Bilingual - Therapist MST; Irving

Position: Bilingual - Therapist MST(Irving)
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Job Title:

MST Bilingual Therapist – Irving, Texas Do you have a passion for helping others and want a career where you can make a difference? Then join our NTBHA team. We have proved to be a strong, self-sufficient and enduring foundation within our community. We are committed to connecting and serving our clients where they live.

Position’s Role

Summary:

This position serves Northwest Dallas County.

North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA) is responsible for developing a collaborative system of care for children, adolescents and adults with severe mental illness and other serious emotional disturbances, as well as those experiencing a substance use disorder.

NTBHA is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our hiring practices and in our experiences as employees. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment and culture that is free of perceived harassment, racism, and discrimination, creating an environment of understanding and compassion for all lived experiences.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Bilingual Therapist position
- Proficient in the Spanish and English language (spoken and written).This position’s actions and work must align with NTBHA values and goals, regulations, and policies and procedures, and meet all documentation standards and regulatory requirements.

This position is responsible for providing Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to youth and their families who present with behavioral, antisocial and/or substance use issues.

The MST Therapist will also provide assistance throughout the individual’s continuum of care and/or treatment episode, to include offering individual and family therapy, in addition to case management services.

The MST Therapist conducts 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.

The MST Therapist engages primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.

The MST Therapist Implements a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcomes review and strategy revision procedure using the MST Analytic Process.

The MST Therapist maintains clear, timely, and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and maintains clear, timely and concise documentation required by NTBHA per HHSC rules and regulations.

The MST Therapist has the ability to engage and collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system, to maintain alignment throughout MST treatment.

The MST Therapist provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with MST principles and practices.

The MST Therapist participates in all MST training, supervision, consultation, and MST Therapist development activities. The MST Therapist consults and works directly with the MST Program Manager and MST Consultant for consultation.

The MST Therapist coordinates with community partners and provides linkage to community-based services, eliminating barriers, and identifying available resources and recovery supports in the community.

Target identified individual and family needs and goals relative to recovery will be central. Completes Treatment plans with client & families as required by deadlines per HHSC guidelines and rules.

Performs moderately complex local authority/coordination work with assisting clients in accessing/linkage to…