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Are you looking for a role where you can use your clinical skills to help children achieve success? 

Are you wanting to join a team who share your passion for helping others? 

Do you want to work for an agency that staff have voted a TOP PLACE TO WORK for 9 years in a row? https://fb.watch/rc7MWy_ZNT/

If yes, then JRI TAP is looking for you!  

Who we are looking for:  

Are you the Clinician we have been looking for? In this position you will be able to convey your passion for helping others by working with our youth! Total Achievement Program (TAP) is a therapeutic after-school and summer program for youth ages 6 to 12 years old. TAP staff work closely with the youths’ families, schools, and community agency providers to support each client’s educational success as part of a comprehensive treatment team. Our Clinician focuses on group therapy in the latency age program. Our team provides therapeutic support for children with mental health challenges to avert psychiatric hospitalization or out-of-home placements, and to achieve their goals at home, in the community and school with therapeutic interventions that expand beyond our afterschool setting's usefulness.   

JRI provides the training so that:  

• YOU will be responsible for the clinical care of youth while in our afterschool program, as well as coordination and support related to clinical care and needs outside of each site.
• YOU will support youth in developing the social and adaptive skills to they need to be their best selves within the structure of our program, their home, and communities by utilizing your clinical skills and knowledge to explore creative methods to support the unique needs of each child served.
• YOU will model to and lead our staff in provision of the culturally competent, evidenced-based clinical practice.
• YOU will use creative and fun modalities to meet the individual needs of our youth. 
• YOU will help design weekly curriculum for our group therapy sessions. 

Bilingual a plus!! We offer a $$$ bilingual bonus to any candidate who speaks, reads and writes in a different language other than English.  

Why JRI?  

Did you know that JRI was voted in the top 100 places to work in Massachusetts but the independent Boston Globe study, for 8 YEARS in a row including this year? We are proud to say we are! We want you to be a part of a team that believes in it’s mission and each other! JRI is ready for your application!   

• Be who you are! JRI is strongly committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and welcoming environment for our employees and the people we serve.
• $$$ SIGN ON BONUS $$$
• Access to our excellent Blue Cross medical and Delta Dental benefits.
• Retirement benefits including 401K matched up to $800 a year and pension after 5 years of employment.
• Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to almost $4000 per year and discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities!
• Wellness benefits including access to employee resource groups (including multicultural affinity groups, LGBTQ+ advocacy, employee engagement groups, etc.), self-care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full time employees in your first year and much more!

Requirements:  

• Candidates must have a minimum of a Master’s degree in Social Work, psychology, counseling from an accredited college or university preferred. Independent License preferred.
• Candidates must be knowledgeable in growth and development; able to obtain and interpret information in terms of the needs of emotionally disturbed, mentally ill youth and their families; and understand of the range of interventions and treatments required by this population.
• Candidates who have experience working with latency age children or experience in behavior modification are preferred.
• Candidates must be available to work afternoons into evenings. Which provides flexibility in the mornings and weekends for you!
• Maintains valid driver’s license as transporting youth is required.
• At JRI, you will learn to provide physical interventions and verbal de-escalations to provide the safest therapeutic atmosphere for our youth.
• Background and driving record checks will be performed.

JRI is strongly committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and welcoming environment for our employees and the people we serve. Persons from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. JRI is an equal opportunity employer.