Mental Health Clinician

Oxnard School District•Oxnard, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct mental health services to students with intensive needs, parent counseling, group consultation, and treatment to students and families to support student development and the ability to deal with problems, crisis, or traumatic experiences. Supports site administrators, counselors, and staff to implement tiered interventions through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) for all students with a focus on the mental health and wellness of English Learners, Low Income Students, Foster Youth, McKinney-Vento Youth, unaccompanied youth, LGBTQ+, and SPED.

Requirements

A Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy, Social Work, or closely related field.
Must have a valid California Driver's license.
Possession of, or ability to obtain within 30 days from the date of hire, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (CA BBS) requirements for any of the following: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW) Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC).
Applications will be accepted for graduate students who can provide proof they are within 90 days of completion of a master’s degree required for the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs Board of Behavioral Sciences registration as noted above.
No person shall be hired without confirmation of completing the required master’s degree.
Incumbents must maintain current registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker, Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at all times.
In addition, within two years of appointment to the Mental Health Clinician classification must obtain Board of Behavioral Science (BBS) licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).

Nice To Haves

Experience working with students or families in a social services or educational environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

Supports a variety of mental health services including but not limited to academic intervention, attendance interventions, drug/alcohol education, socio-emotional services, and anger management.
Provides therapeutic mental health individual and group services including prevention, early intervention, and suicide prevention.
Researches evidence-based practices to support student social emotional development to address trauma, depression, anxiety, and other clinical issues.
Compiles assessment data to assist with making recommendations for interventions and strategies to support student engagement, attendance, behavior, and academic progress.
Prepares and delivers presentations regarding intervention, behavioral and social emotional related prevention, student services legal updates, and wellness to faculty, staff, and parents.
Works with site level MTSS to provide counseling intervention services to support behavioral and emotional challenges.
Collaborates with site administration, the site counseling team, district director, community organizations and public agencies to coordinate mental health services and substance abuse prevention programs.
Provides culturally sensitive support for at-risk and underserved student populations, including newcomers, LGBTQ+, and low socioeconomic status.
Participates in a variety of meetings to support multi-disciplinary teams to support student wellness.
Leads and trains interns.
Prepares case documentation, progress and court reports, special reports, proposals, grants, manuals, and correspondence.
Provides administrative support services including outreach, how to access and apply for state and federal programs and performs pre-screening and assists in paperwork completion to determine eligibility.
Maintains automated databases, records, reports, and files related to students, services and assigned activities.
Travels from site to site and/or performs home visits to provide direct consultation or treatment for students and families.
Participates in training on various topics such as cultural competency, diversity, equity, inclusion, clinical practice, compliance, treatment planning, case management, co-occurring disorders, and substance abuse.
Performs related duties as assigned.