity where you can make a real difference while growing your own career and skills?
The In-Home Therapy team works together to help a child and family treat the child’s challenging behaviors and mental health needs, and help the family with supporting and caring for the child.
The Therapeutic Training & Support Worker helps implement the therapeutic objectives of the treatment plan designed to address a youth’s mental health, behavioral and emotional needs.
This might include teaching the youth to understand, direct, interpret, manage, and develop self control of feelings as well as emotional responses to situations.
This position also assists the family with addressing the youth’s emotional and mental health needs.
community visits and remote work, contingent on family preference.
Full-Time 40 hours per week; ability to flex hours between 8am and 8pm.
Up to $5k Salary differential for Bilingual-Spanish candidates!
Support the development of a youth-and family-centered treatment plan.
Support the review/development of a risk management/safety plan in collaboration with the youth and caregiver.
Provide support, referral and linkage to appropriate services along the continuum of care.
Provide phone contact and support to the youth and family as indicated.
Work with families to implement focused interventions and behavioral techniques to: enhance problem-solving, limit-setting, risk management/safety planning, communication, build skills to strengthen the family, advance therapeutic goals, or improve ineffective patterns of interaction.
Identify and utilize community resources; develop and maintain natural supports for the youth and parent/caregiver(s) in order to promote sustainability of treatment gains.
Support families in developing and maintaining natural supports for the youth and parent caregiver(s) in order to promote sustainability of treatment gains.
Provide phone and face-to-face coordination with entities that may impact the youth’s treatment plan.
Provide coaching to youth and family in support of decision-making in both crisis and non-crisis situation.
Provide skills training for youth and parent/caregiver(s).
When requested by the family, will also accompany the family to meetings about the youth’s behavioral health treatment needs in schools, day care, foster homes, and other community-based locations.
Candidates must hold a high school diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in a human service field, combined with relevant experience working with youth. A valid Massachusetts driver's license and a reliable vehicle are required for community-based visits.
Market context
In Massachusetts, behavioral health employers often look for licensed or license-eligible clinicians with experience supporting at-risk youth and families, so demand tends to stay steady for candidates who can work across settings and age groups. These roles can be competitive because employers usually want a master’s degree, a clear licensure path, and practical experience; review the summarized requirements and benefits here, which are AI-summarized from the original job description to save research time, then confirm your licensure status and tailor your application to youth and family work.
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