Bilingual Community Based Clinician, MST

Overview

Do you have a passion for working with children and families? We are looking for compassionate, dedicated professionals in the Gainesville/Buford/Lawrence/Snellville area who want to empower youth and families by creating strength‑based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. A $1000 sign‑on bonus is offered.

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.

• Provide direct clinical treatment using the MST treatment model and principles.
• Conduct thorough assessment of the client and family, gathering information on behaviors of concern and strengths to inform conceptualization of problem behaviors.
• Work comfortably with a diverse community of clients.
• Maintain knowledge of the types of families in the community.
• Engage 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 supervisor and team members.
• Receive regular training, professional development, supervision, and consultation activities designed to help acquire extensive clinical skills within the MST model.
• Assure, along with fellow clinicians, that clients have access to 24/7 support as needed.

• Master’s degree required.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to travel to client homes and transport multiple clients at once.
• Must live within 30‑ to 45‑minute travel time from the designated service area.

• Direct use of pragmatic (structural, strategic, 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 (family, peer, school, neighborhood).
• Collaboration and partnership with community agencies.
• Previous work providing in‑home or community‑based therapy services.

• Health/dental/vision insurance.
• 401(k).
• Flexible schedule.
• Paid time off.
• Small caseload of 5 to 6 clients at a time.
• $1000 sign‑on bonus.
• Salaried position.

• Rewarding work:
  Make a meaningful impact by working with youth and their families using an evidence‑based treatment approach.
• Flexible schedule:
  Enjoy the flexibility of scheduling sessions around the needs of the families.
• Empowerment:
  Equip and empower youth and caregivers with tools and resources to successfully address and tackle difficulties and challenges.

EBA supports families and strengthens communities through high‑quality implementation of evidence‑based programs (EBPs). As a ‘production company’, we focus on implementation issues backstage so that EBPs and community‑based providers can be the ‘stars’ on stage. Over the past 15 years, EBA has served multiple states and counties in juvenile justice, child welfare, and behavioral health. Our interdisciplinary team brings more than 150 years of experience in clinical services and program management related to community‑based and evidence‑based programs.