Community Based Therapist, MST

This is a community based role requiring in home therapy visits

Overview

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 criminal offenses, including, 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. For more information on Multisystemic Therapy, please watch this video: How Does MST Work? 

 Duties & Responsibilities

Provide direct clinical treatment using the MST treatment model and principles. Some principles include leveraging strengths and focusing on the positive, understanding sequences of behavior, and increasing mature behavior. 

Conduct a thorough assessment of the client and family: gather information on behaviors of concern and strengths in the family and their ecology to inform conceptualization of the problem behaviors and interactions within the family’s ecological context. 

Comfort working with a diverse community of clients.

Knowledge of the types of families in the community

Continuously work to engage the primary caregiver, family members, supports, and community agency staff (school, probation, child welfare) in change-oriented treatment. 

Dedicate time to weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members.

Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST treatment model. 

Assure, along with fellow clinicians, that clients have access to 24 hours/day, 7 days/week support as needed. 

Qualifications

Master’s degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area required, provisional licensure at minimum required.

Bi-lingual in English and Spanish preferred.

Must possess a valid driver’s license and have reliable transportation to travel to client’s homes and possibly transport multiple clients at once. 

Must live within a 30 – 45-minute travel time from the designated service area. 

Licensing 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.

Preferred Experience: 

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. 

Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood) 

Collaboration and partnership with community agencies 

Previous work providing in-home or community-based therapy services. 

Our Values statement is: We respect everyone’s unique and special concerns by providing assistance to best fit their needs, that enhances their ability to live a full and dignified life, and that celebrates the contributions all individuals make to our community.

Come work for us! NTBHA seeks to develop a collaborative system of care for individuals experiencing mental illness and/or a substance use disorder. Collaborative Responsibility is the belief that the public healthcare system, which serves a community, is the responsibility of that community. Collaborative Responsibility for NTBHA is based upon forming partnerships with all stakeholders in the delivery of mental health and substance use disorder services to enhance the health of the entire community. Our guiding parameter is: Think populations, see individuals.

Our mission statement is: The North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA) seeks to create a well-managed, integrated, high-quality delivery system of behavioral health services available to eligible consumers residing in our catchment area, which includes Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall Counties.

We offer competitive benefits including: 401(k) plan and match; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more! Annual salary range is $65,000-$75,000.

EBA’s mission is to support families and strengthen communities through the high-quality implementation of evidence-based programs (EBPs). As a ‘production company’, we focus on the implementation issues back stage so that EBPs and community-based providers can be the ‘stars’ on stage. Over the past 15 years, EBA has served multiple states and counties in the areas of juvenile justice, child welfare, and behavioral health.

Our project support services address common implementation questions and concerns, such as:
• System Assessment: what are the gaps or needs in your current service system?
• Readiness Support: how do we get providers and stakeholders ready for EBPs?
• Program Implementation: how do we ensure we are implementing with high fidelity?
• Service Coordination: how do we make sure we’re matching the right service at the right time for the right children, youth, and family members?

EBA offers a team of professionals with backgrounds in social services, juvenile justice, evidence-based programs, information technology and human resources. EBA’s interdisciplinary team brings a combined total of more than 150 years of experience in clinical services and program management related to community-based and evidence-based programs.

“EBA offers a full-range of implementation supports for FFPSA!”

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Salary : $65,000 - $75,000