Claiborne Co School Based Mental Health Liaison
Company: Helen Ross McNabb Center
Location: New Tazewell
Posted on: April 19, 2024
Job Description:
Claiborne Co School Based Mental Health LiaisonHelp Others, Make
a Difference, Save a Life.Do you want to make a difference in
people's lives every day?Or help people navigate the tough spots in
their life?And do it all while working where your hard work is
appreciated?You have a lot of choices in where you work---make the
decision to work where you are valued!Join the McNabb Center Team
as the Claiborne Co. School Based Masters Level Liaison program
today!The Claiborne Co. School Based Masters Level Liaison
Duties:
- Position requires multiple therapy skills; including but not
limited to, CBT, TF-CBT, EMDR, play therapy, etc.
- A knowledge of co-occurring diagnosis is recommended.
- Professionalism and the ability to work at both an individual
level and as a team is required.
- Duties within the clinic/community change on an ongoing basis
so flexibility is essential. Summary of role of team:
- School based liaison position is a very important part of the
team.
- This position is a liaison between the client, school, family
and community.
- The below specific duties are value to making the school-based
liaison position successful in all areas.Quality Care1. Provides
individual/family psychotherapy for children ages 4-21.
- Clinician is present and ready to begin session at the
appointment time, every session.
- Clinician calls to reschedule any sessions that he/she will be
unable to attend or that the consumer missed or canceled 100% of
the time.
- Clinician communicates accurate and thorough information to
outside agencies 100% of the time when clients need different or
more appropriate care that HRMC cannot provide.
- Ensures therapy contacts are completed each month, according to
program standards.2. Provides diagnostic Psycho-Social Assessments
- Clinician completes intakes and assessments within 5 business
days of contact.
- Assessments will be completed in coordination with Assessment
Team and Client Benefits as evidenced by communicating any issues
concerning clients or assessment.
- Clinicians will provide intake coverage, as directed by HRMC
Staff3. Documentation requirements
- Ensures all family/client participation in tx planning as
evidence by signatures on tx plans.
- Communicates to Team Leader if referrals become low in weekly
supervisions.
- Meet weekly with direct supervisor to discuss clinical and
administrative concerns/ changes.
- Create and implement treatment interventions that are reflected
in progress note documentation based on the treatment plan
goals.
- Respond to all flags and e-mails within 2 business days.
- Respond to all voice mails within 30 minutes.
- If licensed, signing the non-licensed clinicians' treatment
plans and being available for clinical consult.
- Attend weekly/biweekly treatment teams with school
personnel.
- Attend weekly treatment teams and staffing meetings with
Services Coordinator/Team Leader and program Psychiatrist.
- Attend and participate in school-based meetings with school
personnel and community partners involved in the community
schools.4. Complete all required clinical documentation in
accordance with Center Policy and Procedure and funding source
guidelines.
- Update treatment plans, crisis plans, consent to contact,
DLA-20 and updated admissions signature page every 6 months.
- Completes intakes within 10 days of school referral, as
applicable.
- Complete and submit productivity II summaries to Team Leader by
the 2nd business day of the month.
- Complete intake treatment plans within 30 days of intake
- Create daily progress notes and sign in EMR within one week of
service provided.
- Submit all daily contact logs within one week of the
occurrence.
- Submit hand generated productivity to Team Leader by the second
working business day of the month.Summary of position:
- Serves as the primary clinician that provides
counseling/liaison services to a predetermined number of
children/youth and families in the Claiborne County School
System.
- Works alongside Claiborne County Schools to create a trauma
informed school climate, provide consultation and training to
staff, and deliver direct therapeutic mental health services to
selected schools while providing linkage and coordination to
additional wrap around services.
- Clinician provides weekly individual and family psychotherapy
to children and adolescents ages 4-21 with a mental health
diagnosis.
- Clinician is to provide psycho-social assessments for clients
and provides diagnosis and appropriate referrals for clients
assessed, as needed.
- Clinician provides crisis intervention and emergency services
as needed.
- Interfaces with the school system and other agencies to
increase cooperation and consistency between home, school, and
community.
- The Master's Level Liaison Counselor provides information and
referral, agency linkage, advocacy, home visits, and follow-up
services.
- Treatment modalities used by Master's level clinicians
providing therapy services include Dialectical Behavior Therapy
(DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Trauma-Focused
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Attachment, Self-Regulation
and Competency (ARC), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and
Play Therapy.
- Functions as a member of a treatment team to plan, implement,
and evaluate successful interventions for children and
families.
- This individual will provide counseling activities that are
adventure-based in nature and will lead group process and
activities with identified children and youth as needed.
- The holder of this position will provide individual, family,
and group counseling sessions including initiatives that encourage
communication, trust building, and responsibility of actions and
clinical process of all activities.
- The holder of this position will be required to do the
following and other responsibilities as assigned by his/her direct
supervisor:
- Conducts individual, family, and group counseling.
- Provides advocacy, linkage, and referral services as
needed.
- Provides mental health assessments, as needed.
