PRIMARY FUNCTION:
To provide comprehensive mental health care for the students (grades K-12) at First State School and their families in prevention and treatment in collaboration with the school psychologist, nursing staff, educational staff, ancillary staff, and community providers.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides individual and small group counseling supports using research-based techniques for all students.
- Collaborates with school-based staff to address needs & barriers related to mental health, behavioral and academic supports.
- Actively participates in eligibility and IEP meetings.
- Attends in-service and weekly staff meetings as required.
- Facilitates referrals to community agencies for student and/or family support.
- Communicates patients' individual, group and family behaviors to other psychiatric health care team professionals as required.
- Provides instruction and support activities regarding social emotional curriculums.
- Comprehends psychiatric diagnoses.
- Provides support during crisis situations and providing interventions and strategies to remain calm.
- Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care to pediatric patients with a chronic medical illness, including coping with a chronic illness, life stressors, current events
- Creates an environment that encourages and invites family involvement while respecting the students' confidentiality rights.
- Maintains and updates student charts per CCHS guidelines.
- Assists in PBIS lessons, implementation of the program, coordination of events, review of data
- Assists in coverage of bus, breakfast, and lunch duty for students.
- Consults with outsides agencies (i.e., DFS, Mobile Response, Rockford).
- Conducts at-risk & threat assessments.
- Develops longitudinal positive relationships and continuity of care with students and families.
- Assists with care coordination and continuity of care with medical specialty care.
- Helps identify and address barriers to medical/mental health care.
- Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices; reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.
- Performs other related duties as required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Education: Masters in Social Work, MS/MA in Counseling or equivalent masters degree.
- Licensure: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselors of Mental Health (LPCMH), or another applicable behavioral health licensure required.
- One to five years of experience providing direct therapeutic care
- Child & Adolescent experience preferred
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Skill in using and interpreting a broad range of assessments and sharing outcomes with teachers and parents.
- Knowledge of PBIS, IEPs, BSPs, data collection preferred
- Knowledge of Federal and State regulations
- Ability to function as a leader and member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Utilization of evidence-based interventions for counseling
- Skill in collaborating with community and government agencies
- Strong working knowledge of community resources, state, and federal programs
- Knowledge and clinical skills in pediatric and adolescent care.
- Knowledge of individual group and family therapy.
- Ability to offer valuable input and planning for multidisciplinary treatment to other health care professionals.
- Ability to organize program workload and maintain it with minimal supervision.
