Role: Multi-Systemic Therapist Bail Supervision Scheme - ROI86/11/26/1v-1

Extern Multi-Systemic Therapist Bail Supervision Scheme - ROI86/11/26/1v-1 Exciting Opportunity To Join Our Team* Post: Multi-Systemic Therapist Bail Supervision Scheme - ROI86/11/26/1v-1 Salary: Grade 5 Scale, €51,024 per annum pro rata Hours: 37.5 standard hours (including breaks) (Flexibility Required) Contract Status: Fixed Term until December 2027 (Maternity Cover) Location: Unit 12 Watch House Cross Retail Business park, Parteen Road, Limerick, V94 XYK5 About The Service The Extern Family Worker will be provided with full training to become an MST Therapist in conjunction with MST Services in order to provide an intensive, flexible, goal-oriented and time limited intervention. MST Therapists are responsible for forming professional relationships with parents, families/carers and wider stakeholders in order to assist young people to live more successfully within their local communities by helping them find solutions to their problems. You will be responsible for developing interventions with young people, their parents/ carers, families and friends, as well as working closely with other organisations including the Gardaí, YPP, TUSLA, Court Services and Oberstown Children Detention Campus About The Project Extern operates three Bail Supervision Programmes in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick. One of the programmes key interventions is Multisystemic Therapy (MST).The team work with young people aged 12–18 years involved with Juvenile Justice services such as the Children’s Court, Young Persons Probation and or Juvenile Liaison Services. MST is an evidence-based, intensive family intervention. Extern’s MST Therapists work primarily with the young person’s primary caregiver to facilitate sustainable pro-social changes in the young person’s behaviour. The intervention is mainly delivered in the home and includes 24/7 on-call support over a three-to-five-month period. The Bail Supervision Scheme provides individually tailored support to young people at risk of reception into custody or an escalation of their offending/anti-social behaviours and their families. The BSS delivers an evidence-based model called Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to help these young people and their families increase compliance with Court ordered bail conditions and reduce the risk of them being remanded in detention. The Role of an MST therapist is creative, dynamic and outcome driven, and would suit professionals from a diverse range of professional experiences. We welcome applications from people who have worked in a wide array of fields, with those or supporting those who care for others who can display behaviours that challenge. In particular, applications from professionals with a background in family support, youth and community work, residential care, Youth Diversion Programmes, child and adolescent psychology/psychotherapy, family therapy or any other background where they have worked intensively with families, individuals and or young people. For informal queries please contact: Kate Stoica; Service Manager via phone on 0860756456 or via email on kate.stoica@extern.org Full details of the role and the essential criteria are detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification available at the following link:- ROI8611261v-1_MST_Therapist_BSS.pdf The closing date for all completed applications is: Monday 23rd November @ 12 noon. Proposed Interview Date 10th December 2026. For informal enquiries please contact: duaa.ahmed@extern.org We Not Only Offer Competitive Pay And Job Satisfaction, We Also Go The Extra Mile To Ensure Your Well-being And Work-life Balance, To Include The Following 26 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service12 public holidays Generous pension, employer contribution of 6.5% Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and Paternity PayFamily Friendly policy, offering a range of flexible working optionsOpportunity to accrue time in lieuLife Assurance and Wellbeing Programmes Continuous Professional Development Employee Assistance Programme Bike to Work Scheme Extern may form a panel for 12 months for future similar positions which are fixed term/part time contracts Extern Privacy Notice -Applicants-PeopleHR.pdf Extern is an Equal Opportunities Employer Apply for this job Share this job Closing Date 23/11/2026 Location Unit 9&10, Watch House Cross Retail Park, Co. Limerick Department Bail Supervision Scheme Limerick - EI245 Job Title Multi-Systemic Therapist Bail Supervision Scheme - ROI86/11/26/1v-1 Salary Grade 5 Scale, €51,024 per annum pro rata Experience See Job Description for Details City Limerick Country Ireland Change Country