Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) Therapist

Do you have a passion for making a real difference in the lives of people living with mental health challenges and disabilities? At Easterseals PORT Health, we’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated full-time MST Therapist to join our Multi-Systemic Therapy team (MST) in Winterville and surrounding counties who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends

What You’ll Do

As a MST Therapist, you will conduct MST assessments 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. Engage primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement. You will receive ongoing training in the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) model as you work with families, youth, their communities, and other key members of their ecology to implement MST as designed. Extensive research has proven the effectiveness of MST. MST therapists do whatever it takes, via close collaboration with all involved, to address the needs of juveniles with serious criminal offenses, including (if your community doesn’t commonly accept with serious criminal offenses, consider shifting this language) and, in some cases, substance abuse. You will empower families to address challenging and/or problematic behavior and to help youth aged 12 - 17 make life-transforming changes. Treatment progress is made through intensive interventions such as skill building, changing unhelpful family interactions, and increasing social support, to name a few.

How You’ll Benefit

Being part of our team means we value and encourage your personal growth and development. You’ll earn a competitive salary $44,000-$48,000 based on your education and experience. This full-time position offers a flexible nontraditional schedule.  We offer competitive benefits to benefits eligible positions.

Our benefits include:

• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Benefits an optional Flexible Health Spending Account (FSA)
• Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and more
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, as needed
• Lots of Merchant Discounts to improve your purchasing power!
• We provide all work tools
• Supervision for licensure!
• We are a Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifier

What We’re Looking For

To join our team as the MST Therapist you must be able to provide services in various community locations as needed, have working knowledge of Microsoft office suite, experience with Electronic Health Records software, have a passion for helping others and be adept at linking clients to community resources. We also require the following:

• Master’s degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area preferred,
• OR Bachelor’s degree with minimum of three years' experience working with family and/or youth services.
• A valid driver's license, current auto insurance and a good driving record

Preferred Experience and Knowledge:

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.

If you are a kind, compassionate professional looking to make a significant impact, we invite you to apply for this position and join our mission of enhancing lives and our community. Apply now via our website: www.eastersealsucp.com 

About Easterseals PORT Health

Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Our diverse and inclusive 2,600-member team provides meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.

Our working environment supports employee and client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.

We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Authentic & Learning (IDEAL) organization.

Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!

Salary : $44,000 - $48,000