| Name of Organization: | Catholic Charities of Buffalo |
| Job Title: | Multisystemic Therapist (MST) |
| Part-time or Full-time: | Full-time |
| Job Location: | Erie/Niagara Counties |
| Job Description: | Do you have a passion for working with children and families? Catholic Charities is looking for compassionate, dedicated people in Niagara & Erie Counties who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. Would you thrive in a supportive team environment? Learning and growing every day? Working with a small caseload of families? You will receive ongoing team support, training and supervision in the Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) model as you work holistically with families, youth, their communities, and other key members of their ecology to implement MST. Extensive research has proven the effectiveness of MST. MST therapists work in close collaboration with all involved to address the needs of youth who engage in problematic and criminal behaviors, and, in some cases, substance abuse. You will empower families to address problematic behaviors and to help their youth ages 10 - 17 make life-transforming changes. Treatment progress is made through intensive interventions such as changing unhelpful family interactions, addressing the youth's problems with peers and in school, and increasing social support, to name a few. Engage in weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members, including through group supervision. 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 (school, probation, child welfare) in change-oriented treatment. |
| Required Qualifications: | Master's degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area preferred, or bachelor's degree with experience working with family and/or youth services will be considered. New masters level graduates are encouraged to apply. As responsibilities require travel, must have appropriate and reliable transportation, and agency-required level of auto insurance coverage and be able to travel as needed within the eight county WNY region. |
| Preferred Qualifications: | 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 |
| Rate of Pay: | 23.41-25.85 per hour Depending on Experience |
| How to Apply: | https://ccwny.applicantpro.com/jobs/3259158 |
| Contact: | alexandra.samsonik@ccwny.org |
