Mental Health Specialist

Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools

Job Description

Job Title: Mental Health Specialist

Salary Schedule: Mental Health Specialist; CHCCS Salary Page

Reports To: School Principal and School Support & Wellness Department

Salary Grade: According to placement on Mental Health Specialist Salary Schedule

Work Location: School

FLSA Status: Exempt

Work Schedule: 10 Month

Position Summary

The goal of this position is to advance school based mental health awareness, quality prevention, intervention, evaluation and support. Build connections by collaborating with and providing technical assistance and training activities to school teams, families, teachers and staff.

Essential Duties

Coordinate with school teams to promote access to mental health care:

• Enhancing the school climate and broadly by promoting mental health wellness, early identification of needs
• Creating space for family involvement and engagement
• Assisting in the identification and delivery of a range of evidence based prevention to intense interventions
• Developing program evaluation and data collection for efficacy and effectiveness of services
• Communicate extensively and provide consultation, mental health education and prevention information to staff, students, families and school community
• Participate in school team meetings to develop relationships and awareness around trauma, emotional, social and behavioral needs
• Conduct ongoing school need and readiness assessments
• Assist and/or Conduct Crisis Intervention assessments
• Assist in identifying programming and services related to the mental health and well-being of all students
• Knowledgeable of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Individual, Group, Family modalities and Mindfulness

Service Facilitation:

• Provide mental health related support services to school teams and leadership team to include

• Case consultation and feedback to school problem solving teams concerning needs of families and children

• Collaborate and assist with and provide oversight of public and private agencies to offer access to mental health services and programs on the school campus for students and their families
• Assist in the coordination of a school-wide system of intervention, including implementation of a comprehensive mental health plan
• Provide consultation and participate on MTSS team
• Provide coordination and oversight for mental health services at assigned school
• Assist in the development of Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans
• Serve on the District-Level Behavioral Health Resource Team, School-Level Threat Management Team and/or other designed teams as assigned
• Collaborate and assist in the coordination and development and provide technical assistance as needed on the implementation of a universal behavior screener

Training and Professional Development:

• Assess in conjunction with the Administrative, school teams, co-located mental health, the training needs of school teachers/staff
• Design, coordinate and deliver professional development related to needs noted among school staff on emotional and interfering behavioral concerns in adolescents (i.e. trauma, onset of mental illness)
• Coordinate and deliver training related to mental health information to Families/Caregiver/ Coaches/other designated school staff
• Emphasizes is on training, ongoing coaching and support for the implementation of the most effective evidence-based interventions for disorders
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures

Education/Experience Requirements

• Master's degree (MA, MSW) preferred
• Clinical license. e.g. LPC, LCSW or PsyD in clinical work preferred
• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in related areas of public health or mental health

Physical Requirements

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards

Disclosure

This document provides descriptive information about the above Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School position. Work actually performed by incumbents in this position may vary. Although this document may be used for recruiting, staffing, or career planning, the information contained herein should only be used as a guideline or recommendation for the content of and qualifications for this position. An individual's ability to meet the qualifications and capabilities described in this document is not a guarantee of employment or promotion. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School reserves the right to make changes to this document as deemed necessary without providing advance written notice.

Approved By: _____________________ Date Created/Revised: 1/12/2024