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Eliot Community Human Services Social Service Clinical Director in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Description
$3,000 Sign on Bonus
Eliot's Group Home supporting children referred by the Department of Children and Families is seeking a Clinical Director with five years experience with similar populations providing community based social and mental health services. Our ideal candidate will have an ability to establish a positive rapport with a culturally and economically diverse group of families and to deliver services within the established framework and clinical model
Eliot’s residences provide short term assessment and stabilization or longer term treatment for children and youth referred through the Department of Children and Families. These homes, located in communities across eastern Massachusetts deliver a child-centered, strengths-based out of home placement with the goal of family reunification.
Responsibilities:
Conduct comprehensive assessments and treatment plans that respond to the needs and diversity of the youth and family. Prepare clinical formulations in order to guide goal development.
Commit to the principles of Wraparound and practice within a Family Driven and Youth Guided framework that embraces Family Voice and Choice.
Become trained in The Building Bridges, Trauma Informed Care and ARC (Attachment,Self Regulation and Competency) and use these models within all aspects of the work.
Lead in the development of a strengths-based treatment plan and safety plan.
Collaborate with the family to provide in-home treatment and implementation of effective systems including daily routines, behavior management and safety plans.
Qualifications: Minimum MA degree and eligible for LICSW or LMHC license. LMHC or LICSW preferred.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, full time
Salary: $70,000
Location: Onsite in New Bedford, MA
Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.
Qualifications
Skills
Preferred
Communication Skills: Expert
Computer Software Skills: Expert
Management skills: Expert
Behaviors
Preferred
- Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Motivations
Preferred
- Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred
LMHC
LICSW
Experience
Preferred
- 5 years: Experience with the population