Clinical Therapist (Clinician) Multisystemic Therapy

Evidence Based Associates•Temple, TX

1d•$65,000 - $73,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Clinical Therapist (Clinician) provides Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to youth ages 12–17 and their families. The role involves working with families, youth, communities, and other members of the youth’s ecology to implement the MST model as designed and support lasting, strength-based behavior change. Treatment may address juvenile criminal offenses, including substance abuse, through intensive interventions such as skill building, changing unhelpful family interactions, and increasing social support. Ongoing MST training, professional development, supervision, and consultation are provided. This is a remote/hybrid role for candidates who live locally. The clinician works in clients’ homes and the community 2–3 days per week and remotely 2–3 days per week using a company-issued laptop. The position requires travel to clients’ homes and may require transporting multiple clients. Clinicians, together with colleagues, help ensure clients can access support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as needed.

Requirements

Master’s degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area.
Provisional licensure at minimum.
Valid driver’s license.
Reliable transportation to travel to clients’ homes and potentially transport multiple clients at once.
Live within a 30–45-minute travel time from the designated service area.
Comfort working with a diverse community of clients.
Knowledge of the types of families in the community.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Direct use of pragmatic family therapies, including structural, strategic, and functional approaches.
Experience providing therapy to children and adults using cognitive-behavioral techniques.
Experience providing couples therapy using behaviorally based approaches.
Experience implementing interventions within or between systems in a youth’s natural ecology, such as family, peers, school, and neighborhood.
Experience collaborating and partnering with community agencies.
Previous experience providing in-home or community-based therapy services.

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.
Assess clients and families, gathering information about behaviors of concern and family and ecological strengths to inform conceptualization of problems and interactions in context.
Engage primary caregivers, family members, supports, and community agency staff, including school, probation, and child welfare personnel, in change-oriented treatment.
Dedicate time to weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from supervisors and team members.
Participate in regular MST training, professional development, supervision, and consultation.
Work with fellow clinicians to ensure clients have access to support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as needed.
Work in clients’ homes and the community 2–3 days per week and remotely 2–3 days per week.