Qualified Professional

Company Overview:

Amethyst Consulting & Treatment Solutions, PLLC is a private human services company dedicated to providing high quality, specialized emotional/behavioral treatment services tailored to the needs of individual children, adults, and families.

Position: MST Therapist / Qualified Professional (QP) / Mental Health Counselor

Job Description:

Amethyst seeks a full-time mental health therapist to provide family- and community-based therapy in its Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) program. Treatment targets youth ages 12 to 17 that display serious antisocial behaviors and are at-risk of placement out of the home. Our MST program addresses the multiple inter-related influences, including individual, family, peer group, and community factors that contribute to serious behavior problems.

Responsibilities:

• Manages a caseload of 4-5 families, including providing direct care to each family at least three times per week.

• Develops individualized treatment plans for each case. Ongoing assessments and reviews of treatment progress are performed on a regular basis.

• Maintains high accessibility to clients. Commits to non-traditional, but flexible schedule based around clients’ availability.

• Available to provide periodic on-call 24-hour coverage.

• Provide clear, timely, and specific documentation of all sessions.

• Actively engages in individual and group clinical supervision specific to MST duties as well as overall professional development.

• Develops strong community relationships and resources with which to provide families as part of treatment.

Job Requirements:

• Master’s degree in the social services field with one year experience in clinical counseling preferred. (LCSWA, LSCW, or LPCA, LPC is a plus).

• Experience providing family therapy or providing MST services is a major plus

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Strong writing skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• Bi-lingual (Spanish Speaking) Therapist is a major plus

*Job Location: Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Guilford, Alamance, and Orange Counties

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: $47,000 to $56,000 DOE