Mental Health Professional

Job Description

Job Description

This is a Community-Based Therapist role

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? 

Core Responsibilities:

• Engage in weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members, including through group supervision.

• While only one therapist works with a particular family, the MST team facilitates a supportive work environment to cover each other’s clients for vacation/time off and support each other to maintain a work/life balance.

• Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help you acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST treatment model.

• Provide clinical treatment to families 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.

• Work comfortably with a diverse community of clients

• Learn how to effectively connect with the families in the communities served by the team

• Continuously work to engage the primary caregiver, family members, supports, and community agency staff in change-oriented treatment.

Schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week) non-exempt position scheduled Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm with flexibility to meet the needs of the program.

Educational Requirements:

• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area.
• Professional licensure ( preferred ):
  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
  • Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) under supervision of an LCSW and working towards an LCSW
  • Or provisional license with 2 years of full-time experience in related field

Additional Requirements:

• Must pass a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen.
• Must also have a current Texas driver's license, liability auto insurance, and be insurable under the agency's insurance.
• Must have knowledge and skill in operating standard office equipment including a personal computer with Microsoft Office products.

Candidates MUST be willing and able to:

• 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. 

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
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
• Collaboration and partnership with community agencies
• Previous work providing in-home or community-based therapy services

Salary:  $24.44 - $28.26 / Hour

Benefit Package:  
The hiring provider offers an expansive benefit package including but not limited to: Company-paid medical coverage, fully funded employer contribution to HSA, company-paid life insurance, company paid hospital indemnity plan, retirement plan with up to 12% employer match, front loaded paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, sabbatical leave, longevity augmentations, and employee referral augmentations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Empower Community Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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