MST Therapist

Location: Auburn, NY

About Cayuga Centers

Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth, and families. We embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We provide our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.

About The Program and MST Therapist Position

Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a nationally researched and evidence-based model of home-based therapy. The key to MST is understanding the term multisystemic. This role provides clinical support working within the framework that incorporates the multitude of systems affecting an adolescent's life. The Therapist working within this model helps the family to start the process of eliminating negative factors and building positive elements that will change family behavior. This makes a difference by decreasing negative behavior in the home, empowering the caregivers, helping rebuild relationships, teaching parents how to collaborate with outside providers, and working on coping skills with the families.

The MST model serves youth ages 11-18 with a history of juvenile delinquency or at imminent risk of out-of-home placement. In this role, we support youth and families by optimizing potential and nurturing the youth's positive role within their family and their community. Our MST Therapists help families reach their goals and desired outcomes through empowerment and strength-focused therapy. We are committed to the potential and growth of our therapists and ensure you will receive ongoing training and consultation to support the development of your clinical skills within this model.

Responsibilities

• Apply and develop your clinical assessment, evaluation, and family mental health therapy skills
• Utilize a strengths-based and trauma-informed mental health practice to help children, youth, and families identify their strengths and needs
• Provide intensive in-home therapy, 2-3 times per week
• Learn an internationally utilized evidence-based mental health treatment model
• Demonstrate an inclusive practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture
• Contribute to a multidisciplinary team that shares your passion for children and families

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with three years applicable experience in children's mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field, certification in an evidence-based practice, must be enrolled, or willing to enroll, in a relevant graduate program
• Master's degree preferred
• License and/or Limited Permit in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, or Mental Health Counseling with experience in strength-based family and children services strongly preferred
• Experience working with children and families in a community-based or "in-home" setting
• Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills
• A strong belief in the capacity of people to grow and change
• Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity, and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning
• Knowledge and experience in formulating clinical mental health diagnoses and/or impressions
• Ability to engage families who may have been unsuccessful in mental health clinic settings
• Flexibility in hours worked both routinely, to meet children and families when they are available, and occasionally, in response to crises which may occur at any hour of any day
• Valid NYS driver's license

Physical Requirements

• Use of a personal vehicle for driving to and from appointments and activities as assigned
• Word processing: including responding to emails and completing computerized documentation
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Lifting up to 50 pounds
• Walking distances
• Walking up and down stairs inside/outside as well as inside and outside of homes

Schedule

Exempt, full-time: 40-hour-a-week position that will require evening and possibly weekend hours, on-call rotation. We are looking for an applicant who is willing to work a flexible schedule that suits the youth and family needs.

Pay

$62,353.20 - $64,500 annually

Benefits

• 120 hours of Vacation
• 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligible Employer
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, and enhanced short-term disability benefits
• 401(k) available
• Corporate Discounts Program
• Sick Leave Pool
• Identity Protection