MST Therapist

JAFCO•Sunrise, FL

About The Position

This is a grant funded position which is renewed annually. The MST Therapist will serve as the adolescent and family’s advocate in attempting to provide and facilitate the best possible care and treatment available.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or a related subject area with experience in treating serious antisocial behavior in youth
An ability to work in a treatment team context
A willingness to work extended hours when necessary
An ability to develop helping relationships and implement intervention plans with adolescents, families, and communities in cooperation with MST Team
A demonstrated ability to perform in a professional and ethical manner with the highest regard for adolescents, families, communities, and MST Team
Knowledge of community agencies and resources
80% or better score on MST Certification
CPR, First Aid and Water Safety certification (Will train/certify after hire)
Valid driver’s license and clean driving record

Nice To Haves

Strongly prefer to maintain Bodily Injury Liability insurance of $100,000 per claim, $300,000 per incident on their personal automobile when driving clients

Responsibilities

Provide direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with MST principles and practices
Attend weekly group supervision with the MST Team
Attend individual supervision weekly
Assure accessibility to clients when needed at times most likely to promote engagement
Assure engagement with all key participants
Demonstrate competency in all clinical areas relating to the implementation on MST interventions
Assure that all assessments are comprehensive, multi-systemic, and provide adequate information to determine the causes and correlates of referral behaviors to direct effective treatment within the ecological context
Understand and be considerate of multi-cultural differences in the community
Comply with the highest relevant legal, professional, and ethical standards
Provide intensive in-home therapy to a caseload of 6 to 8 cases at a time and serve 16 to 17 client cases per contract year
Provide 30-35 hours of direct clinical service (Case Management and Therapy) with clients weekly
Provide 24-hour on-call clinical service to all clients one week per month
Conduct MST assessment including review of referral information and initial intake
Engage primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement
Implement a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, and outcome 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 9 MST Principles and the MST Analytic Process
Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each family to ensure their buy-in cooperation throughout MST treatment
All other duties as requested