School Clinician (Bilingual Spanish)

North Suffolk Community Services is looking for a School Clinician - Grant Manager to join our Winthrop MINDeaze team! In this role, you will work in close collaboration with Winthrop Public Schools to provide clinical and coordination services to vulnerable 8-13 year old students and their families within a school based setting. They identify student’s needs through clinical assessment and provide appropriate evidence based treatment to address student’s needs. Interventions are designed to be intensive and immediate to improve the student’s ability to function as a unit both in the school and in the community. You will be trained in evidence based practices and tools to be used to promote positive social activity, positive peer relationships, improved relationship with family, and improved recovery environment and abstinence from illicit drugs and alcohol.

What you’ll do:

• Outreach and engage students and their families referred by school administration to participate in therapeutic and clinical services embedded within Chelsea Public schools.
• Complete a written comprehensive psychosocial behavioral health assessment for students identify on caseload.
• Develop a treatment plan sensitive to the student and their family history in collaboration with the youth, parent, guardian, or designated caregiver(s), and Chelsea Public School with required consent and in consultation with other providers.
• Establish and maintain weekly individual and group contact with each student on case load with home and face-to-face coordination with student’s guidance/adjustment counselors or entities that may impact the youth’s treatment plan, subject to required consent.
• Design and implement Family Outreach events educating parents of clinical resources within their community.
• Participate in monthly collaboration meetings with Chelsea Public School to review progress and barriers of student’s clinical treatment
• Assist Chelsea Public School in supporting students as they strive to meet their educational goals and maintain appropriate communication with respect to confidentiality.
• Provide education, advocacy, and support on child and parenting issues and information to student’s families and crisis prevention/intervention in “real time” in conjunction with the Chelsea Public School support system.
• Provide consultation to partnering agency staff (Chelsea schools guidance and adjustment counselors).

What you’ll need:

• Education:
  • Master’s degree in social work, mental health or related discipline required.
  • Licensed eligible in the state of MA (LSCW, LICSW, LMHC, LMFT)
• Experience:
  • Experience in providing home and community based intervention services preferred.
  • Clinical competencies in servicing immigrant population preferred.
• Skills:
  • Must have a valid Mass. driver’s license and a reliable vehicle.
  • Bilingual Spanish speaking abilities required.

Competitive & Comprehensive Benefits:

• Paid Time Off – Two weeks’ Vacation per year (three weeks after 1 year of service), 12 Sick Days per year, and 11 Paid Holidays per year
• Eligible employer for the PSLF program
• North Suffolk qualifies as an H-1B Cap-Exempt employer (for eligible positions)
• North Suffolk offers visa and permanent resident card support to active employees
• Health & Dental Insurance, with generous employer contribution
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan with employer matching
• Voluntary Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Access to Credit Union Banking
• Access to State Tuition Remission Program (Worksite Specific)
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted Movie Tickets
• Comprehensive Training Program
• Internal Advancement Opportunities