Community Based MST Therapist
Community Based MST Therapist
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USD 48000 - 52000
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Job Description
Overview
Join Catholic Charities of Buffalo as a CommunityBased MST Therapist and become part of a diverse team dedicated to our mission of inclusivity compassion and empowerment. Our nonprofit organization serves the eight counties of Western New York with a wide range of programs including counseling emergency assistance mental health services and more across 40 locations.
We are looking for compassionate individuals in Erie and Niagara Counties to empower youth and families by creating strengthbased behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. You will receive ongoing team support training and supervision in the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) model as you work holistically with families youth their communities and other key members of their ecology to implement MST. Extensive research has proven the effectiveness of MST. MST therapists work in close collaboration with all involved to address the needs of youth who engage in problematic and criminal behaviors and in some cases substance abuse. You will empower families to address problematic behaviors and to help their youth ages 11 17 make lifetransforming changes. Treatment progress is made through intensive interventions such as changing unhelpful family interactions addressing the youths problems with peers and in school and increasing social support to name a few.
Job Responsibilities
Engage in weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members including through group supervision.
While only one therapist works with a particular family the MST team facilitates a supportive work environment to cover each others clients for vacation/time off and support each other in maintaining a work/life balance.
Receive regular training professional development supervision and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST treatment model.
Provide clinical treatment to families 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 familys ecological context.
Work comfortably with a diverse community of clients
Learn how to effectively connect with the families in the communities served by the team
Continuously work to engage the primary caregiver family members supports and community agency staff (school probation child welfare) in changeoriented treatment.
Promote agency vision direction and integrity and assist with agency efforts to identify explore and develop opportunities to enhance market and expand existing services and programs throughout WNY.
Exemplify Catholic Charities mission vision guiding principles and values. Cultivate a culture of equity and inclusion.
Communicate comply with promote and monitor the integrity and ethical performance consistent with Catholic Charities Corporate Compliance Code of Ethics HIPAA legal mandates & labor laws managing contractual/funder regulations & accreditation standards regulations policies and procedures e.g. COA BBB)
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Masters degree in clinical or counseling Psychology Social Work or a related subject area preferred or a bachelors degree with experience working with family and/or youth services will be considered. New masters level graduates are encouraged to apply.
- Direct use of pragmatic (i.e. structural strategic and functional) family therapies
- Therapy with children and adults using cognitivebehavioral techniques
- Couples therapy using behaviorally based approaches
- Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youths natural ecology (i.e. family peer school and neighborhood)
- Collaboration and partnership with community agencies
- Previous work providing inhome or communitybased therapy services
- As responsibilities may require travel must have appropriate and reliable transportation and an agencyrequired level of auto insurance coverage and be able to travel as needed within the eightcounty WNY region. The selected candidate will travel to and serve families in both Erie County and Niagara County
- Must be prepared to work a flexible schedule to participate in agencyrelated activities/events that may take place outside of typical business hours.
What We Offer
- 35 hours per week hybrid/flexible schedule
- 13 paid holidays
- 25 PTO days per year Prorated based on first year start date)
- Comprehensive health dental & vision offerings for fulltime
- Employerpaid life insurance for fulltime
- Ancillary benefit offerings for fulltime
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option for fulltime
- Health Savings Account (HSA) when electing a high deductible health plan for fulltime
- Employerpaid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 403b Retirement Plan Eligible after first pay period) with employer contribution after six months
Applicants: Please note that all positions with Catholic Charites of Buffalo are worked in New York State.
Compensation range may vary based on factors including but not limited to skills education location and experience.
Apply today at: an Equal Opportunity Employer Catholic Charities of Buffalo is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race religion color national origin citizenship sex sexual orientation gender identity age veteran status disability genetic information or any other protected characteristic. Catholic Charities of Buffalo will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process please contact .
Employment Type
Full-Time
