Bilingual School-Based Mental Health Therapist (English/Spanish)

Family Service Association•Elgin, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provide comprehensive clinical services to students, clients, and families across school, home, and community settings. Maintain an active caseload and meet the established productivity expectations through direct clinical services, consultation, and crisis intervention, triage and other client-centered services. School Based Mental Health Therapists provide direct and indirect services tailored to students and their family’s needs, including individual therapy, family, and group therapy, community support, case management, care coordination, consultation, and advocacy. Therapists also participate in collaboration and consultation with school staff and community partners to identify needs, coordinate services, and support positive outcomes for students and families. Therapists are expected to maintain a minimum of 18 appointments per week. Appointment times may include direct services, scheduled consultations, walk-in hours, risk assessment support.

Requirements

Master’s degree in psychology, Social Work, Licensed Professional Counselor, or related field is required.
Bilingual in Spanish is required
Ability to work with people from every diverse background and show cultural competency is a must.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills that may include public speaking and presentations.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. on occasion.
The incumbent shall hold a current, valid Illinois Driver’s License, a reliable vehicle, and current insurance coverage for the vehicle they will be driving for this position. Proof of this will be required semi-annually.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in community counseling related services and working with children and adolescents with mental health needs is desired.

Responsibilities

Provides individual therapy and group therapy to students that promote personal growth through emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and/or psychological changes. These services can also include family therapy outside of school hours.
Collaborating with the school personnel regarding individual treatment plans and outcomes that are expected in the treatment process with a student.
Working with the student's family/guardian, including securing the appropriate releases to consult with school personnel or other collateral contacts to report on treatment progress.
Responding to emergencies/crises and partnering with the SASS program as needed.
Follow up with clients and families within an appropriate time frame after the crises.
Collaborating and coordinating with partnering community agencies, such as Boys and Girls Club, to provide support services and care coordination.
Meeting quarterly with school personnel to review outcomes of the program services and preparing quarterly outcome reports for FSA as needed.
Provide case management and care coordination on behalf of active clients/students, including referral and linkage, discharge planning with inpatient psychiatric facilities, and advocating a client’s rights within the education, legal, children, and adolescent mental health systems.
Educating the community regarding the School-Based Mental Health Program and facilitating positive networking relationships with community service providers and networks by attending at least 2-3 school-related community events.
Maintain IM+CANS Certification and all trainings related to IM+CANS / TCOM.
Responsible for knowing and understanding Medicaid Rule 132 and Medicaid Rule 140 and complying with documentation requirements. All documentation must be in the client's file or electronic health record and filed accordingly within 7 days of service delivery .
Complete clinical paperwork accurately and on time; this includes annual enrollment paperwork for services and IM+CANS assessments.
Timely completion and submission of administrative paperwork including timesheets, expense reports, training forms and other agency documents
Complete all assigned Utilization Reviews, including self-review, on a quarterly basis.
Weekly supervision, discussing cases with supervisor, and attending monthly clinical meetings.
Promote collegiality at the workplace by working collaboratively and positively with others.
Responsible for fulfilling agency requirements of training and documenting all training attended, which includes all mandatory agency in-service training, Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health training.
Responsible for meeting weekly appointment expectations as previously defined.