KSSN Site Team Clinician- Appleview Elementary School- Sparta

Organization: Family Outreach Center

Location: Appleview Elementary School- Sparta

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $49,000

Position Details: This is a Year-round position in a school office setting.  The majority of a caseload is from students at your school site. If a caseload does not fill from the school site, then cases will be assigned either within the school district or from Kent County Community Mental Health. Sessions are conducted in the school and home. We service clients at multiple levels of care (Home Based, Case Management, and Outpatient levels) with client contact ranging from 5.5 hours per month to 2 hours per month, depending on their level of care.  To ensure a healthy partnership with the school, time is given each week for school specific activities, such as running psycho-educational groups, attending student support meetings, assisting in a crisis, etc.

 Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Assessing mental health and substance use disorders using the DSM-5 diagnostic code;

  • Incorporating and maintaining a person/family centered treatment planning approach with children/families;

  • Developing and implementing clinical interventions appropriate to the identified needs of the child/adolescent and family;

  • Providing referrals for psychiatric, community, and other supportive services;

  • Capable of working independently while maintaining an active case load;

  • Ability to complete all required clinical reports within deadlines;

  • Partner with school staff and administration to address mental health needs and increase access to service, and create a positive mental health culture within the school.

  • Other duties as requested/delegated by supervisor/director.

 

Requirement for application: Education: Master’s (required) License: LLMSW or LMSW (or equivalent) State Licensure Other: Bilingual in in Spanish and English preferred but not required.

 

Health insurance · Dental insurance · Vision insurance · Life Insurance · Generous PTO and paid holidays · Retirement plan · Flexible work schedule, with evening hour availability.

 

Taj Burgen