MST Therapist

# MST Therapist Sunrise, FL 33351

Education Level Graduate Degree## Description
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* Position Summary:

** This is a grant funded position which is renewed annually. The MST Therapist will serve as the adolescent and family’s advocate in attempting to provide and facilitate the best possible care and treatment available.
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* Role and Responsibilities:

** The MST Therapist will:
* Provide direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with MST principles and practices
* Attend weekly group supervision with the MST Team
* Attend individual supervision weekly
* Assure accessibility to clients when needed at times most likely to promote engagement
* Assure engagement with all key participants
* Demonstrate competency in all clinical areas relating to the implementation on MST interventions
* Assure that all assessments are comprehensive, multi-systemic, and provide adequate information to determine the causes and correlates of referral behaviors to direct effective treatment within the ecological context
* Understand and be considerate of multi-cultural differences in the community
* Comply with the highest relevant legal, professional, and ethical standards
* Provide intensive in-home therapy to a caseload of 6 to 8 cases at a time and serve 16 to 17 client cases per contract year
* Provide 30-35 hours of direct clinical service (Case Management and Therapy) with clients weekly
* Provide 24-hour on-call clinical service to all clients one week per month
* Conduct MST assessment including review of referral information and initial intake
* 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, and 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
* Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each family to ensure their buy-in cooperation throughout MST treatment
* All other duties as requested
** competencies:
*** Interpersonal Communication Skills
* Professionalism, Critical Thinking and Teamwork
* Practice-based Learning and Quality Improvement
* Screening and Assessment
* Care Planning and Care Coordination
* Intervention skills
* Cultural Competence and Adaptation
* Organization and Technology
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* Physical requirements:

** Staff must be physically capable of driving an automobile in a safe manner.  Staff must be physically capable of driving an automobile in a safe manner.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.  Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms; able to lift, push or pull up to 25 lbs.## Qualifications
** Qualifications and

Education Requirements:

** The MST Therapist must possess the following qualifications:
* Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or a related subject area with experience in treating serious antisocial behavior in youth
* An ability to work in a treatment team context
* A willingness to work extended hours when necessary
* An ability to develop helping relationships and implement intervention plans with adolescents, families, and communities in cooperation with MST Team
* A demonstrated ability to perform in a professional and ethical manner with the highest regard for adolescents, families, communities, and MST Team
* Knowledge of community agencies and resources
* 80% or better score on MST Certification
* CPR, First Aid and Water Safety certification (Will train/certify after hire)
* Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
* Strongly prefer to maintain Bodily Injury Liability insurance of $100,000 per claim, $300,000 per incident on their personal automobile when driving clients EOE
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