Bilingual Therapist (Ellis)-MST

NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY•Waxahachie, TX

8d•$65,000 - $75,000

About The Position

The Bilingual Therapist provides Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to youth and families experiencing behavioral, antisocial, or substance-use issues. The role also supports individuals throughout their continuum of care by providing individual and family therapy, case management, treatment coordination, community linkage, and recovery support. The therapist delivers direct clinical treatment consistent with MST principles and practices, completes MST assessments and treatment plans, and uses the MST Analytic Process to plan interventions, review outcomes, and revise strategies. Work includes in-home and community visits and collaboration with caregivers, youth, community partners, and other relevant systems. The position serves a caseload of 4–6 families and requires travel throughout NTBHA’s catchment area, which includes Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall counties. Travel may range from 20% to 100% per day. The role may use a fleet or personal vehicle for business needs; transporting individuals is permitted only in a company vehicle and with management approval. The position is exempt, requires flexible scheduling and cellular availability after hours, and provides or ensures clinical support or crisis intervention to families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during scheduled on-call time. Clinical supervision is provided by the MST Program Manager, and administrative supervision by the MST Director. The therapist participates in MST training, supervision, consultation, and professional development activities and maintains documentation that meets NTBHA, HHSC, and MST requirements.

Requirements

Master’s degree in clinical or counseling psychology, counseling, or social work; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience working with family and/or youth services.
Fluency in both Spanish and English; the bilingual position requires spoken and written proficiency in both languages.
Meet criteria for a Qualified Credentialed Counselor (QCC), or hold one of the listed credentials: LCSW, LMSW, LMSW-I, LPC, LPC-A, LCDC, or LMFT, licensed and in good standing with the State of Texas.
Familiarity with HHSC/DSHS rules and guidelines regarding service and documentation requirements.
Valid Texas driver’s license, automobile liability insurance, and a good driving record.
Knowledge of HHSC and MST rules, regulations, and guidelines; managed care operations; and DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria.
Knowledge of family systems theory, social ecological theory, and behavioral and cognitive behavioral theory and application.
Ability to work autonomously and make decisions consistent with applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Ability to create, analyze, prepare, and maintain records, files, documents, reports, and correspondence.
Ability to recognize problems and identify and facilitate solutions.
Knowledge of community resources, local indigent behavioral health systems, and local authority/service coordination principles, objectives, standards, methods, and procedures.
Ability to collaborate and partner with community agencies and work constructively with professionals, staff, community representatives, people with disabilities, and family members.
Ability to communicate effectively, including complex concepts, orally and in writing with people from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Ability to foster positive working relationships across inter-agency and intra-agency teams and support collaboration across organizational lines.
Ability to respect diverse views and contribute to a professional, tolerant, civil, and accepting environment.
Ability to work on a personal computer and use Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and learn company-specific software.
Flexibility in scheduling to meet organizational needs, including after-hours availability and scheduled on-call coverage.
Ability to travel for work throughout the NTBHA catchment area; use of a fleet or personal vehicle may be required.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with adolescents and their families.
Previous experience providing in-home or community-based therapy services.
Experience implementing interventions within or between systems in a youth’s natural ecology, including family, peer, school, and neighborhood systems.

Responsibilities

Provide Multisystemic Therapy to youth and families presenting with behavioral, antisocial, and/or substance-use issues.
Provide individual and family therapy, case management, and assistance throughout the client’s continuum of care or treatment episode.
Conduct MST assessments, including reviewing referrals, engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses, and analyzing problem behaviors in their ecological context.
Engage caregivers and other participants in change-oriented treatment and identify and address barriers to engagement.
Use the MST Analytic Process for problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcomes review, and strategy revision.
Deliver direct clinical treatment consistent with MST principles and practices.
Maintain timely, clear, and concise clinical and program documentation in accordance with MST standards, NTBHA requirements, HHSC rules, and regulatory requirements.
Collaborate with relevant systems and participants to maintain alignment throughout MST treatment.
Coordinate with community partners and link clients to community services, resources, and recovery supports; help eliminate access barriers.
Complete treatment plans with clients and families within required HHSC deadlines.
Assist clients in accessing behavioral health, medical, housing, transportation, financial, social, and other services consistent with their recovery goals.
Conduct in-home and community visits to work with adolescents’ systems and support family functioning.
Communicate client and program issues, questions, suggestions, and new information to the MST Program Manager and MST Director; follow program implementation directives and reporting requirements.
Communicate with families to complete TAMs promptly and complete the SAM as required.
Complete assigned duties and projects and follow work directives from the MST Program Manager.
Conduct outreach at events and in the community to inform stakeholders about MST services and referral processes.
Serve a caseload of 4–6 families as required by program needs.
Maintain availability for after-hours cellular contact and scheduled on-call coverage to support or provide crisis intervention to families 24/7.
Participate in MST training, supervision, consultation, and therapist development activities.
Comply with NTBHA policies and procedures and applicable state regulatory codes.