Mental Health Professional

About the role

We are looking for compassionate, dedicated individuals who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. You will receive ongoing training in the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) model as you work with families, youth, their communities, and other key members of their ecology to implement MST as designed. Extensive research has proven the effectiveness of MST.

MST therapists do whatever it takes, via close collaboration with all involved, to address the needs of juveniles with criminal offenses, including, in some cases, substance abuse. You will empower families to address challenging and/or problematic behavior and to help youth aged 12 - 17 make life-transforming changes through intensive interventions such as skill building, changing unhelpful family interactions, and increasing social support.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment using the MST treatment model and principles, including leveraging strengths, focusing on the positive, understanding sequences of behavior, and increasing mature behavior.
• Conduct thorough assessments of clients and families, gathering information on behaviors of concern and strengths to inform conceptualization of problem behaviors within the family’s ecological context.
• Work comfortably with a diverse community of clients and demonstrate knowledge of the types of families in the community.
• Continuously engage primary caregivers, family members, supports, and community agency staff (school, probation, child welfare) in change-oriented treatment.
• Dedicate time to weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members.
• Participate in regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities to acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST treatment model.
• Ensure, along with fellow clinicians, that clients have access to 24/7 support as needed.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area.
• Professional licensure as LPC-Associate, LMFT-Associate, or LMSW under clinical supervision required; full licensure as LPC, LMFT, or LCSW preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to travel to clients’ homes and possibly transport multiple clients at once.
• Must live within a 30–45 minute travel time from the designated service area.

Preferred Experience

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies.
• Therapy 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

$35.58 hourly.

Our Values

We respect everyone’s unique and special concerns by providing assistance to best fit their needs, that enhances their ability to live a full and dignified life, and that celebrates the contributions all individuals make to our community.