Mental Health Professional, Bilingual

Careers @Evidence-Based Associates; Orange (TX); On-site; USD 44,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Evidence-Based Associates seeks a Community-Based Therapist to provide MST-driven therapy for youth (12–17) and families in home and community settings. The role emphasizes strengths-based interventions and collaboration with families to drive lasting improvements.

Role includes MST training, case planning, and coordination with schools and agencies. Must reside locally; includes in-office and in-community duties with some travel within one hour of service area.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in clinical or counseling psychology, social work, or related field.
• Professional licensure in LMSW, LPC-A, LMFT, LCSW, or LPC.
• Experience in serving families in community-based programs.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred but not required.
• Ability and willingness to work with families in their own homes.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong clinical skills.
• Adapt interventions to utilize family strengths and skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Valid driver’s license; current insurance and registration; clear driving record.
• Criminal background check must be clear.
• Must live within one-hour travel time from the designated service area.
• Clear drug screen results from organization’s facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical treatment using the MST model and principles.
• Conduct thorough assessments of the client and family to inform treatment.
• Engage a diverse community of clients and families.
• Coordinate with families, school, probation, child welfare and supports.
• Weekly case planning and evaluation with supervisor and team.
• Receive ongoing training, supervision, and consultation.
• Ensure access to 24/7 support for clients as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical skills

Multitasking

Adaptability

Time management

Driving

Communication

Education

Master’s Degree in clinical or counseling psychology or related field

Job description

Must be fluent in Spanish for this role.

Community-Based Therapist

This role requires candidates to provide therapy to youth and families inside the family home, where they are most comfortable. This will require a mix of both in-office and community work. Candidates must reside locally.

Overview

Do you have a passion for working with children and their families? We are looking 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 area in 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 (LMSW, LPC-A, LMFT, LCSW, LPC)
• Experience in serving families in community-based programs
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred but not required
• 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-hour travel 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