Mental Health Professional

Overview

Do you have a passion for working with children and their families? We are looking for compassionate, dedicated professionals who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends.

Core Responsibilities

• Engage in weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members, including through group supervision.
• While only one therapist works with a particular family, the MST team facilitates a supportive work environment to cover each other’s clients for vacation/time off and support each other to maintain a work/life balance.
• Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST treatment model.
• Provide clinical treatment to families using the MST treatment model and principles. Some principles include leveraging strengths and focusing on the positive, understanding sequences of behavior, and increasing mature behavior.
• Conduct a thorough assessment of the client and family: gather information on behaviors of concern and strengths in the family and their ecology to inform conceptualization of the problem behaviors and interactions within the family’s ecological context.
• Work comfortably with a diverse community of clients
• Learn how to effectively connect with the families in the communities served by the team
• Continuously work to engage the primary caregiver, family members, supports, and community agency staff in change-oriented treatment.

Schedule

Full-time (40 hours per week) non-exempt position scheduled Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm with flexibility to meet the needs of the program.

Benefit Package

StarCare offers an expansive benefit package including, but not limited to: Company-paid medical coverage, fully funded employer contribution to HSA, company-paid life insurance, company paid hospital indemnity plan, retirement plan with up to 12% employer match, front loaded paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, sabbatical leave, longevity augmentations, and employee referral augmentations.

Qualifications

• Educational Requirements:
• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area.
• Professional licensure (preferred):
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) under supervision of LCSW and working towards LCSW
• Or provisional license with 2 years of full-time experience in related field
• Additional Requirements:
• Must pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen.
• Must also have a current Texas driver's license, liability auto insurance, and be insurable under the agency's insurance.
• Must have knowledge and skill in operating standard office equipment including a personal computer with Microsoft Office products.
• Preferred Experience:
• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies
• Treatment with children and adults using cognitive-behavioral techniques
• Couples therapy using behaviorally based approaches
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
• Collaboration and partnership with community agencies
• Previous work providing in-home or community-based therapy services

Pay

$26.66 - $28.26 / Hour