Job Title: Multi-Systemic Therapy Therapist
Reports To: MST Supervisor
Beginning Pay Range: $43,680.00 - $46,592.00
Classification: Full Time Salaried- Eligible
Application Deadline: Until position is filled
About DABSJ:
D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s is a private non-sectarian agency that serves vulnerable children and families from the entire community. Our core objectives are to strengthen families, help children heal from abuse and neglect, provide homes and help kids thrive.
About this opportunity:
Experience successful change as a result of the evidence- based model. The Multi-Systemic Therapist (MST) provides multi-systemic therapy to youth who exhibit frequent delinquent behaviors or substance abuse and are at high risk of out-of-home placement. Services are provided to both the child and the family in a home-based setting at times that are convenient to the family. MST is an intensive family and community-based treatment that addresses the multiple determinants of serious delinquent behavior in juvenile offenders. The worker utilizes a system of intervention which requires complex networking with interconnected systems that encompass individual, family and extrafamilial (peer, schools, neighborhood, court) factors. Interventions may be necessary in any one or any combination of these systems. Emergency services are provided 24 hours per day 7 days per week. The MST Program provides services to families in Kent County referred from Kent County Circuit Court, Kent County Department of Health and Human Services or Network 180. The MST Therapist reports directly to the MST Supervisor.
Would you like to help us accomplish our mission as a MST Therapist?
Our ideal candidate have a Master’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy or a related subject area. Licensed to practice mental health therapy in the state of Michigan. If temporary or limited licensed, must be completing steps towards full license. Valid driver's license.
Offered benefits and more:
- Medical, Dental, Vision. Life Insurance, Paid Holidays Off, Paid Time Off, EAP, 403B
- Flexible Scheduling
- Opportunity to learn and grow from working with a diverse population of children and families.
- Access to a robust training system.
- DABSJ is able to provide CEUs for onsite trainings.
- Reimbursement for trainings.
- Support from our robust EAP (emotional, organization skills, financial planning, etc.
- Work within an environment of creative problem solvers.
- Regular supervision.
- Working within a collaborative division with a wide variety of experience and knowledge.
- Work within a trauma informed environment supported by the Sanctuary Model (trauma informed organizational change model).
- Agency supported training in the MST model.
D.A. Blodgett – St. Johns is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, height, weight, marital status, veteran status, or disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Multi-lingual skills are highly valued at DABSJ.
Applicants being considered for hire must pass a central registry clearance check and criminal background check to be eligible for employment. Applicants must also pass a drug test before beginning work. Refusal to submit to testing will result in disqualification of further employment consideration. Failure to pass the pre-employment test will disqualify the applicant from employment for a period of six months.
