Job Description

Job Description

Mental Health Clinicians - Outpatient (Fee for Service or Benefitted Fee for Service)

Post Doctoral Clinician/Staff Psychologist

The Brookline Center has been known throughout its history for ground-breaking, high quality, accessible mental health care. In response to today’s mental health landscape, the Center is re-imagining its core work as the transformation of mental health care through the design, development and dissemination of mental health programs and services at the intersection of systems. While our outpatient clinic cares primarily for children and adults in Brookline and neighboring communities, much of the Center’s work extends beyond Brookline and has a statewide, regional, and national impact.

If you are interested in shaping the future of mental health and ensuring that care is effective and equitable for all, we would love to meet you.

Learn more about our work and impact at

Position Summary:

Our mental health clinicians provide excellent, culturally-informed clinical services to clients of all ages and presentations and are enthusiastic about working in a multidisciplinary, community outpatient setting. They may offer a single or variety of clinical services within the department including: individual therapy, couples therapy, group therapy (kid, parent, adult, didactic/time-limited, interpersonal process/play), family therapy, neuropsychological testing, and parent guidance/coaching).

We are actively interested in ensuring that the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health represents a range of experiences and backgrounds. We welcome qualified candidates with diverse racial, cultural, multilingual, religious, class, and/or gender backgrounds, and experiences to apply.

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive diagnostic assessments and treatment planning, including submitting recommendations for additional/different services when applicable
• Carry a caseload that reflects the needs of our community, ideally including individual clients across the lifespan, family cases, couples cases, and clinical groups as available and interested
• In the course of delivering high quality care, the provider will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and may coordinate case conferences with other providers, family members etc. as appropriate
• Meet all Center expectations for the quality and timely completion of documentation, and clinical policies
• Attends all assigned supervision(s) and/or in-service trainings. Whenever possible, the Center intends to facilitate supervision matches that support progress towards independent license.
• Is an active and present member of team meetings, group supervisions, and trainings, contributing to the continued learning of the whole.
• Maintains a hybrid schedule, including hours that are of highest demand by clients (3pm and later)
• Participates in the Center’s on call service rotation 2-3 times per year, (requirement of Benefitted Fee for Service Providers).

Education and/or Experience:

• Master's level degree or above, current independent licensure preferred - LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, PhD/PsyD, MD in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in good standing.
• Minimum 2 years’ direct clinical care.
• Experience with high-risk populations, families, couples, serious mental illness, and/or youth preferred.

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Enjoys and works effectively in culture of collaboration, ongoing change, commitment to belonging, inclusion, and access. Passion for providing quality behavioral mental health services to marginalized populations. Commitment to cultural humility when working with youth, adults and families that are richly diverse in culture and background, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, socioeconomic status, and ability.
• Interest in working in an innovative work environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, clinical personnel, and Center staff.
• Demonstrated sound clinical judgment.
• The ability to work within a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Passion for providing quality behavioral mental health services to an otherwise underserved population.
• Knowledge of community resources.
• Digital fluency including experience with electronic medical records and MS Office.

Hours and Location:

The Center’s Operating Hours include: M-Th 8am-7:15pm, F 8am-5pm, (most) Saturdays 8:30-12:30pm

At least one evening required

Job Type: Fee for Service or Benefitted Fee for Service

Rates: $41.75-$61.75 per unit (approximately 1 hr.), based on licensure. Incentive rates offered for Saturday hours

Work Location: Hybrid

The position is based in our outpatient office in Brookline and includes both virtual and in-person services.

Equal employment opportunity

The Brookline Center is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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