10-Month School-Based Clinician

Wheeler•New Britain, CT

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The New Britain School-Based Integrated Health Care Clinician provides clinical and case management services to children in a school-based setting. The clinician works collaboratively with teachers, administrators, parents, coworkers, clients, and external stakeholders to provide high-quality mental health services to students. The role also provides leadership, motivation, and support to staff; manages client referrals, admissions, and discharges; and helps ensure the integrity of the program model. This is a 10-month position based at New Britain Public School in New Britain, Connecticut. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the clinician addresses clients’ behavioral, primary, and dental health needs through services such as behavioral health consultation to primary care providers, support with medical treatment compliance, and referrals to Wheeler or community services. The position conducts screening and evaluation, formulates diagnoses, and develops individualized, measurable treatment plans with clients, families, and relevant others. It provides psychotherapy and group services, uses evidence-based practices to deliver trauma-focused treatment, responds to clinical emergencies, and coordinates care with families and providers. The clinician also contributes clinical leadership, offers guidance and crisis support to staff, monitors program performance and quality improvement goals with a manager or designee, and supports compliance with agency policies, confidentiality requirements, mandated reporting, and applicable licensing, regulatory, and accreditation standards.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work, or Counseling, or doctoral degree in Psychology.
Must hold one of the following Connecticut credentials: LMSW, LCSW, LMFTA, LMFT, LPCA, LPC, or licensed or license-eligible Psychologist. Applicants may apply before receiving the credential.
Knowledge of psychopathology and primary psychotherapy modalities, including individual, group, and family therapy.
Knowledge of psychotropic medications.
Knowledge of internal and external levels of care, referral processes, and community resources.
Ability to respond appropriately to clinical emergencies, including suicide risk and danger to others.
Ability to complete clinical documentation and comply with agency policies, confidentiality requirements, mandated reporting, and applicable standards.
Ability to use culturally appropriate approaches with the groups served.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical and case management services to children in a school-based setting.
Collaborate with teachers, administrators, parents, coworkers, clients, and external stakeholders to provide mental health services.
Provide behavioral health consultation to primary care providers, assist clients with medical treatment compliance, and refer clients to Wheeler or community services as needed.
Conduct program-specific screening and evaluation and formulate diagnoses in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
Develop and document clear, individualized, measurable clinical formulations and treatment plans in collaboration with clients, families, and relevant others, incorporating behavioral health, primary care, and dental goals as indicated.
Triage clinical emergencies, including suicide risk and danger to others, and use appropriate psychotherapy best practices and evidence-based models.
Provide or refer clients to focused, time-limited group therapy as appropriate; maintain and facilitate at least one group during the school year using evidence-based practices to engage clients in trauma-focused treatment.
Complete clinical documentation in a timely manner and document client-related information in compliance with agency policy.
Make clinically appropriate referrals in a timely manner, using knowledge of internal and external levels of care, referral processes, and resources.
Communicate at least monthly in a positive, timely, and effective manner with clients, families, and internal and external providers.
Attend required meetings and multidisciplinary treatment team planning meetings, and provide up to one hour per week of consultation to the designated school.
Meet direct service productivity goals and follow program and agency practice standards, data collection, and reporting protocols.
Attend scheduled supervision prepared, seek additional supervision or consultation as needed, and follow supervisory directives.
Provide clinical leadership by implementing, promoting, and sustaining evidence-based and best-practice prevention, intervention, and treatment models.
Provide guidance and crisis support to staff.
Work with a manager or designee to develop, monitor, and analyze clinical and program performance and outcomes, and to develop and monitor quality improvement goals.
Collaborate with community providers to support system development for clients and families and promote Wheeler as a quality service provider.
Report child abuse or neglect as mandated, follow confidentiality guidelines, and ensure compliance with applicable licensing, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
Continue developing cultural understanding of the histories, traditions, values, family systems, and artistic expression of groups served, and use culturally appropriate methods, skills, and techniques.
Foster positive working relationships and support the program’s referral, admission, and discharge processes and model integrity.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus available.
Comprehensive medical and prescription insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Wellness programs supporting physical and mental health.
Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.
403(b) plan with company contributions.
Education reimbursement program.
Training and development opportunities, including supervision toward licensure.
Potential eligibility for National Health Service Corps loan repayment programs.
Productivity incentive.
Reimbursement for licensure and certification expenses.