Outpatient Clinician - Part-Time

Come demonstrate your passion for child & family empowerment by joining the Wayside team!

At Wayside, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity- focused community that approaches client care as a matter of social justice. Wayside is one of Massachusetts’ most respected child and family serving agencies with program locations across Central, Eastern and Northeastern Massachusetts serving more than 6,000 children, young adults, and families each year.

Wayside thinks of our employees as whole people and invests in benefits to support employee wellness.

• A learning environment – free training institute with thought leaders, CEU trainings & program trainings, etc.
• Financial health supports
• Teamwork atmosphere
• Career development support – a great place to grow your career!!!

Outpatient Clinician
Fee-for-Service or Part-Time
Waltham and Watertown

Salary Range: $35.00 - $45.00/hour for Fee for Service.
$30K-$32K for 20-hour Part-Time position.

Wayside is seeking Master's level Clinicians to provide collaborative outpatient clinical services to children, adolescents, and their families. We offer 2 employment options: Fee-for-Service position with a minimum of 10 clients per week or a Part-time 20 hour per week salaried position with an expected productivity of 14 billable hours per week. Either option can be combined with other work within the agency. At least 3 after-school/evening and/or weekend days are required. Daytime school-based counseling may be added as part of hours between September – June.

This is a hybrid position, with flexibility to meet with clients virtually and at our offices in Waltham or Watertown. All initial intakes are conducted in person.

What you will do:

• Provide short term and ongoing individual, sibling, and family treatment as clinically indicated and in accordance with program specifications for youth between 2 and 20 years old.
• Conduct intakes for new clients, assessing for medical necessity as indicated.
• Complete comprehensive clinical assessments, CANS and develop treatment plans according to program specifications.
• Provide crisis intervention services with clients as needed.
• Collaborate with family, schools, and other providers throughout treatment and make referrals to community supports as needed.
• Serve as HUB for services such as therapeutic mentoring when needed.

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

• Ability to highlight and validate strengths in young people and their families.
• Respectful curiosity to learn from a person’s lived experiences.
• Committed to providing culturally informed treatment including understanding systemic racism and oppression and its impact on youth and families served.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and follow through to complete tasks accordingly to timelines including notes within 48 hours of date of service.
• Work within a recovery model framework emphasizing the person’s journey not just their diagnosis.
• Strong diagnostic and clinical writing skills.
• Competence with computer skills and comfort using an electronic health record (EHR) for clinical documentation.
• Familiarity with evidenced-based modalities such as ARC, Motivational Interviewing, and others a plus.

Minimum Requirements:

• Masters Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field plus experience providing services to children, adolescents, and families.
• Non-licensed or license eligible clinicians encouraged to apply. Pay differentials for independent licensure and fluency in some languages other than English.

What You Will Receive:

• Weekly supervision from an independently licensed supervisor.
• Training in Motivational Interviewing, ARC, and Courageous Conversations.
• You will be part of a supportive, diverse, inclusive, and experienced team of professionals and paraprofessionals.
• Access to monthly agency- sponsored trainings on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as well as other clinically relevant topics with associated Continuing Education hours.

Wayside welcomes equity-minded applicants whose values align with our goal of being a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to anti-racism, social justice, and advocacy. Successful candidates are asked to be engaged in Wayside’s dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Bilingual/bicultural and LGBTQ applicants are encouraged to apply!

Wayside welcomes equity-minded applicants whose values align with our goal of being a child welfare and behavioral health agency committed to anti-racism, social justice, and advocacy. Successful candidates are asked to be engaged in Wayside’s dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Bilingual/bicultural and LGBTQ applicants are encouraged to apply!