In-Home Family Therapist

Position Summary

Are you a collaborative problem solver that likes to work with a dedicated team of professionals? Do you want the opportunity to grow your clinical skills? Is a flexible schedule appealing? Then either of our Community-Based Therapist/Clinician team would be a good fit for you! Come work alongside the longest-serving Multisystemic Therapy (MST) & Problem Sexual Behavior (PSB) provider in Ohio, Jamesena Richardson.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Level or higher professional with the major field of study being social work, psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or other human services field. New graduates welcome!
• LSW, LPC or MFT, and prior experience in the delivery of mental health services in the home/community to children and families with complex needs is essential
• This position requires flexibility of schedule and ability to travel in response to the needs of families.
• Bachelor’s level licensed mental health treatment experience with children and their families or experience working with children and families as part of a master’s degree internship program.

Responsibilities Include

• Provide MST or MST-PSB services to a small caseload of youth and families in community settings, including clients’ homes, schools and neighborhoods.
• Actively work to ensure client, victim and community safety through the development, implementation, monitoring and ongoing revision of a comprehensive individualized safety plan for each client/family served.
• Engage primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
• Actively provide family therapy, parent training, cognitive behavioral therapy, skills building, school and other community system interventions, and clarification work to each client/family served.
• Conduct MST assessment including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses, and developing an analysis of the fit of problem behaviors within the ecological context.
• Actively participate in weekly group supervision and weekly phone consultation; participate in individual supervision as directed/requested.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrate compliance with MST Principles and the MST Analytic Process.

Agency Summary

Applewood Centers is a private, nonprofit agency providing mental health services, social services and education to children, adolescents and families living in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties. Dedicated to addressing a variety of behavioral, emotional and learning problems, we provide a continuum of care from outpatient counseling to residential treatment.