School Based Therapist - Haywood County Schools

Mahec • Asheville, NC

18h • Onsite

About The Position

MAHEC is seeking School Based Therapists to serve Haywood County Schools. This is a full-time, 11-month position, eligible for MAHEC's Total Rewards package. Therapists will provide outpatient mental health treatment onsite in assigned school settings (elementary, middle, and high school levels), with a current high need for elementary-aged students. The role involves meeting clinical benchmarks for quality care and productivity, ensuring proper care is provided in accordance with program contracts/regulations, and fiscal responsibility. This position is part of the School Based Behavioral Health Program.

Requirements

• Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties.
• Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations.
• Ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.
• Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate.
• Keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training.
• Ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.
• Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding.
• Showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so.
• Effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.
• Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day, including integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics.
• Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise.
• The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications.
• Master’s degree in Mental Health, Counseling, or Social Work.
• Must have qualifying licensure.
• LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), LMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) OR Doctoral Level Psychologist (PhD, PsyD).
• Provisional license allowed.
• Regular attendance on-site at assigned schools is an essential function of this position.
• All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.

Nice To Haves

• LCAS (Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist) (for some positions, full licensure strongly preferred)
• Bilingual Spanish/English language skills
• Dual licensure LCAS
• MPH
• PhD in psychology/psychiatry

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, family, and group therapy to clients using clinical models and modalities approved by the agency and the service definition for children and adults who are being referred to mental health and substance abuse services.
• Conduct Comprehensive Clinical Assessments, trauma-screenings, threat assessments and comprehensive crisis plans.
• Incorporate internal and external collateral information (i.e. CCAs, Psychological Testing, Medical Evaluations, etc.) into case conceptualization and treatment planning.
• Participate in program and activity planning related to therapeutic activities and treatment.
• Participate in treatment planning and implementation including conducting/participating in clinical service teams, linking and referring clients/families to services, and other programming as described in the service definition or by SBBH Manager.
• Provide support and training to clients and staff related to behavioral strategies and interventions through the use of evidenced-based models.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call crisis support.
• Complete documentation required including progress notes, treatment plans, service authorization requests, and clinical intakes at co-location offices when applicable within the time frame specified.
• Submit clinical assessments, clinical addendums, internal transfer documentation, clinical conference notes, and client discharge paperwork within designated time frames set by SBBH Manager.
• Required participation in clinical staffing, monthly administrative meetings and supervision with team supervisor and/or SBBH Manager.

Benefits

• MAHEC's Total Rewards package
• Great Healthcare coverage
• Pet insurance
• Annual professional development reimbursement allowance
• Up to 30 paid days off starting your first year with us
• Annual continuing education allowance for Therapists
• Paid time off specifically to pursue your professional development
• Covers the cost and provides supervision services for Associate Licensed Therapists
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees