School Clinician

Job Summary:

The School Clinician at Family Connections will provide culturally competent, trauma-informed individual, group, and family therapeutic services to students and families. This role involves collaborating with school staff, community partners, and caregivers to manage counseling referrals, provide crisis intervention services, and advocate for the needs of students and families.

Responsibilities:

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• Work collaboratively with school staff, community partners, and caregivers to manage counseling referrals.
  
• Provide culturally competent, trauma-informed individual, group, and family therapeutic services to students and families.
  
• Advocate, coordinates, and maintains ongoing contact with other providers involved.
  
• Provide crisis intervention services.
  
• Utilize the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale when screening individuals for suicidal ideation.
  
• Attend 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).
  
• Assist Team in providing prevention programming to students throughout the school year.
  
• Completes documentation as per agency and program guidelines in Netsmart and MIS.
  
• Attend 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.
  
• Assist Team in planning for and supervising Summer Program.
  
• Assist Team in annual QI Project.
  
• Consults with clinical and program supervisor regarding termination prior to discharge.
  
• Completes termination paperwork and appropriate discharge planning in a timely fashion.
  
• Tolerates a range of feelings, affect, and personal presentation without judgment.
  

Qualifications:

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

Work Environment:

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.

Benefits:

Family Connections offers a generous compensation package, which includes paid time off, 12 paid holidays, health, dental, and vision insurance, 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching, employer-paid life insurance, LTD, and AD&D. Additionally, Family Connections provides professional development assistance, a 35-hour work week, internal and external trainings, and a referral program.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Family Connections is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to excellence. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation or other protected classes under the State and Federal law.