- Participates in IEP/504 and other school related meetings, as
applicable.
- Provides parent education.
- Maintains appropriate chart records.
- Interfaces professionally with school personnel and other
agencies
- Conducts group sessions with children and/or parents.
- Interfaces professionally with school personnel and provides
therapeutic support, consultation and training.
- Interacts with the Hamblen County Clinic and Care Coordinators
to coordinate scheduling and delivery of services.
- Completes all documentation/reports in a timely manner.
- Upholds center policy and procedures, and CARF standards.
- Knowledge/education in RE-ED philosophy
- Provides in-home/community services with clients and/or
families.
- Provides coverage in all programming; as needed.TYPICAL WORKING
CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENT
- Typically, this position is in an office/school setting on a
daily basis.
- The position does require community interactions as well as
regular family sessions in the home.
- Telehealth and doxy may be used at times for services resulting
in phone/computer sessions for specific cases.JOB
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIESThis job description is not intended to be
all-inclusive; and employee will also perform other reasonably
related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor
and other management as required. This organization reserves the
right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. Moreover,
management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job
duties, or working schedules based on their duty to accommodate
individuals with disabilities. This job description does not
constitute a written or implied contract of employment.1. Primary
General Responsibility
- School based liaisons will conduct 5 Tier I trainings with the
teachers each school year resulting in 80% of the teachers being
trained.
- School based liaisons will conduct 3 Tier II psychoeducational
trainings with the students each school year resulting in 20% of
the students in the schools being education on multiple topics.2.
Second general responsibility
- School based liaisons will conduct 50-60 individual sessions
monthly.
- School based liaisons will conduct 12-18 family sessions
monthly.COMPENSATION:
- Starting salary for this position is approximately $47,838/yr
based on relevant experience and education.Schedule:
- Outpatient clinic is open from 8am-5pm.
- Position requires timely in person attendance on daily
basis.
- School based liaison would also follow the schedule of the
school that they are assigned.
- Family sessions would typically be in the evening hours.
- School based liaisons weekly schedule must be flexible to meet
the needs of the client, family, and school.Travel:
- Position does require travel.
- You may be asked to transport clients in your personal vehicle
during a crisis situation, for a family session, or to an
appointment.
- An F endorsement is required for this position.
Equipment/Technology:
- Daily computer competency required.
- Must be able to use Word and Excel programming
proficiently.
- Typing and basic computer knowledge is required.
- Must be able to use a scanner/printer and have professional
phone etiquette. QUALIFICATIONS - Claiborne Co. School Based
Master's Level LiaisonEducation:
- Master's degree in Human Services or related field with
coursework or experience in the areas of cultural diversity, human
development, etiology and treatment of mental illness, alcohol and
drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse, and mental retardation.
- Demonstrated knowledge and competency in mental health service
provision and leadership.
- This position also requires that the employee has an F
Endorsement on his/her Driver License to be available to transport
individuals as needed.
- This position requires utilizing a personal dependable vehicle
to conduct Center business.
- Maintaining a dependable vehicle and certified driver status is
a condition of employment.Experience / Knowledge:
- Must have course work and or experience in the areas of
cultural diversity, human development, etiology and treatment of
mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse,
suicide, and mental retardation.
- One year experience preferred.
- Experience working with children is preferred although
applicants may have other skills and experiences that could
accommodate this position.
- This person will either possess experience or training in the
Re-Education Philosophy or will acquire such training in the course
of employment.Physical:
- Ability to effectively and ethically counsel children and
families.
- Ability to present professionally and work within a team format
to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions.
- Ability to effectively run and process groups with children and
families.
- Ability to work within a team format to meet positive goals for
children and interface with other agencies involved in the ecology
of the family.
- Must be capable of assisting in utilizing nonviolent methods of
crisis intervention including therapeutic holding.
- Must have mental ability to exercise sound judgment under
pressure.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and effective
decision-making, ability to set and demonstrate appropriate
boundaries, ability to be an empathic listener, flexibility,
willingness, and adaptability to working with diverse
populations.
- Must also have the ability to communicate effectively and
possess good time management and organizational skills.
- Required to be certified in and adequately implement verbal and
physical de-escalation techniques that include a wide range of
bodily movements including but not limited to grasping, holding
another person, running, and walking.
- Physical de-escalation techniques will only be implemented at
Helen Ross McNabb Center facilities, and not in community
settings.
- Hearing of normal and soft tones.
- Close eye work.
- Valid driver's license.
- Lifting up to 50lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, and
reaching.
- CPR/First Aid certification required yearly (training
provided).Apply today to work where we care about you as an
employee and where your hard work makes a difference!Helen Ross
McNabb Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Center provides
equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for
employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type
without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin,
disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other
characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This
policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.Helen Ross
McNabb Center conducts background checks, driver's license record,
degree verification, and drug screens at hire. Employment is
contingent upon clean drug screen, background check, and driving
record. Additionally, certain programs are subject to TB Screening
and/or testing. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to
apply.PIb9aec58437b0-31181-34252424
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