School Based Therapist (Temporary)

Purpose :

You will provide outpatient mental health services, in Family Resource Elementary Schools, to support a family's capacity to raise healthy, well-functioning, and successful children. You will collaborate with and provide consultation to school personnel. This is a temporary role for 24-32 hours per week.

Job Summary :

You will provide mental health counseling services that reflect, and are sensitive to, diverse cultural, ethnic, and economic needs for individual children and families in elementary school and pre-school settings. This position is temporary, we are looking for someone to work between 16- 32 hours.

You Will :

• Work collaboratively with schools and other pertinent staff / providers to provide mental health assessments of students and families, appropriately and accurately diagnosis clients, and develop treatment plans
• Provide consultation with parents of enrolled clients regarding their student's need for mental health counseling or the status of their student's current mental health counseling
• Be guided by 27-65 requirements and best clinical practices, provide individual, group, and family psychotherapy
• Collaborate with the Family Resource Schools program including working collaboratively with the Family Outreach Coordinator
• Monitor and track the developmental stages of young children
• Consult with school staff, in accordance with signed authorizations to disclose information, on students currently receiving counseling services through the FRS program to assist them in supporting the needs of specific students
• Provide crisis intervention for enrolled children who are actively receiving counseling services through the FRS program
• Provide a variety of case management services, including writing letters and making phone calls, to relevant parties (i.e. DSS, teachers, schools)
• Provide referrals to Mental Health Partners and outside agencies as appropriate
• Participate in team meetings to staff cases and communicate administrative information
• Act as written or oral interpreter / translator as needed for MHP clients, parents, etc.
• Attend school meetings to include : parent / teacher conferences, school assemblies, special ed staffing, Back to School night, etc.
• Maintain up-to-date clinical records on assigned clients
• Document provision of services, assessments, evaluations and treatment goals and plan consistent with clinical and administrative policies and procedures
• Meet defined individual and department goals, activity metrics and Key Performance Indicators
• Promote, support and demonstrate through both behavior and job performance and adheres to policies, procedures, on a day to day basis
• Other duties as assigned

What's in it for you :

Medical

Mental Health Partners offers a diverse, quality work environment, a great compensation package and a comprehensive benefits package. Our benefits include paid time-off policy (paid holidays, paid vacation and paid personal days-off), medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, and percentage match-up retirement contribution. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccination (and any subsequent boosters) and the annual influenza vaccine. Medical exemptions or religious accommodations may be requested.

Notice $54,763.28 - $76,968.32 Annualized (prorated per school year schedule) Skills & Requirements

What We Need : Therapist I :

Therapist II :

This position will be posted, at minimum, until October 25th and may remain open until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected.

Qualifications

Mental Health Partners began in 1962 as a clinic, received non-profit status in 1964, and was federally designated as a comprehensive community mental health center in 1971. Since then, we have expanded to meet the growing needs of the community in both counties, with locations in Boulder, Broomfield and Longmont. We are the only agency in Boulder and Broomfield counties that provides comprehensive psychiatric services to county residents regardless of their ability to pay. People served by Mental Health Partners generally do not have access to services in the private sector because they cannot afford to pay the significant fees, and most do not have insurance.

Mental Health Partners has 24 hour emergency psychiatric services and outpatient offices for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and families. Many programs and services are available including school-based programs, substance abuse treatment, rape crisis counseling, advocacy, and education. Mental Health Partners offers bilingual / bicultural services and an in-house pharmacy.

It is estimated, that of the 360,000 residents of Boulder and Broomfield counties, over 60,000 individuals suffer with a form of mental illness. This number is only compounded when family, friends, and co-workers are affected by the disabling conditions of a person who is struggling with a mental illness. Annually, Mental Health Partners serves over 17,000 individuals and our Emergency Psychiatric Services Team responds to 10,000 calls. We serve more women than men and thirty-six percent of our clients are multicultural.

Salary : $54,763 - $76,968