Job Description

Do you want to make a difference? Do you have a passion for helping others and want a career where you can make a difference? Are you passionate about building therapists' skills and helping change the lives of families and children in the community? Then join our Tri-County team where we have proven to be strong, self-sufficient, and a foundation within our community that is committed to connecting and serving our clients where they live. Please apply if you want to build a career here!

This position's duties will include the following:

Carry clinical and administrative supervisory responsibilities for 1-2 MST teams of 2-4 therapists each Conduct weekly group supervision and training for MST team to assure adherence to MST principles and the MST analytic process, and to assure clinician competency in implementation of interventions Conduct individual supervision as needed to target clinician competency needs and to remove individual barriers to effective implementation of MST treatment Assure availability of clinical and administrative support to clinicians 24 hours/day, 7 days/week Collaborate with stakeholders, both external in the community and within the provider agency Promote and educate about MST with both internal and external stakeholders Generate and manage case referrals and manage clinician caseloads Collaborate actively with MST Expert around implementation of MST by the program, and to ensure continued development of own clinical skills and knowledge of relevant research Manage and report data on clinical outcomes and program practices Deliver MST to a caseload of 1-2 families, as required to address program needs

Position Requirements:

Highly skilled Masters-prepared professional with training in behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapies and pragmatic family therapies (i.e., Structural Family Therapy and Strategic Family Therapy).


Master's Degree in a behavioral science field; LPC, LCSW, or LMFT; + LPC-A, LMFT-A or LMSW will be considered at a lower salary
Excellent customer service skills; Applicants must have a valid Texas driver's license and be insurable through Tri-County; Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred (paid at a higher salary).

You get bonus points if you have experience in the following areas:

Significant clinical experience in treating serious antisocial behavior in youth Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic and functional) family therapies Individual therapy with adolescents 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 youth's natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood) Provision of group and individual clinical supervision Leadership roles including hiring, performance evaluation, and holding supervisees accountable for performance Training and collaboration with outside agencies


Payscale:



$80,000/yr



NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES



Tri-County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and State laws pertaining to employment. Tri-County is committed to Affirmative Action and has an Affirmative Action Plan.



The Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 533.007, allows Tri-County to check conviction records on applicants. Tri-County completes background checks in accordance with Texas State Health and Safety Code, Chapters 250-253: Criminal history check through the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS), Employee Misconduct Registry (EMR), Nurse Aide Registry and for Medicaid and Medicare fraud. Tri-County will check the CARE System to determine if an applicant has a confirmed allegation of abuse, neglect or exploitation and will not hire any individual with a confirmed allegation.



The Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Chapter 414, Subsection K, has established the following list of offenses that are an absolute bar to employment: criminal homicide, kidnapping and unlawful restraint, indecency with a child, continued sexual abuse of young child or children, sexual assault, aggravated assault, injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, abandoning or endangering a child, aiding suicide, agreement to abduct from custody, sale or purchase of a child, arson; robbery, aggravated robbery, conviction under the laws of another state, federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice for an offense containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed above, felony conviction for theft which occurred in the previous five (5) years, indecent exposure, improper relationship between educator and student, improper photography or visual reporting, deadly conduct, aggravated sexual assault, terroristic threat; online solicitation of a minor, money laundering, Medicaid fraud, Medicare fraud, cruelty to animals, false identification as a peace officer, disorderly conduct, and discharges of a firearm in a public place other than a public road or a sport shooting range, as defined by Section 250.001, Local Government Code. Offenses that are not an absolute bar to employment but may be considered a contraindication will also be considered during the pre-employment process. Tri-County will also complete a driver's license check. All applicants, employees, contractors and volunteers will be checked prior to hire and monthly through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of the Inspector General (OIG) List of Excluded Individuals. All applicants are required to successfully complete a drug screening and a physical agility test prior to new hire orientation.



Applicants who are selected for a position in the Criminal Justice/Jail Diversion Department, TCOOMMI, and those who provide services to TCOOMMI, i.e., psychiatrists, nurses, etc., must have a Federal background check by fingerprinting through the FBI upon initial hire and annually thereafter.



Applicants who have lived out of state for two or more years from the date of submission of this application must have a Federal background check by fingerprinting through the FBI if they are selected for a position.



TRI-COUNTY'S POLICY OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION



Each Applicant must agree to arbitrate and to waive class and collective action participation and each Employee, without exception, must sign and agree to the terms of the Arbitration Agreement as a condition of employment with Tri-County.



Please click here to review the Notice of Arbitration and Single Employee Resolution Policy - https://content.datis.com/e3Applicants/hosttcb/images/arb_agreement.pdf


Please print this page for a copy of this policy.


POLICY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT



I understand that, as a condition of my request that Tri-County consider my application and possibly hire me, I must agree to Tri-County's Policy of Dispute Resolution, which I understand requires that all disputes between applicants or employees and Tri-County, its constituent member entities, and/or its officials and/or employees must be resolved solely by arbitration, in accordance with Tri-County's Dispute Resolution Policy, a copy of which I have been provided with in this application and that such policy further requires I waive any right to participate in any class or collective action, either as representative or member and that, instead, I must resolve any dispute, as an applicant or employee, through a single-party arbitration under the specific terms and conditions set forth in Tri-County's Dispute Resolution Policy. I hereby acknowledge receipt of that Policy and agree to be bound by all of its terms in connection with the consideration of my application for employment and throughout my employment, including termination thereof, if I am hired.




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