Mental Health Clinician

Title: School-based Mental Health Clinician

Benefits:

• Starting salary is $68,500
• Approximately 8 weeks of paid time off per year
• A comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, health and wellness program.
• Multiple training and professional development opportunities

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Counseling, Clinical Social Work or Psychology.
• Licensed or close to licensure preferred.
• Must hold an active and valid registration with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)
• Experience working in schools within a multicultural, diverse, urban community.
• Understanding of trauma-informed practices required.
• Experience and commitment to collaborating with parents, teachers and school staff.
• Experience with Medi-cal paperwork a plus.
• Spanish language highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain goals and priorities in dealing with varying challenges
• Ability to be flexible in working with people and organizations with different viewpoints

Specific Responsibilities:

• Provide trauma-informed, strengths-based individual, group and family mental health services, including therapy, family consultation, case management, and prevention education.
• Required to hold an active caseload of 20-26 different clients per week + be willing to develop curriculum and implement 1-3 groups per week in school setting
• Must graduate clients within 1 school year of service delivery and support with clinical goals of 75% reduction in client symptom reduction upon baseline data gathered.
• Administer client outcome measurement indicators (I.e., GAD 7 - PHQ9) as guided by the Quality Assurance Team
• Must adhere to program productivity expectations (4.5 minimum - 5.5 billed hours per day via individual psychotherapy session)
• Must adhere to timeliness submission of notes as informed by Program Director and Quality Assurance Management Team
• Engage in mandatory weekly clinical supervision with clinical supervisor regardless of licensure / registration status and be an active participant of the clinical team in group case conference.
• Engage in mandatory monthly All Staff Meetings
• Participates in monthly coaching and training opportunities as delivered and requested by Program Director and Quality Assurance team
• Provide relevant school-focused behavioral health services including, but not limited to:
  • Classroom prevention education (e.g. communication skills, Anti-bullying/Be an Ally, mindfulness practices.)
  • Teacher in-services on desired mental health topics
  • Participate on school’s intervention teams (e.g. CARE teams.)
  • Provide crisis intervention and trauma response as needed
  • Participate in and/or lead climate and culture supportive programs, such as Day of Silence, restorative justice practices, etc.
• Provide family education opportunities as needed
• Consult with school administration, faculty and staff on specific youth and families and on school mental health issues in general. Participate is SST, IEP meetings.
• Work with school staff, teachers, administrators and parents to coordinate services.
• Complete all paperwork documentation in a timely manner including Medi-Cal documentation where relevant. Participate in monthly CQRT meetings
• Provide services to clients in an ethical, legal and professional manner, including HIPAA, CAMFT and NASW standards.
• Be familiar with and adhere to all agency policies and regulations.
• Competency in cultural issues related to race, ethnicity, nationality, class, religion, and sexual orientation required.

Personal Qualities:

• Enjoys participating and positively impacting school culture, being a proactive, engaged mental health leader, mediating and advocating on behalf of children and families, enjoys and thrives collaborating in a complex culturally rich community system
• Open to self-reflection, introspection and exploring areas of self as they pertain to the clinical work.