Part-Time Behavioral Health Clinician at the YMCA

Excited to share an opportunity to work in collaboration with the YMCA as a BH clinician! You will be employed by Lynn Community Health Center and be providing individual, group therapy and family consultation on site at the YMCA in Lynn. This position is 10 hours a week with potential for growth as the partnership between the YMCA and Lynn Community Health Center grows over time. Hours are flexible, however, the majority of hours will likely take place during after-school hours. A little bit more about YMCA:

As an anchor in the Lynn community for 150 years, the Lynn YMCA offers programming for people at every age and stage of life. Serving more than 20,000 people annually and offering everything from aquatics programs, transitional housing, and childcare, to teen job training and providing healthy meals to over 500 children, the Lynn YMCA is so much more than just a gym and a place to swim. In many ways, the YMCA is the heart of Lynn.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group therapy
  • Perform comprehensive bio-psycho- social diagnostic evaluations with their patients.
  • Translate evaluations into comprehensive treatment interventions to meet patient’s needs.
  • Provide crisis management services in urgent situations.
  • Create patient centered treatment plans, provide ongoing treatment, provide case management services, and assess patient’s ongoing clinic needs and progress.
• Coordinate care with other providers involved in the patient’s care including LCHC providers, the PCP, and providers from outside agencies.
• Attend YMCA staff meetings to provide trainings on mental health
• Support YMCA staff in managing mental health crises of children in YMCA programs
• Consult with YMCA staff about mental health issues of children in YMCA programs
• Assist in the development & presentation of trainings for YMCA staff regarding mental health and strategies to provide trauma-informed care to YMCA members
• Develop and present trainings to parents/guardians of children in YMCA programs
• Complete other tasks, projects or responsibilities and program needs as discussed with Associate Director of SBHC BH as necessary for the development of the program

Qualifications

• Minimum Master's degree or above in the mental health field, must be licensed or license eligible (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC or LMFT)
• Experience in treating patients from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds that present with the full range of mental illness and have different levels of functioning.
• Experience consulting and/or collaborating with the various agencies that provide care and support in the community for mentally ill patients.
• Up to date immunization and annual TB testing is required
• Hepatitis B vaccine and annual flu immunization are strongly recommended. All necessary vaccines are available at no charge at the health center
• Results of inquiry to Criminal Offender Record Investigation (CORI) must be acceptable under health center standards

Please email Elaina Elias, LICSW, Associate Director of School Based Behavioral Health at eelias@lchcnet.org for more information and to apply for this position. Please attach resume and cover letter.