Multisystemic Therapist Supervisor

Do you have a passion for working with children and families? Come join a small team of dedicated therapists working to improve the lives of youth and families in the community. National Counseling Group, Inc. is looking for compassionate, dedicated people who want to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior change that will be sustained long after treatment ends. You will receive extensive and ongoing training and supervision 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.

The job responsibilities of the MST Supervisor include the following:

• MST Supervisors oversee up to two teams of up to 4 MST Therapists. MST Supervisors manage all incoming referrals to ensure the MST Therapists maintain a caseload of 4 to 6 clients at a time
• MST Supervisors coach MST Therapists in implementing problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation, outcomes review and strategy revision procedure using the MST Analytic Process
• MST Supervisors attend & facilitate all team/case management related meetings with the MST Therapists
• MST Supervisors review all case documentation, ensuring it demonstrates compliance with the nine MST Principles and the MST Analytic Process, and provide clear and concise feedback
• MST Supervisors ensure Therapists document appropriate and timely communication with all referral sources in the sessions and contacts log
• MST Supervisors participate in all MST training and consultation activities, incorporating feedback from these into the supervision process
• MST Supervisors facilitate group supervision and consultation, creating an environment where MST Therapists can dialogue about current successes and barriers, provide and receive peer feedback effectively, and continue to develop clinically in the MST model

Experience (Preferred)

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e. structural, strategic and functional) family therapies
• Individual therapy with children and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques
• Marital therapy using behaviorally-based approaches
• Behavioral therapy targeting school behavior and academic performance
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youths natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e. family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

Education (Required)

• Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or closely related field

Licenses & Certifications (Preferred)

• Therapists are preferred to also hold a professional license or be working towards attaining a professional license (LPC, LISW, LMSW, LMFT, etc)