Licensed Therapist - School Based

About the role

Synergy Services employs compassionate individuals committed to strengthening people, families, and our community through prevention, crisis care, shelter, counseling, advocacy, and education. Before you apply, take a few minutes to visit our Employment Page to explore all of our current opportunities, watch our recruitment video, and get a feel for the culture, mission, and people that make Synergy Services such a rewarding place to work.

Position

Position: Licensed Therapist
Program: School Based Integrated Services
Start Date: July 27, 2026
Openings: Full-Time - Smithville School District
Full-Time - NKC School District
Part-Time - NKC School District
Full-Time - Jackson County School District
Full-Time - Liberty School District

Responsibilities

• Provides direct clinical counseling services in school-based setting.
• Includes assessment (initial assessment, testing or other assessment) and treatment (individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, art therapy, play therapy, support groups and psychoeducational groups).
• Provides professional development regarding trauma to school staff.
• Aids in trauma-informed care implementation in the school setting.
• Responds to initial phone calls and documents information as needed.
• Maintains agency files according to Synergy’s documentation standards.
• Provides crisis management as needed.
• Provides treatment planning, case management and follow-up of cases.
• Supports calls and networks with other agencies.
• Writes reports as requested.
• Makes outside referrals for additional services as appropriate.
• Maintains client files according to agency documentation standards.
• Participates in monthly peer supervision.
• Participates in weekly supervision with the Clinical Manager to discuss cases and create a plan for ways to mitigate vicarious trauma.
• Participates in professional development and training in order to maintain requirements for licensure.
• Potentially provides supervision to practicum or intern students.
• Assists other employees by sharing experience, expertise and training.
• Behaves in honest, fair, and ethical manner.
• Demonstrates consistency in words and actions.
• Models high standards of ethics.
• Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.
• Assesses and recognizes own strength and challenges and pursues self-development.
• Deals effectively with pressure.
• Identifies skills to build resiliency in self.
• Listens effectively and communicates clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
• Adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
• Identifies and analyzes problems.
• Weights relevance and accuracy of information.
• Generates, evaluates, and recommends alternative solutions.

Qualifications

• Requires Master's degree in counseling or social work.
• Must at minimum have provisional licensure for licensed professional counselor or licensed master social worker in the state of Missouri, fully licensed preferred.

Education and Experience

• Master's degree in counseling or social work.
• Provisional licensure for licensed professional counselor or licensed master social worker in the state of Missouri, fully licensed preferred.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

• Regularly exposed to fumes, airborne particles, or communicable diseases.
• Exposure to the risk of violence and secondary trauma.

Work Environment

• Exposure to the risk of violence and secondary trauma.