Since its founding in 1985, Queen of Peace Center (QOPC) has been providing family-centered behavioral healthcare for women, children, and families. As a member of the Federation of Catholic Charities, we serve the metropolitan and surrounding St. Louis area through four core programs: prevention, education, treatment, and housing.
Provide planned, face-to face, goal oriented therapeutic interactions as a qualified individual with the clients and one or more members of the client’s family in order to resolve and address the family system’s dysfunction as it relates to the client’s substance use problem in accordance with the client’s rehabilitation plan.
- Uses generally accepted principles of family therapy to influence family interaction patterns
- Examines family interaction styles and identifies patterns of dysfunctional behavior
- Develops a need or motivation for change in family members
- Develops and applies skills and strategies for improvement in family functioning
- Generalizes and stabilizes change through insight structure and enhanced skills to promote healthy family interaction independent of formal helping systems
- Provides group therapy and group education
- Provides in home therapy as needed
- Assesses clients’ progress monthly
- Conduct, monitor, and document group therapy and education
- May require schedule flexibility, weekend coverage, and evening coverage to meet the needs of the clients
- Monthly productivity and billing requirements
- Assist with Individual Substance Use Counseling as needed.
Self-starting and self-motivated
Strong organizational and time management skills
Timely documentation
Ability to assess family interaction p0atterns and use evidenced based Family Therapy modalities to address problematic behaviors in the family system.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in psychology, social work, or counseling or certified by American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
Minimum of one year supervised experience in family counseling
Two years sobriety if in recovery if in recovery
Class E driver’s license and reliable vehicle with insurance
Queen of Peace Center does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its federally assisted programs and activities. Queen of Peace Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, or disability.
Pre-Employment Screening
All candidates receiving an employment offer must submit a pre-employment screening. The screenings will include criminal background check and other background checks (as needed), Family Care Safety Registration, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, and Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination. Various positions will require physical examination, Tuberculosis screening and Hepatitis A. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.
