Behavioral Health Clinician - Hospital Based SUD Services
Location: CHA Cambridge Hospital
Work Days: M-F
Category: Social Work
Department: Hospital Based SUD Services
Job Type: Full Time
Work Shift: Day
Hours/Week: 40.00
Union Name: Union of Social Workers
$5,000 sign-on bonus (pro-rated for part-time employees) for newly hired social workers, budgeted to work 24 hours per week or more.
Summary:
Cambridge Health Alliance is expanding services to address substance use disorders for its patients and communities. We are expanding our addiction consult service team to provide treatment for patients who are in our emergency departments or inpatient units and who could benefit from additional clinical services. This program will be multidisciplinary and interdepartmental, and will collaborate with other departments throughout Cambridge Health Alliance and with our community partners in order to meet the needs of our patients with substance use disorders. This is a grant funded position.
The Behavioral Health Clinician will provide assessment, evaluation, counseling, support, crisis intervention, and referral for adult patients with substance use disorder. The ideal candidate will have expertise in working with patients presenting to emergency departments or inpatient units with active substance use disorders and have experience working collaboratively in a team setting.
Qualifications:
- Education/Training: Masters degree Social Work or Mental Health Counseling
- Licensure: Current MA licensure as an Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker(LICSW)
- When required, must be credentialed by the CHA Medical Staff for practice in relevant clinical practice areas, and should ideally be CANS certified and familiar with conducting initial CANS assessments.
- Bilingual in Portuguese, Spanish, or Haitian Creole is strongly preferred.
- Experience in short-term and behaviorally-oriented therapies (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma focused-CBT, dialectical behavior therapy, parent management training) is preferred.
- Expertise in neurodevelopment, gender and sexuality, and early psychosis are also preferred.