Clinician - School Based (Hub and Zone – Maplewood and Orange)

Job Responsibilities

• Provides culturally competent, trauma-informed individual, group and family therapeutic services to students and families.
• Collaborates with other providers and school staff as needed.
• Attends supervision consistently, weekly team meetings, monthly case conferences and quality improvement sub-committee meetings.
• Works collaboratively with school staff, community partners, and caregivers to manage counseling referrals.
• Provides crisis intervention services.
• Utilizes the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale when screening individuals for suicidal ideation.
• Attends school re-entry meetings after a student has been sent out for an emergency screening as schedule allows.
• Plans and co-facilitates monthly Parent/Caregiver Support Group (evening group).
• Affords support in prevention programming to students throughout the school year.
• Completes documentation as per agency and program guidelines in Netsmart and MIS.
• Attends agency, school, and local committee meetings.
• Demonstrates the ability to utilize appropriate interventions in both non-crisis and crisis situations.
• Supervises after school recreation, activities, and trips as needed.
• Affords support in planning for and supervising Summer Program.
• Consults with clinical and program supervisor regarding termination prior to discharge.
• Completes termination paperwork and appropriate discharge planning in a timely fashion.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's in Social Work or equivalent field.
• Certification: LSW, LPC or state licensure specific to degree.
• Experience: Providing mental health services with diverse populations in an urban setting. Preferred: Experience working with adolescents in a high school setting.

Pay

Salary Range: $50,000 - $52,000

Benefits

• Vacation: As a full-time employee working generally 35 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the Family Connections group benefit plans.
• Medical, dental, life insurance, long term disability, retirement plans, and additional supplementary benefits.
• Accrual of vacation, personal, and sick days in addition to 12 paid holidays, and summer wellness Fridays.
• Professional development assistance, referral program, internal/external trainings, Capella University partnership, 403b retirement plan with employer matching (3% max), employer-paid life insurance, employer paid Long-term Disability (LTD) insurance, employer paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, etc.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

The individual must possess the ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, and lifting of up to or in excess of 50 pounds.

Family Connections is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer