Intensive Community Based Therapist- MST

COLLIN COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH RETARDATION CENTER • Plano, TX

8d • $36 - $0 • Hybrid

About The Position

The MST Therapist will provide direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with Multisystemic Therapy (MST) principles and practices to youth and families through a homebased model of service delivery. This role involves implementing interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of the youth, such as family, peers, school, and neighborhood. The therapist will conduct MST assessments, maintain a caseload of 4-6 families, and engage primary caregiver(s) and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement. Services are provided in a person-centered, trauma-informed manner.

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 an LPC, LMFT, LCSW preferred.

Nice To Haves

• 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
• Behavioral therapy targeting school behavior and academic performance
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of the youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
• Collaboration and partnership with community agencies
• Previous work providing in-home or community-based therapy services
• Professional licensure in related field preferred but not required
• Work experience at a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)
• Family systems theory and application
• Social ecological theory and application
• Behavioral therapies theory and application
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy theory and application
• Pragmatic family therapies theory and application
• Child development research and its application in treatment
• Social skills assessment and intervention

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with Multisystemic Therapy (MST) principles and practices to youth and families through a homebased model of service delivery.
• Implement interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of the youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood).
• Conduct MST assessment including review of referral information, identifying, and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses, and developing an analysis of the fit of problem behaviors within the ecological context.
• Maintain a caseload of 4-6 families.
• Engage primary caregiver(s) and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
• Implement a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcomes review and strategy revision procedure using the MST Analytic Process.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrate compliance with the nine MST Principles and the MST Analytic Process.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system, to maintain alignment throughout MST treatment.
• Provide direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with MST principles and practices.
• Participate in all MST training, weekly supervision, consultation, and MST Therapist development activities.
• All services are provided in a person centered, trauma informed manner.

Benefits

• $2,000 Sign-On-Bonus payable at the 6-month mark, contingent upon: all required training completed, no personnel actions, and performance metrics met.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level