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Respite Clinician - Relief

Norwood, MA

Job Description

 We make a difference - in your community and in your career.

Seeking a Relief Respite Clinician 

Riverside Community Care’s DMH Respite Program provides support and crisis intervention for adults through short-term 24-hour treatment in a structured home-like setting. Respite provides person-centered, solution-focused stabilization and treatment to individuals in psychiatric crisis.

Riverside Community Care’s Respite Program is seeking a master-level clinician with diagnostic skills and the ability to deescalate and provide crisis interventions. Our ideal candidate would rapidly establish rapport with a wide range of clinical presentations. The candidate would work with individuals to provide short-term support and assist with accessing community-based services while working within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities:

  • Work within a multidisciplinary team and provide daily individual and group therapy to individuals onsite at the DMH Respite program.
  • Provide community-based support to individuals enrolled in the DMH Mobile Respite Program
  • Provide collateral and family consultations, case management and consultation
  • Develop and implement goal-oriented treatment plans for all clients in the program, within 24 hours of admission.
  • Conduct concurrent reviews with insurers as needed to obtain authorization for services.
  • Document all clinical and collateral contacts as well as case management activities in Evolv (electronic health record)
  • Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds

Schedule: Flexible 10 and 12 hours shifts available; great work-life balance opportunity to work a 3- or 4-day workweek

Payrate:

  • Unlicensed Clinician - $35.70/hourly
  • Independent Licensure - $38.25/hourly

Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.   

Benefits include:

  • Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
  • Eleven paid holidays
  • Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
  • Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
  • Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
  • Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
  • Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

Learn more about our benefits and culture:

Our Benefits

Our Culture

Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!

Required Skills

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills required
  • Basic computer fluency including Microsoft Office required
  • Committed to continuous improvement, takes initiative, self-aware

Required Experience

  • Master’s in Social Work, Psychology, or related field (clinical degree that provides a path to independent licensure) required
  • Experience running groups preferred
  • Experience / knowledge of insurers
  • Clinical experience with adults and knowledge of the adult system of care required

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.

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 We make a difference - in your community and in your career.

Seeking a Relief Respite Clinician 

Riverside Community Care’s DMH Respite Program provides support and crisis intervention for adults through short-term 24-hour treatment in a structured home-like setting. Respite provides person-centered, solution-focused stabilization and treatment to individuals in psychiatric crisis.

Riverside Community Care’s Respite Program is seeking a master-level clinician with diagnostic skills and the ability to deescalate and provide crisis interventions. Our ideal candidate would rapidly establish rapport with a wide range of clinical presentations. The candidate would work with individuals to provide short-term support and assist with accessing community-based services while working within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities:

  • Work within a multidisciplinary team and provide daily individual and group therapy to individuals onsite at the DMH Respite program.
  • Provide community-based support to individuals enrolled in the DMH Mobile Respite Program
  • Provide collateral and family consultations, case management and consultation
  • Develop and implement goal-oriented treatment plans for all clients in the program, within 24 hours of admission.
  • Conduct concurrent reviews with insurers as needed to obtain authorization for services.
  • Document all clinical and collateral contacts as well as case management activities in Evolv (electronic health record)
  • Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds

Schedule: Flexible 10 and 12 hours shifts available; great work-life balance opportunity to work a 3- or 4-day workweek

Payrate:

  • Unlicensed Clinician - $35.70/hourly
  • Independent Licensure - $38.25/hourly

Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.   

Benefits include:

  • Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
  • Eleven paid holidays
  • Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
  • Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
  • Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
  • Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
  • Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

Learn more about our benefits and culture:

Our Benefits

Our Culture

Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!

Required Skills

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills required
  • Basic computer fluency including Microsoft Office required
  • Committed to continuous improvement, takes initiative, self-aware

Required Experience

  • Master’s in Social Work, Psychology, or related field (clinical degree that provides a path to independent licensure) required
  • Experience running groups preferred
  • Experience / knowledge of insurers
  • Clinical experience with adults and knowledge of the adult system of care required

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to respect, integrity and engagement of all individuals. We are committed to building an inclusive and culturally competent organization and we value the richness of having a diverse applicant pool. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.

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About Riverside Community Care

A community-based non-profit organization serving more than 40,000 people a year in Massachusetts, Riverside Community Care offers a wide range of mental healthcare, developmental and brain injury services, early childhood and youth programs, addiction treatment, trauma response, and more. And our digital learning platforms extend our reach to more than one million people around the globe, providing tools for education, prevention, and crisis management.


We are dedicated to: Children, youth, and families needing mental healthcare, early intervention services, family support, and care coordination services.

Individuals with mental health needs seeking counseling and/or medication, emergency psychiatric services, employment, and housing support.

Those with developmental disabilities, brain injury, or autism, needing residential services, employment assistance, or support services.

Families and children who have experienced domestic violence.

Schools, colleges, workplaces, and communities seeking to address mental health issues, substance use, and suicide risk.

Organizations and communities facing the aftermath of a tragic event such as a teen suicide or natural disaster.


We partner with local hospitals and physicians, and work with most insurers and MassHealth in support of individual and collective goals.

Our staff are remarkable, compassionate people who are proud of the work they do to improve people’s lives and are up for any challenge.

You can count on Riverside when you or someone you know needs help.

We take your trust seriously and work hard to make a difference by delivering integrated, quality care.

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