School-based Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician

About This Role

This school-based role focuses on providing care coordination and individual therapy to students facing behavioral health challenges within a school setting. The clinician will also educate school personnel on behavioral health topics and work to connect students and families with appropriate community services. The position aims to foster collaborative relationships between schools, families, and community providers to promote coordinated care.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a resource to school sites in the CCBHC catchment area by providing mental health consultation, referral, and care coordination to address student behavioral and/or emotional needs
• Meet with local school representatives to understand their needs and identify ways to assist in supporting the behavioral health needs of the school community
• Foster collaboration amongst School Districts and Community Partners by providing information, referrals, and linkages to social service and mental health agencies to address student and family needs
• Provide support and consultation for student threat/risk assessments, including conducting suicide risk assessments, participating on threat assessment teams, developing safety/re-entry plans, and providing referrals and linkages to resources, as needed
• Demonstrate understanding of child and adolescent development
• Maintain current knowledge of diagnostic and treatment strategies that are effective for specialized populations; use and seek out clinical information to improve competency in treating behavioral health problems in assigned population
• Provide outpatient individual, family, and group therapy using best practice treatment strategies effective for diagnostic needs of children and prescribed in individual treatment plan
• Complete assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries according to clinical standards and required timelines
• Participate in the MTSS referral process to assist in coordinating student supports, when requested
• Promote parent engagement in addressing the social and emotional needs of students
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of and facilitate the development of policies and practices related to suicide prevention and intervention
• Follow-up with families and schools to ensure that students were connected to appropriate services; assist in establishing care coordination between the school and provider(s)
• Maintain current knowledge of available community resources relevant to population and how to access them as needed
• Maintain frequent communication and collaborative relationships with clients, colleagues, and community providers to ensure coordinated care
• Maintain performance standards according to professional competencies and fidelity to the evidence-based treatment models
• Track and assess data on interventions used in school district to evaluate effectiveness of programs