Bilingual MST Clinician

Overview

Do you have a passion for working with children and families? We are looking for compassionate, dedicated people who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. You will work in a supportive team environment with a small caseload of families, receiving 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.

MST has extensive research supporting its effectiveness in addressing 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 help youth ages 12 - 17 make life-transforming changes through intensive interventions such as changing unhelpful family interactions, addressing peer and school problems, and increasing social support."

• Conduct MST assessment including review of referral information, identifying key participants, and developing an analysis of the fit of problem behaviors within the ecological context; maintain a caseload of 4-6 families.
• Engage primary caregivers and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
• Implement a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcomes review, and strategy revision using the MST Analytic Process.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts to promote peer and supervisory review and ensure compliance with the nine MST Principles and the MST Analytic Process.
• Collaborate with all relevant systems and 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 trainings, supervision, consultation, and therapist development activities.
• Deliver services in a person-centered, trauma-informed manner.

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, or related field from a four-year college or university with a minimum of three years of experience working with families and/or youth, or a Master’s Degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or a related field. Professional licensure as LPC-Associate, LMFT-Associate, or LMSW under clinical supervision required; full licensure as LPC, LMFT, or LCSW preferred.

• Direct use of pragmatic family therapies (structural, strategic, functional).
• Therapy with children and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques.
• Couples therapy using behaviorally based approaches.
• Behavioral therapy targeting school behavior and academic performance.
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology (family, peer, school, neighborhood).
• Collaboration with community agencies and experience in-home or community-based therapy services.
• Professional licensure in a related field preferred but not required.

EBA’s mission is to support families and strengthen communities through the high-quality implementation of evidence-based programs (EBPs). The organization focuses on implementation issues so that EBPs and community-based providers can be the leaders on stage. EBA has served multiple states and counties in juvenile justice, child welfare, and behavioral health, with a team bringing extensive experience in clinical services and program management related to community-based EBPs.