Groups Clinician

Casa Esperanza, Inc. is a bilingual/bicultural behavioral health treatment provider serving Boston and the Merrimack Valley. Our mission is to empower individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness, and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness and discrimination; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care.

Casa’s Conexiones Individualized Treatment Services is an integrated Acute Treatment Services/Clinical Stabilization Services (ATS-Detox/CSS) program that supports individuals from medically monitored withdrawal management through clinical stabilization and works to transition patients to ongoing care in the community. This model provides increased support for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders that have had unsuccessful previous treatment. Staff take a personalized approach to meet each patient’s needs and help them develop a treatment plan so they can thrive in the community. Our goal is to stabilize and support patients as they move forward in their recovery. Conexiones is a 32-bed inpatient facility located on the campus of Tewksbury Hospital. Our care plans integrate the CSS and ATS-Detox services tailored to individual needs.

The Clinical Groups Facilitator is responsible for the coordination and delivery of evidence-based groups across a range of recovery and mental health topics. This role involves ensuring groups meet clinical, regulatory, and organizational standards while fostering a supportive environment for individuals seeking recovery. The Clinical Groups Facilitator will provide services in a fully integrated, holistic, and collaborative manner using a team-treatment approach. This integrated model aims to facilitate clear communication amongst all providers and eliminate duplication of efforts or conflicting approaches to care and ensure wrap-around support services are in place to maximize treatment effectiveness and clinical outcomes.

What you'll do

Client Care

• Prepares and provides daily therapeutic and psycho-educational group treatment using evidence-based practices including Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, DBT Skills, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relapse Prevention, Relational and Psychodynamic therapy.
• Works with the Research and Evaluation Team to integrate patient feedback into group activities and works proactively to increase patient engagement and participation in group sessions.
• Offers arts, meditation, and recreational focused groups to improve patient engagement, creativity, communication, and connection with peers and support the development of positive social skills.
• Ensures that curricula, group materials, supplies, and equipment are ordered, and maintained for use in all groups.
• Provide patients with access to supplemental learning materials and activities that can be used during quiet/individual time and social time that support skill building, stress management, and self-regulation and self-reflection.
• Participates in weekly clinical meetings to provide updates and assist in the decision-making related to treatment planning and implementation.
• Works with the leadership team to plan, implement, and maintain trauma-informed practices.
• Other job duties as assigned to support with clinical services.

Administrative

• Ensures adherence to program treatment philosophies and policies.
• Maintains client and program records in accordance with agency requirements and timelines
• Assist in all reporting as required by supervisors.
• Attends all trainings and professional development opportunities as required.
• Attends mandatory weekly multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field.
• Participate in weekly programmatic and clinical supervision.
• Complete all documentation in our electronic health record.
• Other job duties as assigned to support the administrative duties of the role.

• Bachelor’s degree required in social work, psychology, counseling, or related field
• Spanish, strongly preferred
• Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor/Certified Alcohol Counselor preferred
• Experience working with populations with substance use disorders. Experience with psychiatric and/or co-occurring disorders preferred
• Familiarity in working in a strength-based, trauma-informed environment
• Experience with individuals dealing with homelessness, mental illness, domestic violence, and the criminal justice system
• Experienced in crisis management and intervention
• Experience providing group interventions to the target population.
• Strong verbal/written communication
• Ability to work as both an effective team member and independently
• Knowledge & Practice of evidence-based practices, including cognitive behavioral therapy, relapse prevention and motivational interviewing techniques preferred
• Ability to meet the physical requirements and training requirements of the position.
• Onsite position 5 days a week, including 1 weekend day.

• Work Type:  Onsite
• Work Schedule: 5 days a week including 1 weekend day.