Bilingual Mental Health Professional

Careers @Evidence-Based Associates; Waxahachie (TX); Presencial; USD 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Careers @Evidence-Based Associates seeks an MST (Multisystemic Therapy) Therapist fluent in Spanish to work with youth and families in home and community settings. Travel is required across Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall counties; a company vehicle or personal vehicle may be used with approval.

The role is exempt with flexible scheduling to meet program needs, and involves delivering therapeutically guided MST services and collaboration with the MST Program Manager and

Formación

• Must be fluent in Spanish with strong communication skills.
• Experience or training in Multisystemic Therapy (MST) preferred.
• Ability to travel extensively within specified counties.

Responsabilidades

• Provide Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to youth and families with behavioral, antisocial, and/or substance use issues.
• Deliver individual and family therapy and case management within MST framework.
• Engage primary caregivers and key participants to support treatment goals and engagement.

Conocimientos

Fluent in Spanish

Descripción del empleo

MUST BE FLUENT IN SPANISH (REQUIRED)

This is a community-based role which required therapist to work with youth and their families inside the family home (Required)

Travel is required as part of this role’s duties. Travel can vary from 20% to 100% per day. This would include all counties within Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro & Rockwall Counties.

Position’s Role Summary:
This role may be required to use a fleet vehicle and/or a personal vehicle for business needs. This may include, but is not limited to field & home visits, offsite meetings, co-located sites and/or pick up items for business needs, etc. If your program requires transport of individuals, this would only be allowed with a company vehicle and approval from management.

This position is classified as exempt and requires flexibility in scheduling to meet organizational needs, including adjusting work hours as necessary to ensure job responsibilities are completed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• This position’s actions and work must align with our values and goals, regulations, and policies and procedures, and meet all documentation standards and regulatory requirements.
• This position is responsible for providing Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to youth and their families who present with behavioral, antisocial and/or substance use issues.
• The MST Therapist will also provide assistance throughout the individual’s continuum of care and/or treatment episode, to include offering individual and family therapy, in addition to case management services.
• The MST Therapist conducts 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.
• The MST Therapist engages primary caregiver and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
• The MST Therapist Implements a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcomes review and strategy revision procedure using the MST Analytic Process.
• The MST Therapist maintains clear, timely, 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 and maintains clear, timely and concise documentation required by the provider per HHSC rules and regulations.
• The MST Therapist has the ability to engage and collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system, to maintain alignment throughout MST treatment.
• The MST Therapist provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with MST principles and practices.
• The MST Therapist participates in all MST training, supervision, consultation, and MST Therapist development activities. The MST Therapist consults and works directly with the MST Program Manager and MST Consultant and MST Director (Back-up to MST Program Manager) for consultation. Clinical Supervision provided by the MST Program Manager. Administrative Supervision provided by the MST Director.
• The MST Therapist coordinates with community partners and provides linkage to community-based services, eliminating barriers, and identifying available resources and recovery supports in the community.
• Target identified individual and family needs and goals relative to recovery will be central. Completes Treatment plans with client & families as required by deadlines per HHSC guidelines and rules.
• Performs moderately complex local authority/coordination work with assisting clients in accessing/linkage to behavioral health, medical, housing, transportation, financial, social, and other appropriate services/supports that are consistent with the individuals’ recovery goals.
• Conducting In home and community visits to work with the adolescent’s systems to improve functioning and support for the family.
• MST Therapist will communicate with the MST Program Manager and MST Director regarding any client issues, program issues, questions, suggestions, any new information regarding