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JOB TITLE: In-Home Adolescent Therapist (Outreach Therapist)

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-time, 40 hours/wk

SCHEDULED HOURS: Monday-Friday, evening coverage as needed

PROGRAM/LOCATION: Multi-Systemic Therapy, Norwich/Middletown, CT

PC#:  2807

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Multi-Systemic Therapy

Are you looking for a flexible position that does not tie you to the office from 9-5 and allows you to directly impact clients’ lives in a meaningful way?

The Multisystemic Therapist works as a member of the MST therapy team to provide family-based treatment in the home and community for adolescents with challenging behaviors, including substance use, legal system involvement, family and peer conflict, or educational problems. MST is an intensive and evidence-based model that works with the adolescent’s entire social ecology (individual, family, peer, school, community) to identify reasons for referral behaviors and design effective interventions to reduce the frequency and severity of these behaviors and empower the youth and family to improve functioning in the long term.

Multisystemic Therapy is a good fit for therapists who:

• Are looking to make a difference in the lives of adolescents and their families within an in-home and evidence-based therapy model
• Prefer a flexible work schedule without being attached to an office from 9-5
• Enjoy traveling and being out in the community
• Prefer small client caseloads and frequent client contact to allow for best clinical outcomes for each family
• Prefer a short-term behavioral treatment model that empowers the family to maintain changes in the long-term
• Are familiar with and enjoy a systemic approach to therapy
• Enjoy working with and empowering parents and caregivers
• Enjoy strong supervisory support and feedback
• Enjoy working as a team, giving and receiving feedback, and case consultation

ABOUT THE POSITION:

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides assessment and treatment interventions consistent with fidelity to MST model.
• Performs home and community-based care.
• Documents ongoing client progress and outcomes.
• Works with clients to develop appropriate discharge plans utilizing natural support.
• Maintains collaborative relationships with family members, stakeholders, and other service providers.
• Provides crisis assessment and intervention.
• When appropriate facilitates drug testing
• Participates in all MST training, supervision, and consultation activities.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Education: Master’s degree in mental health related field.

Experience: Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and experience as a psychotherapist working with people with mental illness and/or serious emotional disorders. Demonstrated training and experience in all aspects of mental health treatment, assessment, evaluation and provision of individual, group and family therapy. Relevant experience to program model to which individual is assigned. Prior training in MST preferred

Licensure/Certification/Registration: Associate license as an LMSW, LMFTA, LPCA per the State of CT rules, LCSW, LMFT, LPC preferred.

WHY CHR:

• Voted Top Workplace 10 years in a row!
• Generous paid time off, including your birthday!
• 403b Retirement Plan contributions
• Competitive insurance premiums
• Discounts on pet, auto, and home insurances as well!
• Education and licensure reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• NHSC loan repayment program offered at select sites!
• Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Development program

• Career development
  • Internal career fairs- meet directly with a recruiter and discuss your career goals
  • Plenty of growth opportunities (we have over 80 programs state-wide!)
  • Free trainings, clinical supervision, and mentoring available at many programs

• Robust wellness program
• Annual wellness stipend
• 3 free confidential counseling sessions available 24/7 to employees and household dependents through an employee assistance program

• FREE premium subscription to the Calm app (meditations, music, sleep stories and more!) for you and up to 5 family members

• Virtual bring your pet to work lunches, free weekly yoga, employee appreciation events, and more!
• Ample opportunities to get involved and have your voice heard
• Thought-provoking and interactive learning opportunities for all staff focused on increasing diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) throughout the agency

• Employee-lead resource groups
• Leadership luncheons with our CEO
• Join any one of our agency committees!

• Stay informed with frequent updates
  • Weekly video messages directly from our CEO
  • Monthly newsletters
• And much, much more…!

*Many of the benefits listed above are available to all staff regardless of hours worked! Please note that some of the listed benefits may be subject to eligibility.

COMPENSATION*:

$60,496 minimum - $90,743 maximum, dependent upon experience

*Actual rates are determined at the time of offer and are based off of relevant experience, as well as adherence to our internal equity policy. Many of our positions offer program/location differentials and/or sign-on incentives. (Please note, for part-time positions this range would be pro-rated based on hours worked)

CHR is committed to fostering an inclusive culture that respects differences and honors the experience of our diverse staff. We encourage women, members of ethnic minorities, LGBTQ individuals, people with (dis)abilities, and veterans to apply.

Take the first step to a meaningful career and apply to CHR today!