Mental Health Professional

Are you passionate about evidence-based therapeutic interventions? Does the idea of providing clinical care to children and families excite you? We have just the position for you!! We are seeking a full-time clinician.

We are hiring community-based
MST (Multisystemic Therapy) Clinicians/Therapists to provide mental health services in the community for youth and their families following the evidence-based model throughout the different stages of treatment.
Services are provided in program participants' homes and are geared towards serving youth who are in need of intensive community-based intervention, are at risk or have a history of out-of-home placement, and/or have community justice involvement.

More information about MST can be found here:

• Carry a caseload as assigned.
• Actively participate as part of a therapy team, including attending weekly team and individual supervision meetings.
• Assist families by actively referring them to appropriate services and supports, and with both clinical and concrete services.
• Make case progress notes as required
• Participate in all training, supervision, and consultation activities.

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies
• Individual therapy with youth and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques
• Marital 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 that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

• 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 the treatment
• Social skills assessment and intervention
• * Basic counseling and process skills

• Ability to engage clients
• Willingness and ability to be strengths-focused
• Ability to shift to process
• Willingness to advocate for youth and family, belief in the capacity of people to grow and change
• Ability to manage stress and self-care
• Appreciation, respect, and understanding for teamwork and company systems
• Ability to maintain a high level of self-awareness
• Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate without patronizing
• Willingness to commit to empowering families to solve their own problems
• Ability and willingness to work with families in their own homes
• Willingness to be flexible to work with the families when they are available to meet

• Live locally, within 1 hour of the noted territory.
• Provide therapy inside the family home as a regular part of the position.
• Maintain a flexible, non-traditional schedule, including evenings and weekends as needed, based on the availability of the youth and family.
• Regularly travel throughout the full identified service territory to meet with families and provide services where needed.

Master’s in social work (MSW), Mental Health Counseling(MHC), Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT), psychology, counseling, education, or other relevant human service profession preferred; required for site supervisor position.

• Experience working with youth and families.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate effectively with individuals and families.

Qualified Professional
License Eligible (LMSW, LAPC, LAMFT)
Full License (LCSW, LPC, LMFT)

Salary range for this educational level is commensurate with credentials held…