Multisystemic Therapy Practitioner
Summary
Provides intensive family-based therapy to young people with challenging behaviors, empowering families to make positive changes while maintaining a small caseload under supervision.
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 31 August 2026 and 07 September 2026 (2 Stage interview process)
Closing Date: Sunday 23 August 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC9 £47,604.34 to £57,196.54
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week, Must be able to participate as part of a 24-hour per day, 7 days per week on call rota
Location: Glenrothes, Fife Wide
Supporting Statement
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Job Details
Multisystemic therapy (MST) is an intensive family and community-based intervention that targets the multiple causes of antisocial behaviour in young people. MST aims to prevent out of home placements or reunification to family home.
MST adopts a social-ecological approach to understanding problematic behaviours in young people. Viewing the individual as being surrounded by a network of interconnected systems that include the young person themselves, their family as well as their peer group, school and wider neighbourhood.
In MST, parents and caregivers are viewed as the main instigators of change in the young person. Therefore, the ultimate goal of MST is to empower the family to take responsibility for making and maintaining positive changes in the young person’s behaviour.
We are looking for a practitioner with significant experience of working effectively with young people and families with multiple problems and challenging behaviours. You will be able to evidence considerable success in having engaged hard to reach families and have experience in delivering therapeutic interventions. You will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be able to remain calm with ability to defuse difficult and sometimes volatile situations.
The key tasks are:
To provide a specialist intensive family support service to maintain young people at home with their families when safe to do so.
To carry a small, specialist caseload of children & families with complex and severe problems.
As an independent practitioner to have accountability and responsibility for your own caseload under the supervision of the Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Supervisor /Programme manager, selecting from a range of empirically based specialist therapeutic interventions.
The Person
Educated to SCQF level 9, which includes a degree or equivalent in Social Work, Applied Psychology, Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
Completion of courses/qualifications in theoretical models and applied therapeutic techniques relevant to an adolescent/serious conduct disorder population
Significant experience of working effectively with young people and families with multiple problems and challenging behaviours. You will be able to evidence considerable success in having engaged hard to reach families. You will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, be able to remain calm and have the ability to defuse difficult and sometimes volatile situations.
Knowledge and experience of family systems, social ecological and cognitive behavioural therapy theories and their application
Workers new to role must gain registration with the relevant regulatory body within six months of start date
Ability to travel within Fife and outwith if required depending on family needs.
Training might be delivered outwith Fife and requiring overnight accommodation
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