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Job Title : Mental Health Aide (School Based)
Location : Fremont County School District-Lander
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION : Mileage reimbursement for work related traveling activities, work cellphone provided, position starts at 32 hours / week, benefits available.
POSITION SUMMARY :
In partnership with the Wyoming Department of Education, and the Wyoming Behavioral Institute Outpatient & Telehealth Clinic, tele-therapeutic services will be offered to students and their families.
The WBI (Wyoming Behavioral Institute) Outpatient & Telehealth Clinic provides intensive and targeted clinical therapeutic services to improve the continuum of care to students and to provide access to mental / behavioral healthcare services to the underserved.
The Mental Health Aide serves as first contact with students and their families and is responsible for assisting students and their families with the initial consult and enrollment for telehealth services and providing case management services, securing student insurance and other payment processes, participating as a member of the treatment team, scheduling, and coordinating other needs from intake to discharge.
The Mental Health Aide will collaborate effectively with teachers, school staff, and administration to coordinate services and schedule therapy sessions during the school day.
Also, the Mental Health Aide provides accurate and timely communication, reporting for grant requirements, documentation, problem-solving, and making recommendations to referrals sources and the treatment team.
works within the school setting, and must be able to effectively collaborate with teachers, school staff, and administration to coordinate services and schedule therapy sessions during the school day and school vacations.
Other duties as assigned.
WORKING CONDITIONS :
Duties require sitting, standing, and walking regularly. Requires reaching overhead occasionally and lifting occasionally up to 25 lbs.
Position requires that the individual be in good physical and mental health sufficient to support behavioral health patients of all ages.
A Mental Health Aide must be able to maintain the ability to provide and support services through telehealth, including the need to speak and hear via teleconference.
The mental health aide works in the school setting and will follow professional standards for providing services within the school setting.
Hours may be irregular including evenings, duties variable. May be occasional occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens or other potentially infectious materials.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES REQUIRED :
PERSONAL TRAITS, QUALITIES & APPTITUDES :
Demonstrates personal traits / behavior consistent with the values of Wyoming Behavioral Institute. Must be self-directed / self-motivated;
must have good communication and interpersonal skills; must be flexible; must have good critical thinking / decision making skills and must have good understanding of systems and change processes.
and (12) maintain a customer focus and strive to satisfy the customer's perceived needs.
Qualifications
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
Essential Functions :
Other Functions : Interventions
Interventions
Data Collection / Entry / Organization
Therapeutic Environment
Provider and / or Supervision of Care
Last updated : 2024-08-26
Full Time
$62k-76k (estimate)
08/28/2024
11/26/2024
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