School-Based Mental Health and Wellness Clinician

Under general direction, provides coordination and oversight of school-based mental health and wellness services as a member of the Fortune school team; provides direct mental health and wellness services and case management to students and families; assists in the development and delivery of school-wide mental health and wellness interventions, programs, and trainings; provides clinical supervision, consultation, and technical assistance to assigned interns/associates and student interns/trainees to ensure the delivery of a clinically sound comprehensive program; performs other related duties as assigned.

School-Based Mental Health and Wellness Services
Provides mental health and wellness services and programs that foster pro-social skills and appropriate behavior; identifies the mental health and behavioral needs of students; develops and implements treatment plans; conducts clinical interviews, assessments, observations, and writes clinical reports; provides individual, group, and family therapy services; reviews referrals of students who need intensive mental health services; makes recommendations for behavioral health therapy services; provides support in the development of behavior support plans; maintains and facilitates communication with and between families, mental health staff, and providers; supervises family interventions facilitated by other agencies; implements a system of universal screening in coordination with the school-wide system of social-emotional supports for early identification of students at risk; conducts crisis and/or risk assessment and response; provides other specialty mental health and wellness services including rehabilitation and case management; maintains documentation regarding students served and services provided; provides training to students, parents, and staff in behavioral and social-emotional related preventions, interventions, and curricula; collaborates with school team and attends various school-site meetings; prepares formal statistical reports, case histories, assessments, and intervention records.

Program Support
Serves as a member of the school team and integrates within the school-wide culture and system; provides behavioral health support within a multi-tiered intervention framework and engages in prevention and intervention activities; provides mental health and wellness related support services to district staff and educational teams, including case consultation and advice concerning student status, diagnosis, and treatment; directs and provides oversight and clinical supervision of behavioral health services provided by pre-licensed social workers, including MSW interns; serves as a technical resource to school site staff regarding mental health services; assesses the need and delivers training to members of the educational team, parents, guardians, caregivers, and community agencies, as appropriate; serves as a liaison between the district, school, and community organizations; develops and maintains collaborative and effective working relationships with students, families, district, and community partners; attends and participates in a variety of assigned meetings, committees, conferences, in-services, and special events; collects data and prepares a variety of reports, including data entry and retrieval related to grant deliverables and evaluation.