Lead Clinician – Adult Day Treatment Center

Location: Adult Day Treatment Center
Department: Behavioral Health Community Services (BHCS)
Schedule: 20 Hours/Week Monday - Friday 
Pay: $27.00–$32.00/hour

Who We Are:

BAMSI’s Adult Day Treatment Center provides structured, recovery-focused behavioral health services designed to help individuals build skills, achieve their personal goals, and increase independence in their daily lives.

Our team works collaboratively to ensure that each person has an active voice in their treatment and recovery. Through evidence-based practices, individualized treatment planning, group and individual support, and strong community partnerships, we help individuals move forward in their recovery.

Why This Role is Different:

Lead Clinically Without Stepping Away from Direct Care:
This role combines hands-on clinical work with opportunities to provide clinical guidance and supervision to program staff. You’ll maintain your own caseload while helping strengthen the quality of care across the program.

Be Part of a Recovery-Focused Team:
Work within the Recovery Model, helping ensure the goals, preferences, and voices of the people we support remain at the center of treatment and service delivery.

Make an Impact in Just 20 Hours a Week:
This part-time position offers an opportunity to take on meaningful clinical and leadership responsibilities within a schedule that provides greater flexibility.

Shape Treatment & Program Quality:
You'll have a direct role in assessments, treatment planning, admissions, transitions, crisis response, staff development, and the implementation of evidence-based practices.

What You’ll Do:

Serve as a clinical leader within the Adult Day Treatment Center, overseeing clinical services, treatment planning, documentation, and case management while providing direct support to individuals and clinical guidance to staff.

• Facilitate screenings, intakes, clinical assessments, and individualized treatment planning.
• Maintain an assigned caseload and ensure timely, person-centered clinical documentation.
• Develop and review Adult Comprehensive Assessments, Individualized Action Plans (IAPs), daily group notes, and weekly progress notes.
• Plan, develop, and facilitate clinically appropriate individual and group treatment.
• Coordinate appropriate admissions, transitions, and discharges.
• Promote active participation and decision-making by individuals throughout their treatment and recovery.
• Identify clinical risks and respond appropriately to crisis and emergency situations.
• Provide clinical supervision and guidance to paraprofessional staff as needed.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings and collaborate with other members of the clinical team.
• Promote the use of peer support, evidence-based practices, and recovery-oriented approaches throughout the program.
• Collaborate with external partners, including hospitals, crisis services, state agencies, community providers, and other organizations involved in an individual’s care.
• Support compliance with applicable MassHealth, DPH, CARF, MBHP, health, safety, and program standards.
• Assist the Program Director in identifying staff training needs and developing or presenting training when appropriate.
• Provide oversight of program operations in the absence of the Program Director.
• Maintain required professional licensure and training in accordance with BAMSI and Medicaid standards.
• Perform additional responsibilities as needed to support individuals, staff, and overall program operations.

What We Offer:

Clinical Leadership Experience:
Build your leadership skills through staff supervision, program oversight, treatment planning, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Part-Time Flexibility:
Take on a meaningful clinical leadership role with a 20-hour-per-week schedule.

Collaborative Clinical Environment:
Work alongside a multidisciplinary team committed to recovery-focused, person-centered care.

Professional Growth:
Develop experience in clinical supervision, program operations, regulatory compliance, staff development, and behavioral health leadership.

Meaningful Work:
Help individuals take an active role in their treatment while developing the skills and supports they need to move forward in their recovery.

What You Bring (Requirements):

Education:

• Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling, Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related behavioral health field required.

Licensure:

• Master’s-level candidates must be eligible for independent licensure (LMHC, LCSW, or LICSW).
• Independent clinical licensure (LMHC or LICSW) is preferred.
• Licensure in Mental Health Counseling, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Counseling, or another related health field may also be considered as appropriate.

Experience:

• Three years of supervised clinical experience in a multidisciplinary treatment setting preferred.
• Familiarity with rehabilitation principles and the Recovery Model.

Clinical & Leadership Skills:

• Strong clinical assessment, treatment planning, documentation, and crisis intervention skills.
• Ability to provide clinical guidance and supervision to program staff.
• Ability to collaborate effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to person-centered, recovery-oriented treatment and supporting individuals in taking an active role in their care.

Logistics:

• Valid driver’s license and reliable personal transportation required for external meetings and other program-related responsibilities.

Why This Role Matters:

As Lead Clinician, you’ll have the opportunity to influence both individual outcomes and the overall quality of clinical care within the Adult Day Treatment Center. You’ll work directly with the people we support while also serving as a clinical resource for the team, helping ensure treatment remains collaborative, recovery-focused, and responsive to each individual’s goals.

It’s an opportunity to grow as a clinical leader while staying connected to the direct care that made you choose this work in the first place.