Find Jobs
Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location
Skip to job details
AH
Aspire Health and Community Services
IOP Clinician at South Shore Hospital
Career Insights for Mental / Behavioral Health Counselor
See where this job fits in the broader career landscape. Knowing your career path helps you see what's possible from here.
Scorecard
Based on Massachusetts data
Review key factors to help you decide if this role fits your goals. How is this calculated?
What they do
A Mental or Behavioral Health Counselor works with patients to treat mental health problems. Assesses patients and assists with diagnosis, counseling and crisis intervention. Consults with nurses, doctors and psychiatrists. May work with specific populations, such as youth, senior citizens or substance abusers, in group settings, facilities or hospitals.
$35,012 / year median in Massachusetts
+15% projected growth
Job Description
Aspire Health and Community Services recognizes that attracting and retaining exceptional staff is the key to providing excellent care for our clients. Whether a staff member is providing direct care to those we serve or working on the administrative end supporting the services we are proud to provide, each person's contribution is highly valued. Our mission, vision and values are supported by organizational culture guiding the work for every staff member: We are one compassionate, accountable community. Working at Aspire Health and Community Services can provide enormous job satisfaction. Your contribution is serving to help fulfill a mission, vision and values that support our belief that mental health is the foundation of a person's overall health and we work to foster an environment that is safe and supportive and free of judgement or prejudice around mental health. In addition, Aspire Health and Community Services offers a competitive package of compensation and benefits. The Independently Licensed Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Clinician works within a multidisciplinary team to provide clinical services to individuals with substance and/or alcohol use disorders as part of a recently re-designed Intensive Outpatient Program at South Shore Hospital. The IOP provides evidence-based intensive counseling services with licensed clinicians in group and individual settings for the treatment of substance use disorders as well as co-occurring mental health disorders. The re-design moves the IOP under the South Shore Hospital license. This position will also work with the clients to access community resources and work with collaterals in the community, including other behavioral health providers, PCP, and community support groups.