Family Intervention Specialist

Job Details

Job Location:

Killeen Juvenile Services
- Killeen, TX 76543

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage:
Daily

Job Shift: Day

Bachelors Degree (Underfill):
Minimum Starting Hourly Rate: $24.20

Masters Degree:
Minimum Starting Hourly Rate: $27.44

Maximum Starting Hourly Rate
- Dependent on Qualifications

This is a grant-funded position. Ongoing employment is based on continued grant funding.

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off - 9.23 hrs per pay period
• 10 Observed Company Paid Holidays
• 8 Hours Annual Volunteer Time Off
• Retirement Plan w/ 6% Employer Contribution
• Employee Assistance Program

Bilingual

Required:

English and Spanish

MST is an intensive family- and community-based treatment program that addresses all environments that impact high risk youth - homes and families, schools and teachers, neighborhoods and friends. MST clinicians:

• 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. Maintains a caseload of 4-6 families.
• 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, 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 nine 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, consultation, and MST Therapist development activities.
• All services are provided in a person centered, trauma informed manner

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How Does MST Work?

• 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 family’s ecological context.
• Engage in weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members, including through group supervision.
• Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST treatment model.
• 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 change-oriented treatment.
• Will be on-call during the week and on a rotating schedule for coverage during the weekends.
• While only one therapist works with a particular family, the MST team facilitates a supportive work environment to cover each other’s clients for vacation/time off and support each other to maintain a work/life balance.
• Develops and implements individualized program plans.
• Maintains clients’ progress records.
• Serves as liaison between clients and their families, judicial systems, and treatment providers.
• Assists with (intra) and (inter) agency service coordination and referral concerns.
• Work behavior must be compatible with Center value statement.
• Demonstrate high ethical standards, trustworthiness, and personal integrity. Regular attendance, dependability, and promptness are required for the work day or agreed upon hours 100% of the time, to ensure consistency and completeness of program’s processes.
• Professional Development
  - Successfully complete training required to maintain skill competency and cross training to ensure consistency across program procedures. Complete continuing education as required by…