Hamilton County School Based Master's Level Clinic

About the role

The Hamilton County School Based Master's Level Clinic is seeking a School Based Master's Level Clinician to provide mental health services to children and adolescents in the Hamilton County School System.

Responsibilities

• Conducts individual, family, and group counseling
• Provides advocacy, linkage, and referral services as needed
• Provides mental health assessments, as needed
• Participates in IEP and other school related meetings, as applicable
• Provides parent education
• Maintains appropriate chart records
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and other agencies
• Conducts group sessions with children and/or parents
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and provides therapeutic support
• Completes all documentation in a timely manner
• Upholds center policy and procedures, and CARF standard

Qualifications

• Master's degree in human services or related field with coursework or experience in cultural diversity, human development, etiology and treatment of mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse, and intellectual disabilities
• Degree must be license eligible
• Reliable transportation, a valid driver's license with an F endorsement OR the ability to acquire an F endorsement on driver's license in order to transport clients as needed
• Ability to effectively and ethically counsel children and families
• Ability to present professionally and work within a team format to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions
• Ability to effectively run and process groups with children and families
• Ability to work within a team format to meet positive goals for children and interface with other agencies involved in the ecology of the family
• Mental ability to exercise sound judgment under pressure
• Effective decision-making, ability to set and demonstrate appropriate boundaries, ability to be an empathic listener, flexibility, willingness, and adaptability to working with diverse populations
• Required to be certified in and adequately implement verbal and physical de-escalation techniques that include a wide range of bodily movements including but not limited to grasping, holding another person, running, and walking

Compensation

The starting salary for this position is approximately $52,274/year based on relevant experience and education.