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Are you ready for new challenges and new opportunities? Join our team! Social Work Supervisor (Integrated Treatment Model (ITM) for MST/FIT) MST-FIT (Multisystemic Therapy – Family Integrated Transitions) is an intensive family and community-based treatment that addresses the multiple determinants of serious antisocial behavior. MST strives to promote behavior change in the youth’s natural environment, using the strengths of each system to facilitate change. Treatment is initiated for the youth and family while the youth is still in placement. It is an adaptation of traditional MST Therapy designed to promote successful integration of the youth back into the community post placement. The MST-FIT Supervisor will ensure that these services adhere to the model’s specifications while employing the MST-FIT model throughout a 46 bed adolescent female Rapid Intervention Center and Group Residence. Reports to: Director of Clinical & Social Services Location: 337 East 17th Street, NY, NY 10003 Hours: 35 hours Salary: $72K - $78K/annually (Salary offer will be based on relevant experience and licensure) Qualifications: Masters degree in Social Work and LMSW required within 6 months of hire. LCSW strongly preferred. Ability to be flexible to provide emergency coverage when needed (e.g., conduct home visits, attend court hearings, etc.) Must demonstrate competence in written, verbal, organizational, and prioritization skills. Must have the ability to work a flexible schedule when needed including some evenings, weekends and holidays. Must be able to use public transportation when attending various meetings or making home visits. Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based and/or youth development and trauma informed perspective. Must have a commitment to GSS models of practice including Sanctuary and ACS principles to promote permanency, safety, and well-being. Must be physically able to climb stairs when an elevator is not available. Preferred Experience: 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 the youth (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood). Provision of group and individual clinical supervision. Leadership role (informal or formal) including hiring, performance evaluation, and holding supervisees accountable for performance. Training and collaboration with outside agencies. 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 Responsibilities: Carry clinical and administrative supervisory responsibilities for 1 MST-FIT teams of 2 therapists. 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. Participate in weekly interdisciplinary Treatment team meetings, case conferences, department meetings and program events. Manage and report data on clinical outcomes and program practices. Participate with Program Evaluation and Planning Dept (PEP) in fulfillment of the program evaluation processes, including documentation/collection, development and monitoring of program data in Connections and outcomes. Deliver MST to a caseload of 1-2 families, as required to address program needs. Ensure MST team in maintaining mandated paperwork and recordkeeping in compliance with ACS, OCFS and GSS PEP Dept. Effectively use and practice the Sanctuary Model tools: safety plans, community meetings, psycho-education groups, team meetings, red flag reviews, treatment planning conferences (or similar), and self care in the department/program to create a non violent and trauma sensitive culture. Promote and model the seven Sanctuary Model commitments to create a non-violent and Trauma sensitive culture. Integrate the Sanctuary Model SELF (Safety, Emotional Management, Loss and Future) framework into daily practice to ensure quality care and an effective work environment. Provide case coverage as needed for MST-FIT therapists. #J-18808-Ljbffr Good Shepherd Services

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