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Job Title:  Community-based therapist   Overview   Do you have a passion for working with children and families? Life Builders is looking for compassionate, dedicated people in  Lake, LaPorte, and Porter County Region 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 serious criminal offenses, and, 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...

The MST (Multi-systemic Therapy) Mental Health Professional  provides intensive home and community based therapy to families whose adolescents are displaying social, emotional and/or behavioral disorders. Clinicians work with caregivers to change how youth function in their natural setting while following a specific model that promotes positive social behavior and decreases anti-social behavior.    Some responsibilities include: Complete all training and actively participates in required supervision and consultation in accordance with program and agency guidelines. Handle all administrative duties such as chart documentation, billing requirements and other necessary paperwork consistent with licensure, accreditation, funding sources and CGRC technology reporting requirements. Conduct all assessments including biopsychosocials utilizing program principals in order to assess client and family dynamics. Provide therapy services to promote exploration and...

The   MST-CAN (Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse & Neglect)  is an evidenced-based treatment and child welfare program for children ages (6-17) and families that come under the guidance of Child Protective Services due to physical abuse and neglect.  MST-CAN is an intensive therapy that provides a holistic approach. Lasting six to nine months, MST-CAN focuses on families, tailoring interventions to the specific risk factors that contribute to child physical abuse and neglect for each individual family.  Major goals of the program include:  keeping families together, assuring children are safe, preventing abuse and neglect, reducing mental health difficulties experienced by adults and children, and increasing natural social support.   The   MST-CAN (Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse & Neglect) Crisis Caseworker  provides service coordination to clients displaying severe social, emotional and/or behavioral disorders and their families.  In partnership with the...