CCS Clinical Team Lead

CCS Clinical Team Lead

Quincy, MA

Aspire Health and Community Services recognizes that attracting and retaining exceptional staff is the key to providing excellent care for our clients. Whether a staff member is providing direct care to those we serve or working on the administrative end supporting the services we are proud to provide, each person's contribution is highly valued.

Our mission, vision and values are supported by organizational culture guiding the work for every staff member: We are one compassionate, accountable community.

Working at Aspire Health and Community Services can provide enormous job satisfaction. Your contribution is serving to help fulfill a mission, vision and values that support our belief that mental health is the foundation of a person's overall health and we work to foster an environment that is safe and supportive and free of judgement or prejudice around mental health. In addition, Aspire Health and Community Services offers a competitive package of compensation and benefits.

The Community Crisis Stabilization Program (CCS), as an integral part of Aspire Health and Community Service's Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC), provides staff-secure, safe and structured crisis stabilization and treatment services in a community-based program that serves as a medically necessary, less restrictive, and voluntary alternative to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. This program serves adults 18 years and older and offers individuals access to 24/7 support during times of crisis, where the length of stay is generally three to five days.

The CCS Clinical Team Lead works under the general direction of the Senior Director of MCI & CCS and the CCS Nurse Manager. As the leader of the CCS clinical team, they are primarily responsible the oversight and functioning of CCS clinical services, including the supervision of clinical team members and the oversight and completion of updated comprehensive assessments, brief crisis counseling, psycho-education, as well as the development and implementation of the treatment team functions, therapeutic groups and individualized crisis prevention/safety/recovery plans/discharge plans. The CCS Clinical Team Lead will work as part of the CCS team to restore the person's functioning, to strengthen resources and supports for the individual and their family to ensure care coordination and discharge planning back to the community. Responsibilities also include supervision of clinical team members, oversight of clinical structure, routine review and audit of clinical documentation, regular collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, and direct clinical care as needed to ensure continuity of patient services. The Clinical Team Lead will assist to ensure that client flow maintains budgeted census levels, and that a structured yet "homelike comfortable" environment conducive to recovery and well-being that is in compliance with the goals and philosophy of the Mass Health Performance Specifications is maintained.

Requirements:

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or related field
• Massachusetts Independent Licensure required
• Experience in crisis assessment strongly preferred
• 5+ years of related experience. Experience assessing and managing risk, crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques to promote stabilization of clients in crisis.
• Ability to work effectively within a team milieu and promote consistent team interventions and stabilization
• Valid driver's license, access to personal vehicle & safe driving record to provide client transportation
• Bilingual skills and/or experience with multicultural populations preferred

Compensation is based on candidate experience, qualifications, and certifications and licenses. Annual ranges listed are based on a full-time, 40 hours per week position.

Salary Range

$75,000 - $95,000 USD

Aspire Health and Community Services is committed to and passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate, support, and promote diversity of thought, culture, and backgrounds. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, we base all employment decisions on each individual's capabilities and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic. Aspire Health and Community Services strives to fully reflect the clients and communities we serve and believes that a diversity of interests and cultures leads to a stronger and more innovative organization.