What are the responsibilities and job description for the MST Clinician position at SCHARP?
Additional Duties & Responsibilities Included but not limited to
• 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 to maintain 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.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in clinical or counseling Psychology, Social Work, or a related subject area required. Qualifies as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) by the Department of Mental Health.
• Must be registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• At least 1 year of experience providing mental health services.
• Bilingual English/Spanish required.
• DMH Billing Requirement of 18hrs per week.
Background Check Requirements
• Must be able to pass California State Department of Justice criminal background investigation, Live Scan and/or fingerprinting.
• Must have a valid California Driver’s License and the availability of a car with adequate car insurance.
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.
Behaviors
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well.
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group.