Overview

Join Catholic Charities of Buffalo as a Community-Based MST Therapist. We are seeking compassionate individuals in Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. You will receive ongoing team support, training, and supervision in the Multisystemic 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 11 - 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.

Catholic Charities is a non-profit organization that offers an array of programs that strive to empower individuals, children, and families. Catholic Charities of Buffalo, NY, is the most comprehensive human service provider serving the eight counties of Western New York with dozens of programs at 40+ professionally staffed locations. Our programs include comprehensive counseling services for all ages, basic emergency assistance including operating 8 food pantries, mental health services, chemical dependency treatment, educational and job readiness services, services to older adults, marriage counseling, immigration and refugee assistance, and a variety of programs that address prevention and treatment of a number of family issues. We strive to provide HOPE for all seasons.

Job Responsibilities

Engage in weekly case planning and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from your supervisor and team members, including through group supervision.
While only one therapist works with a particular family, the MST team facilitates a supportive work environment to cover each other's clients for vacation/time off and support each other in maintaining a work/life balance.
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.
Promote agency vision, direction and integrity and assist with agency efforts to identify, explore, and develop opportunities to enhance, market, and expand existing services and programs throughout WNY.
Exemplify Catholic Charities' mission, vision, guiding principles and values. Cultivate a culture of equity and inclusion.
Communicate, comply with, promote, and monitor the integrity and ethical performance, consistent with Catholic Charities' Corporate Compliance, Code of Ethics, HIPAA, legal mandates & labor laws, managing contractual/funder regulations & accreditation standards, regulations, policies, and procedures (e.g. COA, BBB)
Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Master's degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area preferred, or a bachelor's degree with experience working with family and/or youth services will be considered. New master's level graduates are encouraged to apply.
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
As responsibilities may require travel, must have appropriate and reliable transportation, and an agency-required level of auto insurance coverage and be able to travel as needed within the eight-county WNY region.
The selected candidate will travel to, and serve families, in both Cattaraugus County and Allegany County
Must be prepared to work a flexible schedule to participate in agency-related activities/events that may take place outside of typical business hours.

What We Offer

35 hours per week
13 paid holidays
25 PTO days per year (Pro-rated based on first year start date)
Comprehensive health, dental & vision offerings for full-time
Employer-paid life insurance for full-time
Ancillary benefit offerings for full-time
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option for full-time
Health Savings Account (HSA) when electing a high deductible health plan for full-time
Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
403b Retirement Plan (Eligible after first pay period) with employer contribution after six months

Compensation range may vary based on factors including but not limited to skills, education, location and experience. 

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As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Catholic Charities of Buffalo is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. Catholic Charities of Buffalo will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@ccwny.org.

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