- Job Type:
- Part-Time, 20 hours
- Location:
- Brockton, MA
- Program Type:
- Community based
- Program Name:
- PACT-Y
- Salary:
- $47,500
CCBC is hiring for an exciting new program that will provide intensive community-based services to youth, young adults and their families. PACT-Y (Program for Assertive Community Treatment for Youth) is an evidence-based, trauma-informed multi-disciplinary team approach that delivers strength based, youth guided and family driven services and skilled therapeutic interventions in the home and community to support youth with serious mental health challenges. This comprehensive, person-centered approach aims to enhance family functioning, provide stabilization, foster growth and resilience, build skills and help prepare youth for the transition to adulthood.
Be a part of this innovative program that is the first of its kind in Massachusetts. CCBC and DMH will work collaboratively to meet the needs of youth and families who need a creative, flexible, dynamic team to support them in achieving their goals.
Responsibilities Include:
- Screen, assess and provide therapeutic interventions to youth with significant mental health challenges and their families
- Work in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to provide education and recommendations for treatment planning
- Maintain professional documentation of screenings and evaluations
- Attend treatment planning meetings in the home, community and office
- Review treatment progress, outcomes and modify intervention programs
- Develop individualized sensory interventions to support mental health and family functioning
- Identify occupational performance needs in the areas of sensory processing, organizational skills, fine/gross motor skills, recreation skills, and social thinking skills as well as community and work skills
- Provide supervision and training to the Occupational Therapist Assistant
Requirements
- Master's or Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy from an Occupational Therapy program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
- Hold appropriate license from the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professionals as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience working with children, youth and families preferred
Apply Now - Send Resume & Cover Letter
Date posted: 9/19/2024
For more information about this position, or to send your resume:
Kate Eldridge, Program Director (keldridge@comcounseling.org)
Community Counseling of Bristol County
56 Cherry St. Brockton, MA 02301
Phone: (508) 977-8124