Outreach Clinician

Description:SCHEDULE: 40 hours, Monday - Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm; may include nights, mornings, and weekends as needed.Pays $71,676 - $89,596 annually DOE, (Salary ranges provided are based on relevant experience and skill set)LOCATION: 105 Chauncy Street, Boston MAThe Outreach Clinician is an essential position working 65% on the Streets of Boston and 35% in the office.SUMMARY OF POSITION:The Outreach Clinician will work within a Specialized Outreach Program – Pathways to Recovery - designed for unsheltered individuals with SUD and COD. The OC, through targeted Outreach and assertive engagement will develop an individual community-based assessment with successful connections to appropriate levels of care based on ASAM criteria. The OC will play an important role in supporting clients through service transitions to ensure a soft landing and warm handoff from the street to recovery and housing. The OC will work as part of a specialized Outreach team and will leverage all recovery and housing resources which reduce barriers to services and housing. The OC will conduct community-based bio-psych-social assessments and provide immediate referral services. Each client will have varying support needs. The Outreach Clinician will work with clients to develop a Safe Placement and Stability plan. These services could include, but are not limited to crisis intervention and safety planning, connection to medication management, emergency services, assisting a guest in accessing detox or recovery services and other stabilization services as needed. Once the clinician and the client have established a Safe Placement and stability plan, the Outreach Clinician will participate in warm hand offs to internal and external providers for continued work toward permanent housing. The Outreach Clinician will work with community providers of health and behavioral health services to coordinate care plans for appropriate medical and behavioral health services. The Outreach Clinician will work within a best practice framework of Stages of Change Theory, Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-informed Care and will mitigate barriers to treatment and housing. The Outreach Clinician will work in collaboration with Outreach Specialists, a Housing Support Specialist, a Benefits Navigator, and will report to the Clinical Supervisor of the Behavioral Health Outreach Team. The Outreach Clinician will always work towards a Housing Pathway with clients consistent with the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Pine Street Inn.Requirements:QUALIFICATIONS:EDUCATION/TRAINING:REQUIRED:Master’s degree in Social Work or related fieldAbility to obtain LICSW or LMHC within twenty-four (24) months of hire datePREFERRED:LICSWLMHCA valid Massachusetts Driver’s License in good standingKNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:REQUIRED:Minimum of three (3) years direct care experience providing clinical services, including assessment and referral, crisis intervention and stabilization, individual and group treatment, to adults with mental illness and addictive disordersKnowledge, understanding and application of Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Care and Stage of Change Work Knowledge of and strong commitment to harm reduction philosophy, principles and practicesKnowledge of crisis intervention and stabilization Awareness of, and commitment to, self-care strategies, practices and supportAbility to consult about psychiatric issues with professional and non-professional staffStrong computer skills including familiarity with management information systems or database programsExpertise in Motivational InterviewingPREFERRED:Experience working in a hospital or trauma centerExperience in Outreach and or diversionWorking knowledge of ASAM criteriaExperience working with chronically homeless, medically vulnerable individuals, with tri-morbidities (mental illness, substance abuse, medically compromised)Experience supervising, coaching, mentoring, empowering and otherwise supporting non-clinical direct-care staffKnowledge and professional alignment with Housing First philosophyExpertise in Trauma-Informed Care, including the impact on direct-care staff (i.e. secondary traumatic stress, vicarious traumatization)Bilingual in Spanish and EnglishFamiliarity with the Massachusetts public and private mental health systems