School Health Alliance Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician
Position Summary
The School Health Alliance Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician ensures behavioral health services are coordinated to enhance the continuum of mental health and social emotional learning for students. These services may involve direct clinical services, and the related coordination of care, and consultation with school staff, families, and community agencies in collaboration with specialized instructional support personnel.
Essential Functions
- Provide outpatient, evidence-based mental health evaluation and individual and family counseling services for students.
- Complete mental health risk screenings for students using established SHA protocols.
- Interpret evaluation findings and therapy progress to student and family members, as appropriate.
- Develop treatment plans and assist in goal formulation with students and parent(s)/guardian(s).
- Provide crisis interventions to students, and serve as members of the Area Crisis Response Team.
- Consult as needed/indicated with teachers and school staff about students' classroom management and behavioral/emotional services.
- Document mental health information in medical records according to SHA policies and Medicaid Outpatient Behavioral Health Services Clinical Coverage Policy No. 8-C.
- Participate in outreach to students for SHA services and enrollment completion at billing sites.
- Network with school personnel and community resources to coordinate referrals and services.
- Report suspected child abuse, neglect, and dependency to community agencies.
- Consult on behavioral health services and provide training for schools (for students and staff).
- Assist in the coordination and support of transitions of students from hospital or homebound.
- Collaborate with school teams and Specialized Instructional Support Personnel to provide supports to students in need of behavioral health services.
- Collaborate with the EC department for students entering the EC program with behavioral needs.
- Provide counseling support through Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and general education plans.
- Adhere to the professional code of ethics.
- Support/adhere to the philosophy, objectives, and policies of the WS/FCS and the SHA/Student Health Centers.
Skills/Qualifications
- Bilingual (Spanish)
- Experience in psychiatric settings
- Experience working with children and adolescents
- Knowledge of the school system supports and resources for students
- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of DSM 5 criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient in computer skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Establishes positive working relationships and works to reduce workplace conflict
- Embraces change in a rapidly changing health care environment
- Demonstrates knowledge of mental health system and reforms
- Social work experience in a healthcare setting desirable
Work Environment
Subject to many interruptions
Subject to irregular hours
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.