Team Leader (Mental Health Services)

Job Description

Schedule : Mon-Fri 9am-5pm with Rotational Weekends

Salary : $85,800 / year

Sign-on bonus : $7,000; $2,333 upon completion of 3 months, $2,333 upon completion of 6 months, $2,334 upon completion of 12 months

The Team Leader for Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS) will be responsible for providing overall administrative leadership and direction to ACCS team staff including Group Living Environments (GLE) and Supported Independent Environments (SIE) Program Directors and staff.

The Team Leader oversees service delivery including intake, assessment, clinical treatment planning, and delivery, as well as peer and family support.

Additionally, the Team Leader ensures seamless, high-quality team services to Persons Served living in both GLE and SIE settings while also promoting and managing successful transitions of Persons Served to other DMH services or other community programs.

The Team Leader also functions as the primary liaison to the MA Department of Mental Health (DMH), Care Coordination entities and other external parties.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes :

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!)
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week) : 15 days of Vacation per year11 Paid Holidays10 Sick Days per year3 Personal Days per year
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
• Other generous benefits include discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets, and more!

About Us

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges.

Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve.

Vinfen's 3,200 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in 318 programs throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.

For more information about Vinfen, please visit

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen.

Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Keywords : LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, Clinician, Team Leader, mental health, Psychiatric Services, VinfenLPHA

Requirements

• Master's Degree , PhD or Psy D required along with licensure (LCSW, LICSW, LRC, LADC 1, OTR or RN) in Massachusetts required
• Three years clinical experience in progressively responsible positions working with people with psychiatric disabilities and / or co-occurring disabilities required
• Organizational, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability to provide leadership to staff
• Ability to work in a professional and confidential capacity
• Knowledge of personal computer applications and equipment
• Organizational, analytical, and communication skills
• Ability to provide leadership to staff
• Ability to work in a professional and confidential capacity
• Strong commitment to the right and ability of people served by ACCS to live, work, have meaningful relationships and receive the clinical treatment, resources and supports needed to thrive in their community of choice
• Extensive knowledge of clinical treatment principles and modalities, best practices and evidence-based practices, including Motivational Interviewing;
• Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment; Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT); Housing First; Stages of Change;

Seeking Safety, Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) and Cognitive Behavioral interventions

• Extensive knowledge of recovery-oriented, person-centered and strengths-based values and principles and modalities, and knowledge of Peer Support principles and evidence-based practices, including the ethical standards of Certified Peer Specialists and Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP), empowerment and self-advocacy techniques
• Knowledge of the effects of prejudice including internalized negative attitudes about oneself, discrimination, and oppression of people with psychiatric disorders, and the effects of poverty
• Extensive knowledge of trauma-informed and culturally competent services
• Knowledge of community based education and employment services

Driving Requirements

Drivers License check and vehicle access required