Career Opportunities

Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinates with school personnel and mental health professionals to assure that the youth’s mental health needs are considered in academic planning.*
• Provides supportive consultation services to school personnel as needed, including, classroom observation, peer mediation, school wide events, etc.*
• Conducts outreach to engage students and assist families with an understanding of program philosophy and policies.*
• Links clients and their families to appropriate resources and services in a timely and coordinated manner.*
• Assists the client and family with the development, implementation and monitoring of their individualized plan of care and schedules routine meetings to review, revise and discuss such plans.*
• Provides short term counseling to youth and families.*
• Completes a psychosocial assessment of identified student and family to include treatment recommendations and service identification.*
• Completes all required documentation in a comprehensive and timely manner as required by ICAN and UCSD.*
• Provides trainings to school personnel, parents, and community members on children’s mental health to raise awareness about intervention and treatment.*
• Collaborates with existing educational personnel in student’s home district (i.e. prevention workers, social workers, guidance counselors) to plan for timely return to district.*
• Maintains statistics for analysis and reporting purposes.*
• Other duties may be assigned, on an as-needed basis.

Education/Experience

• Master's degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or related field required.
• NYS Professional License in area of study preferred or must be license eligible upon hire.
• 1-3 years of experience as a Clinician preferred.
• Candidates must have thorough knowledge of services provided, well developed advocacy skills, and a knowledge and understanding of educational supports.
• Experience working with students with severe emotional and behavioral problems required.