Expanded School Mental Health Specialist

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Job description

This grant funded position, which is required to be renewed each July, is to work within the designated school/s to provide tier one and tier two services including approved assessments. You will work collaboratively with members of other organizations, designated school officials and teams to meet the goals of the grant which include better student attendance, less suspensions and more parent engagement. This position also uses the assessments to determine if more intensive services are needed for a student including tier three services like behavioral health therapy.

Location: Mason Dixon Elementary and Clay-Battelle Middle/High School

This is a grant funded position

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related behavioral health services field

Minimum of 3 years experience working with children from at-risk families
Knowledge of trauma focused treatment including behavioral modifications
Knowledge of the educational system and its services
Ability to work with a diversity of cultures with a non-judgmental attitude
Experience with linkage and referral, advocacy and resource development
Ability to uphold the Social Work Code of Ethics as it pertains to client, families, co-workers, agency and other professions
Training experience. Working with groups to teach program curriculum
Ability to travel; drivers license and insurance statement
Demonstrate skill with virtual learning and telehealth service delivery

Responsibilities:

Provide school based mental health services as defined under the auspice of Division of Children Services
Utilize a framework that includes the full continuum of prevention, early intervention and treatment
Serves all students in the identified schools and emphasizes shared responsibility between schools and community health providers.
Engage in both the academic and behavioral health system using a three tier programming (universal prevention, early intervention and intensive treatment)
Establish a regularly convened leadership team that includes local prevention coalitions for partnership for success coordinators, regional youth services, family resource networks, WVU Centers of Excellence in Disabilities(CED)/Positive Behavior Supports, children's mental health wraparound providers, children mobile crisis providers, school counselor, school psychologist, school nurse, school social workers, community in schools, attendance director
Register school with health assessment and performance evaluation system (SHAPE)
Implement positive behavioral interventions and supports in schools
Work collaboratively to decrease school wide attendance
Work collaboratively to decrease school wide out of school suspensions
Work collaboratively to increase parent/caregiver involvement in all aspects
Complete youth services survey (YSS) and YSS-F annually for all students receiving Tier 3
Attend all technical assistance and training sessions required by BBH and Marshall University Technical Assistance Center

Salary: $18 per hour

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