Education: Master’s level Social Work, LMHC, or related degree.
Experience:
• Minimum of one-year relevant clinical experience.
• Excellent working knowledge of behavioral health and evidence-based treatments for medical and mental health conditions.
• Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessment of mental and behavioral conditions.
• Should be comfortable with pace of primary care, working with interdisciplinary team-based care and have strong communication skills.
• Good knowledge of psychopathology and psychopharmacology.
• Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions.
• Experience in working with diverse culture preferred.
• Values cultural diversity and other individual differences in the workforce, ensuring that the organization builds on these differences.
• Language and cultural diversity (Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, or Spanish) preferred.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary staff and providers at external agencies.
• Professional, positive attitude, vision, and understanding of behavioral health integration within the primary care setting.
• Must have demonstrated sensitivity to the healthcare needs of underserved and vulnerable populations.
• Must be a team player who welcomes working across disciplines and departments.
• Strong interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills.
• Can be flexible in approaches.
• Familiarity with multicultural groups, previous work experience in a multicultural setting and willingness to remain current in field of focus is preferred.
Certification/Licensure: Current Massachusetts Licensure (LICSW, LCSW, or LMHC) preferred or Doctorate degree in Psychology from an accredited graduate school of psychology (Ph.D. or PsyD). If License eligible, must obtain licensure within 6 months of employment.
Software/Hardware: Basic computer knowledge. Experience with an electronic medical records system. Must be proficient and have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)
**You may be eligible for Loan Repayment from the MA Repay Program with a signed offer letter and application submitted by the deadline (varies each year).
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