Professional III School-Based Behavioral Health Therapist

Pay

Salary range: $55,180 – $72,985 per year.

About the role

The School Based Behavioral Health Therapist (SBBHT) is responsible for completing intakes, providing psychiatric diagnostic evaluations, individual and family psychotherapy, therapeutic behavioral support/case management, psychoeducation prevention services, and consultation with school professionals, parents, and students as needed. The SBBHT manages a diverse caseload and collaborates with persons served and other providers to assure that the mental, emotional, and psychosocial needs of clients are addressed. Services are primarily provided in the school, community, or home with the availability of telehealth as clinically indicated.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or counseling with an LSW/LISW or LPC/LPCC in good standing in the state of Ohio.
• A valid driver’s license in the State of Ohio with access to an insured vehicle.
• Must not have any 6‑point violations and ability to obtain and maintain bodily injury/property coverage of $100,000/$300,000.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with school personnel to identify students needing behavioral health services and facilitate the referral process.
• Contact and meet parents/caregivers of children who have been referred for behavioral health services for the purpose of intake, consent to treat, and psychiatric diagnostic evaluations.
• Provide individual counseling, therapeutic behavioral support, parent guidance, and family interventions.
• Provide group counseling/therapeutic behavioral support/prevention groups as needed.
• Integrate behavioral health with the client’s health needs and refer for appropriate medical, dental, psychiatric, and other psychosocial service needs.
• Responsible for the timely completion of clinical documentation in accordance with applicable licensing and accreditation regulations and standards.
• Meet productivity expectations.
• Opportunity to become trained in Early Child Mental Health screenings, assessment/diagnosis, and provision of community‑based consultation and/or therapeutic services during summer months with youth (0‑5) and their families.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

• Interpersonal Skills & Communication: demonstrated emotional intelligence with an ability to balance an empathy‑forward response with families and throughout the organization. Enjoys working closely with other people to understand their concerns and seeks out ways the workplace might address them. Able to use storytelling to advance a concept or idea.
• Professionalism: confidence, articulation, ability to receive criticism and feedback well, ability to resolve conflicts.
• Organization & Time Management: organizes work, effectively prioritizes, and sets short‑ or long‑term goals and strategies to achieve them. Aligns communication, people, processes, and resources to drive success. Organizes information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: contributes to common goal, maintains open communication with team members, asks for help when necessary, encourages involvement.
• Diversity & Inclusion: self‑aware, attentive listener, people‑oriented, cognizant of bias, cultural intelligence; demonstrating a respect for divergent viewpoints; an awareness of and sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the population served, thereby contributing to an environment that is equitable, inclusive, and cooperative.
• Flexibility: adapts effectively to change by accepting changes in processes readily and with an optimistic perspective of the resulting benefits; readily accepts new technology as part of the job and uses it to continually improve efficiency or the quality of work products.

Physical Demands / Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and reach with hands and arms. It requires the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, and bend or stand as necessary. Travel and work outside of normal hours may be required for meetings, presentations, trainings, and other events.

Benefits

• Choice of medical and dental plans
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care
• Vision
• Support for continuing education and credential renewal
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings (401k) with a company contribution
• 457(b) Savings
• Mental Health Support
• Employee Assistance Program
• Calm Subscription
• Short and Long‑term Disability
• National Health Service Corps site – eligible for substantial assistance towards paying off student loan debt (visit HRSA NHSC Loan Repayment Program)

About the Organization

The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life‑changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We provide high‑quality healthcare to everyone who comes through our doors, regardless of their ability to pay. Our health care services include mental and physical health care, primary care, dental, behavioral health urgent care, pharmacy services, addiction and substance use treatment, HIV/AIDS prevention and support services, along with trauma recovery service. We strive to be an equitable, anti‑racist, and service‑oriented workplace that pioneers and co‑creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.