Adolescent Consultation Services (ACS), a nonprofit mental health agency serving the Middlesex County Juvenile Courts of Massachusetts, is seeking experienced applicants for a full-time (40 hours/week) mental health clinician position. ACS provides evaluation, consultation, and treatment services to the Juvenile Courts in Cambridge, Framingham, Lowell, and Waltham.
About Us
At ACS, our mission is to support and empower children and families who are court-involved or at risk for court involvement by providing the mental health assessment and intervention services they need to help them envision and work toward a better future. The children and families we serve are diverse in race, ability, economic status, neurodivergence, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, immigration status, and religion. ACS is committed to continuing to build a team that reflects the diversity of the population we serve and to cultivating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and connectedness. In recruiting for our team, we enthusiastically welcome and value the unique contributions, perspectives, and lived experience that you can bring to our work and our workplace.
Why consider a career at ACS?
The ACS countywide team is an interdisciplinary group of dedicated clinicians committed to serving youth and families involved in, or at risk of involvement in, the juvenile justice system. ACS is a mission driven organization, offering a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference during a pivotal time in a young person's life, helping to strengthen families, build resilience, and positively influence long-term outcomes.
ACS fosters a collaborative and inclusive workplace culture that values teamwork, professional growth, and employee well-being. ACS is committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance and implementing practices that promote clinician wellness and prevent burnout.
Dually funded by a state contract and privately raised revenue, all ACS services are provided at no cost to clients or third-party insurers, minimizing administrative responsibilities and allowing clinicians to focus their time and expertise on delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to youth and families.
Position Overview
This exciting new position has been created to help broaden the impact of our countywide services. Based in Cambridge, the ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician who is passionate about and skilled in providing individual and group mental health treatment to adolescents. This individual will also have experience and interest in facilitating psychoeducational groups for parents and caregivers of adolescents, as they will be instrumental in helping ACS launch its first psychoeducational Parent/Caregiver group.
Essential Functions:
- Provide evidence-based individual and group counseling to court-involved and at-risk youth and their families.
- Facilitate psychoeducational groups for adolescents, demonstrating strong group leadership and clinical management skills.
- In collaboration with ACS leadership, develop, adapt, and implement a structured caregiver group curriculum addressing child and adolescent development, the underlying causes of challenging behaviors, identifying and responding to safety concerns, and practical, evidence-informed strategies for supporting adolescents.
- Conduct clinical intakes, treatment planning, and ongoing progress monitoring.
- Deliver services both in-person and via telehealth platforms.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary professionals, including court personnel, schools, and community providers.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and clinically sound documentation in accordance with agency standards and data platforms.
- Participate in supervision, consultation, and team-based care planning.
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or related mental health field.
- Independent licensure to provide mental health services in Massachusetts (LICSW, LMHC).
- Extensive experience facilitating clinical group counseling, particularly with adolescents and parents/caregivers.
- Experience working with court-involved, high-risk, or system-involved youth and families.
- Strong clinical judgment, engagement skills, and ability to manage complex group dynamics.
- Comfort providing services both in-person and via telehealth platforms.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience developing psychoeducational or therapeutic curriculum for caregiver groups.
- Trauma-informed, systems-based, and strengths-focused clinical orientation.
- Strong collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.
- Bilingual proficiency in English/Spanish, English/Portuguese.
- Ability to engage diverse populations with cultural humility and responsiveness.
Salary and Benefits:
- Starting salary range $75,000 - $85,000 annually (compensation is based on education, related work experience, licensure status, and other qualifications).
- Periodic staff-wide bonuses based on agency revenue.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance, available upon hire.
- Generous Paid Time Off plan, accessible upon start date.
- Schedule flexibility and opportunities to work from home.
- 403(b) plan with agency contribution and matching.
- Professional development and CEU reimbursement.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $75,000 - $85,000 per year
Pay: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- If you are working towards your LICSW, how many more hours do you need to be eligible?
Education:
License/Certification:
- LMHC (Preferred)
- LICSW (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
