MST Family Therapist

Department: Juvenile Justice

Location: Chicago

Schedule: Monday-Friday, varies by caseload

Position Overview:

Under the direction of the Program Manager, the MST Family Therapist provides a variety of services to youth and their families, including assessment, treatment, clinical interventions and collaboration with families, youth, community agency staff, and school officials. This position is community-based and includes providing services directly in family homes, multiple times per week. Therapists manage a small case load. To support more intensive services.

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.

1. Therapists receive specialized training and extensive supervision to provide services with fidelity to the MST model.
2. Therapists provide services at times and locations convenient to families. And have a high level of flexibility with scheduling.
3. Therapists will have exposure to a wide range of clinical needs. And opportunities to develop connections with a variety of healthcare and government agencies.

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.
• 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 24/7-week support as needed.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or related
• Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Social Services or related field will be considered
• Experience working with at-risk youth, and /or community-based treatment
• A valid IL driver's license
• Reliable transportation (proof of insurance may be needed)
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus but not required

Benefits, Full-time:

• Health, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short/Long-Term Disability options
• 403(b) Retirement
• Paid Time off (PTO)
• Mileage Reimbursement (exclusive to position)
• Eligibility for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness