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Lafayette - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

USD 45000 - 50000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

LCS is seeking an individual who is career oriented and looking to be challenged and realize the potential in themselves. If you are passionate about serving families in their homes and have good interpersonal and good communication skills we want you to be a part of our team. The position is full-time offers flexible schedule and asks that you make at least a one year commitment.

Education Requirement:

Masters degree in Psychology Social Work Counseling Sociology or other clinical field. Degree and transcripts will be required for this position.

Job Responsibilities:
  • 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.
  • 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 case 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.
  • 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 supervision and consultation activities
Preferred Knowledge:
  • 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
Preferred Experience:
  • Direct use of pragmatic (i.e. structural strategic and functional) family therapies
  • Individual interventions with children and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques
  • Marital interventions using behaviorally-based approaches
  • Behavioral interventions targeting school behavior and academic performance
  • Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youths natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e. family peer school and neighborhood)
  • Collaboration and partnership with community agencies
  • Previous work providing in-home or community-based mental health services

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Employment Type

Contract

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