Bilingual Mental Health Professional

Evidence Based Associates; Texas; Híbrido; USD 44.000 - 59.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Evidence Based Associates is seeking a Community-Based Therapist to deliver Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for youth aged 12–17 and their families, in-home and in the community. The role emphasizes strengths-based change, collaboration with schools, probation, and child welfare partners, and ongoing MST training.

Candidates must reside locally and speak fluent Spanish. The position involves direct clinical work, family assessments, and engagement of caregivers with a focus on culturally responsive

Formación

• Master’s degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or related field.
• Professional licensure in a related field (LMSW, LPC-A, LMFT, LCSW, LPC) is required.
• Experience serving families in community-based programs; bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Provide direct clinical treatment using the MST model and principles.
• Conduct thorough client/family assessments within the ecological context.
• Engage primary caregiver, family members, supports, and community agency staff in treatment.
• Weekly case planning and progress evaluation with supervision.

Conocimientos

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Educación

Master’s Degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or related field

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

Must speak fluent Spanish for this role.
Community-Based Therapist
This role requires candidates to provide therapy to youth and familiesinside the family home, where they are most comfortable. This will require a mixof both in-office and community work.

Candidates must reside locally.

Overview

Do you have a passion for working with children and their families? We arelooking for compassionate, dedicated professionals who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends.

You will receive ongoing training in the Multisystemic Therapy(MST)model as you work with families, youth, their communities, and other key members of their ecology to implement MST as designed. Extensive research has proven the effectiveness of MST.MST therapists do whatever it takes, via close collaboration with all involved, to address the needs of juveniles with criminal offenses, including, in some cases, substance abuse.You will empower families to address challenging and/or problematic behavior and to help youth aged 12–17 make life-transforming changes. Treatment progress is made through intensive interventions such as skill building, changing unhelpful family interactions, and increasing social support, to name a few. For more information on multisystemic therapy, please watch this video:How Does MST Work?

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment 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.
• Very comfortable working with a diverse community of clients.
• Knowledge of the types of families in the community
• Continuously work to engage the primary caregiver, family members, supports, and community agency staff(school, probation, child welfare)in change-oriented treatment.
• Dedicate time to weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members.
• Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST treatment model.
• Assure, along with fellow clinicians, that clients have access to 24 hours/day, 7 days/week support as needed.

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or a related subject areain social services such as psychology, social work, rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human growth and development, special education, educational psychology, early childhood education, or early childhood intervention.

• Professional licensure in a related field required(LMSW, LPC-A, LMFT, LCSW, LPC)
• Experience in serving families in community-based programs
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Ability and willingness to work with families in their own homes
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Strong clinical skills
• Ability to adapt and individualize program interventions to utilize family strengths and skills.
• Skill in handling multiple tasks and meeting multiple deadlines.
• Valid driver’s license; maintain current insurance and registration; and have a clear driving record.
• A clear result from a criminal background check.
• Must live within one-hourtravel time from the designated service area.
• Clear drug screen results from the organization’s designated medical facility.

Salary: LPC/LPCA - MST Salary $51,614 Annually

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