School Based Behavioral Health Clinician - Elementary School (3654)

PRIMARY DUTIES:

Direct Care

• Diagnose and deliver goal-oriented interventions for anxiety, depression, trauma and stressor related disorders, adjustment disorders, ADHD and other behavioral health conditions as appropriate.

• Provide individual psychotherapy

• Offer group psychotherapy as needed and appropriate

• Provide appropriate clinical crisis intervention and safety planning as needed.

• Use standardized tools to guide care and measure outcomes.

• Coordinate access to medical pharmacotherapy as indicated

• Engage parents/guardians in care planning, progress updates, and family treatment when appropriate.

Care Coordination & Compliance

• Coordinate with Waco Family Medicine providers for medical social service referrals.

• Document services in electronic health record and meet all compliance standards.

• Adhere to all WFM compliance, HIPAA, child abuse reporting, and clinical risk management guidelines.
• Care coordination and application of measurement-based care

Program Development & Outcomes

• Track caseloads, service utilization, referral closures, and outcomes to contribute to program dashboards.

• Support grant and funding requirements as applicable.

EXAMPLE MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Access: time-to-first-visit ≤10 school days.

• Clinical: ≥5-point improvement on PHQ-A or GAD-7 for students with baseline elevation.

• School Partnership: Positive feedback from school staff on collaboration and communication; adherence to FERPA/HIPAA data-sharing agreements.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Visual and auditory accuracy

• Shift length - 8 hours

• Indoor setting

• Continuous use of computer

• Long periods of sitting

• Frequent use of telephone

• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands

• Continuous conversational communication

• Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling, twisting and climbing

• Occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling of up to 25 lbs.

• Occasionally working in confined, noisy, dusty areas

• Frequent use of personal car

• Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions

• Memorize and retain instructions

• Read and interpret detailed specifications

• Mental competency

• Tobacco non-user

• Physical accommodations will be implemented where necessary and feasible