Intensive Community Based Therapist- MST

LifePath Systems; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

LifePath Systems is seeking an MST Therapist to deliver home-based, systemic interventions for youth and families. You will apply MST principles to engage caregivers and other participants, assess ecological contexts, and coordinate with multiple systems to promote behavioral change.

Responsibilities include conducting MST assessments, developing treatment plans, and maintaining thorough documentation. A Master’s degree and licensure are required; in-home therapy experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or related field.
• Professional licensure as LPC-Associate, LMFT-Associate, or LMSW under clinical supervision; full licensure preferred.
• Experience with MST or in-home/community-based therapy highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment using MST principles to youth and families in a home-based model.
• Implement interventions across family, peer, school, and neighborhood systems.
• Maintain a caseload of 4–6 families and conduct MST assessments.
• Engage primary caregiver and key participants to facilitate change.
• Follow MST analytic process for treatment planning and outcome review.
• Maintain clear documentation in alignment with MST principles.
• Collaborate with systems and participants to ensure treatment alignment.
• Engage in MST training, supervision, and development activities.
• Deliver services in a person-centered, trauma-informed manner.

Skills

Family systems theory

Social ecological theory

Behavioral therapies

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Pragmatic family therapies

Child development knowledge

Social skills assessment

Education

Master’s degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or related field

Job description

The MST Therapist Will Have The Following Job Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with Multisystemic Therapy (MST) principles and practices to youth and families through a homebased model of service delivery.
• Implement interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of the youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
• 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(s) 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 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, weekly supervision, consultation, and MST Therapist development activities.
• All services are provided in a person centered, trauma informed manner.

Sign-On-Bonus: $2,000 payable at the 6-month mark, contingent upon: all required training completed, no personnel actions, and performance metrics met.

Qualifications

Education, Training, & Experience (including licensure & certification)

Qualifications: Master’s Degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area. Professional licensure as LPC- Associate, LMFT-Associate, or LMSW under clinical supervision required, full licensure as an LPC, LMFT, LCSW preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies
• 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 that affect or influence the behavior of the youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
• Collaboration and partnership with community agencies
• Previous work providing in-home or community-based therapy services
• Professional licensure in related field preferred but not required
• Work experience at a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• 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 treatment
• Social skills assessment and intervention