Job description

Are you passionate about family therapy and facilitating positive interventions? Do you seek to work up the clinical leadership ladder? Does Evidence Based Practice excite you? Look no further! St. John’s Residence for Boys is hiring a full time MST Supervising Therapist. For more information, please see below:

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About St. John’s:*
“St. John's is an established child welfare agency serving male youth throughout the boroughs. We are located in Rockaway Park, Queens, with two physical work sites dedicated to the oversight, supervision and care of our residents. We are a 24-7/365-day a year operation, seeking to fill both full-time and per-diem employment positions.”
About the Position:
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 Coaches do whatever it takes, via close collaboration with all involved, to address the needs of adolescents returning from residential placement for mental health, trauma and, in some cases, substance abuse. You will empower families to address challenging and/or problematic behavior and to help youth aged 12 - 21 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.
Location: 150 Beach 110 St, Rockaway Park, New York 11694
Duties & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates fidelity to the agency’s service values and organizations imperatives.
• Attends all MST related trainings as advised, to include orientation, MST-FIT Model, MST Supervisory and MST booster.
• Supervises and oversees clinical and administrative services for assigned MST Coaches/program.
• Engages in individual and group supervision, at least weekly, with MST Coaches and other MST support staff to monitor model adherence and to ensure monthly evaluations.
• Attends any/ all other agency/program training, as recommended/ advised.
• Responsible for review and feedback of weekly progress note reviews ensuring compliance with OCFS/ACS/stakeholder mandates.
• Assures availability 24/7 for support to clinical and administrative MST staff for instruction, guidance and conflict resolution.
• Engages in bi-weekly group supervision with Case Planner Supervisor/Case Planner to discuss permanency progression for reunifications goals.
• Promotes and educates staff/ stakeholders regarding MST services via workshops/ trainings with youth and their families.
• Facilitates Family Team Conferences to assist in monitoring cases suitable for referral to MSTFIT Services
• Manages, assesses, and reports data on clinical outcomes and program services practice.
• Implementation of interventions within/ between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)
• Attends monthly Apartment Business Meetings to assess/monitor MST-FIT readiness for residents as it relates to the Qualified Residential Treatment Program/other relevant policy.
• Assumes responsibilities of leadership duties to include interviewing of potential MST staff, completing performance evaluations and holding reporting staff accountable for performance and compliance.
• Direct use of pragmatic family therapies to include, Individual therapy with adolescents/ adults using cognitive behavioral techniques, marital therapy using behaviorally based approaches, behavioral therapy targeting school behavior and academic performance.
• Perform any/other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• MSW or MA degree in related field, preferably counseling, human services or psychology and at least 1-year of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge and experience of child welfare preferred. Experience with at-risk youth in a residential or other setting; ability to assess and engage youth and family is critical.
• Significant clinical experience in treating serious antisocial behavior in youth preferred.
• Willingness to travel throughout New York City required. Driver’s License required with valid New York driver’s license.

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: $62,000 - $65,000
Benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 403B Retirement Plan
• FSA
• Up to 3 weeks of paid vacation per year!
• Access to our state-of-the-art training institute!

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $62,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

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