School Based Mental Health Practitioner

Up to $10,000 hiring bonus!!  Work the school schedule with breaks and summers off!!

MAIN FUNCTION: The School Based/Outpatient Mental Health Practitioner provides mental health and/or substance abuse services, education, consultation, and prevention to clients/students at schools, including crisis intervention.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

·         Provides direct mental health and/or substance abuse services that include, but not limited to, intake assessment, individual, family, group counseling, crisis intervention, and prevention

·         Completes treatment plans, treatment plan updates, psychotherapy notes, and all other documentation as needed

·         Attends regularly scheduled staff meetings, clinical meetings, IEP meetings, and other as needed

·         Participates in collection of mental health/substance abuse information and student outcomes data to be used for monitoring the overall performance and effectiveness of services provided

·         Determines the family and community resources available for treatment and/or placement and makes appropriate arrangements

·         Provides crisis intervention and assessment/evaluation, including after hours and on weekends

·         Provide follow up and implementation of re-integration plans for students who are returning to school from hospitalizations and or facility stays

·         Be familiar with disciplinary guidelines and at-risk student characteristics/needs, collaborating agency referral guidelines, as well as be familiar with special education regulatory requirements and assistance with process as appropriate

·         Foster effective communication with students, parents, and other staff members

·         Provide home interventions/visits on a regular basis or as clinically necessary and solicits parents/guardian involvement in program planning and treatment services

·         Assists family to locate and appropriately use community resources, agencies, organizations and team members to coordinate services and monitor progress toward treatment goals

·         May be required to work an altered schedule and provide clinical services in evenings and weekends

·         Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

Travel is required, maintain car insurance, and driver’s license

Maintain confidentiality and maintain ethics as dictated by profession

Skill in oral and written communication

Willing to be a team member with all staff

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:

Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or human services related field. Must have at least two years of experience.  Must possess or be eligible to obtain a Nebraska license of LMHP, LCSW, LIMHP, LICSW.

HOURS PER DAY OR WEEK: 40 hours a week. $45k-$55k annual DOE.