Family Therapist Hempfield Behavioral Health Selinsgrove, PA Job Details Full-time $55,120 - $59,280 a year 2 days ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Tuition reimbursement Paid time off Parental leave Vision insurance 401(k) matching Professional development assistance Flexible schedule Retirement plan Qualifications Childhood development Master's degree Experience working with children Human Services Social Work Full Job Description Family Therapist for Multisystemic Therapy Program Are you looking for a fulfilling career where you can improve the lives of youth and their families? Hempfield is looking for the right individual to assess, treat, and collaborate with families, youth, and community agency staff for the community-based treatment model, Multisystemic Therapy. This evidence-based program positively re-directs youth involved in criminal activity. This individual will join a dynamic MST team at HBH and receive support through weekly supervision and consultation. Hempfield is committed to helping people change in ways that can lead to greater personal happiness, competence and satisfaction. We apply effective, research-supported treatments in natural settings. We partner with our clients, their families and communities to analyze problems, design and implement change strategies and develop mechanisms that encourage continued growth after our involvement.

GENERAL FUNCTION

Provide community based treatment for youth and family with complex clinical, social and educational problems. Over a period of 4 - 6 months services are delivered in homes, neighborhoods, schools and communities with periodic on call-24 hour coverage within the team (via phone, not in person). Emphasis is on promoting behavioral change in the youth's natural environment. Family interventions seek to promote the parent's capacity to monitor and discipline the adolescent. Initial family sessions identify the strengths and weaknesses of the youth, family, peers, school, and other factors. Problems throughout the family are explicitly identified for change, and the strengths of each system are used to facilitate such change.

QUALIFICATIONS

A Master's degree in Social Services or related field, plus two (2) years of work experience in social work or clinical treatment. Social Work or other clinical license is preferred.

Preferred Experience:

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 youth's natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e. family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

Preferred Knowledge:

Family systems theory and application Social ecological theory and application Behavioral therapies theory and application Cognitive-behavioral therapy theory and application Pragmatic family therapies theory and application Child development research and its application in treatment Social skills assessment and intervention Job location: based out of our Selinsgrove office. This position covers the following counties: Northumberland, Snyder, Union counties

Salary:

$55,120.00 annual without license, $59,280.00 annual with license. Annual bonus of up to $3,600 for specific outcome criteria. Please submit resume and cover letter by email or mail to 2019 North 2nd Street Harrisburg, PA 17102. No calls. E.O.E. Learn more on our website (http://www.hempfieldpa.com)

Job Type:

Full-time Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

$55,120.00 - $59,280.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Paid time off Parental leave Professional development assistance Retirement plan Tuition reimbursement Vision insurance

Education:

Master's (Required)

Experience:

clinical: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location:

In person