Job Description

When you join The Home for Little Wanderers, you join a team of professionals dedicated to creating better, brighter futures for kids.

For over 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has helped build stable lives and hopeful tomorrows for vulnerable children and their families. Our 25+ community-based and residential programs serve thousands of at-risk youths from birth to age 26. Many of these children have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma, or a disrupted family life. As the oldest child welfare agency in America, we provide them with safe surroundings, permanent loving relationships, and a secure path toward a better, brighter future.

To learn more about the incredible impact our employees have on the lives of children and families, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch-v=DXedSArtYbg

About the Program

At The Home, we believe strong families are the backbone of strong communities. Our Community Service Agencies (CSAs) provide individualized, family-driven coordination of care to meet the complex needs of children and families who are involved in child and family-serving systems and may be experiencing emotional, behavioral, safety or mental health difficulties.

Each of our CSAs now offer a Family-Based Intensive Treatment (FIT) service which provides short-term, flexible, hands-on support at home, helping families navigate tough times, strengthen connections and keep kids in their communities. The FIT service is designed for MassHealth youth under 21 with serious emotional challenges. It is delivered by a specialized team of clinicians, paraprofessionals, family partners and includes access to prescribers and behavioral therapists.

About the Role

Under the direction of the Program Director and Senior FIT Clinician, the FIT Master's-Level Clinician provides intensive, home and community-based therapeutic services to children under the age of 21 with a Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), SUD, ASD, IDD and their families under the CBHI framework. The FIT Clinician uses a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strength-based to stabilize and strengthen the family structure and youth mental health presentation to prevent the need for higher level of care.

How You Will Be Making a Difference

• Convenes monthly meetings with youth, family, providers, clinicians, and school representatives
• Deliver intensive family therapy to youth and family in their home or chosen community-based setting
• Develop and implement treatment plans to meet the individual needs of the youth and family
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments inclusive of the CANS and CRAFFT
• Maintains timely and accurate documentation in the program’s eHR per agency, MCE, and CBHI guidelines
• Maintains ongoing communication with families, collaborates with CBHI services, schools, and providers, and meets with assigned youth and families 3–5 times weekly to ensure coordinated care.
• Provide crisis stabilization and safety planning for at-risk youth and families.
• Place and monitor referrals that meet the medical, social, therapeutic or other necessary services in a timely manner
• Participates in individual, dyad, and group supervision, weekly supervision, and regular staff meetings and training as required.
• Carry a caseload of 5-6 youth
• Attend daily “Wrap Rounds”
• Other duties as assigned

Driving Requirements

• Driving required or must have access to own mode of transportation
• If transporting clients, then a valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record required

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a mental health field (counseling, family therapy, social work, psychology, addiction, expressive therapies, etc.) from an accredited college or university
• Licensed or license-eligible (LICSW, LCSW, LMHC LMFT, LADC 1)
• Experience navigating any of the child/family-serving systems and experience advocating for family members who are involved with behavioral health systems
• Must maintain certification in the Massachusetts CANS
• Preferably knowledgeable about the communities we serve
• Preferably familiarity with psychotherapy techniques
• Fluency in a second language (eg. Spanish, Haitian Creole) is a plus
• Computer literate and able to quickly learn new software applications.
• Strong clinical formulation and diagnostic skills preferred
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Experience with CBHI services preferred but not required
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care service delivery and family systems theory preferred
• Primarily home/community-based visits with office-based tasks
• Travel within assigned geographic region that falls into CSA catchment

Valuing Diversity

We are committed to excellence in diversity, equity, and inclusion, while simultaneously creating a culture that supports those values. We believe the differences we bring enhance our ability to provide exceptional service and care to diverse children, families, and communities. Moreover, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging align with our values and our mission to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change.

What The Home Can Offer You

In addition to the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of the youth we serve, The Home for Little Wanderers offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Generous time off including up to 15 days per year for new full-time employees, plus 11 holidays, and 5 sick days
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance available
• Extensive training to new staff
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $3,000 per fiscal year
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Employer paid Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance, plus Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• And more!

Pay Range Positioning Summary

The pay range listed represents the company’s good faith estimate of the salary or wage range for this position at the time of posting, as required under applicable law. Actual compensation will be based on a variety of factors, including a candidate’s relevant experience, education, skills, and internal equity relative to other employees in similar roles. Candidates with less directly related experience may be placed toward the lower end of the range, while those with extensive or specialized experience may be placed toward the higher end. Market conditions and budget considerations may also influence final pay decisions.