School Based Therapist Boone/Kenton County Schools

NorthKey Community Care • Florence, KY

12d • $50,000 - $50,000

About The Position

NorthKey Community Care is seeking School-Based Mental Health Counselors and Therapists to provide behavioral health therapy to children, adolescents, and families in partner schools in Boone and Kenton counties. This adjusted full-time position is 32 hours per week during the school year, with summers and breaks off. Services may be provided in a school and/or outpatient office setting. The salary is $50,000 annually, paid bi-monthly at $2,500, with June and July off. The position may be eligible for a contingency bonus of up to 12%.

NorthKey Community Care has provided mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services to the Northern Kentucky region since 1966. The organization describes its approach as providing the right service, at the right time, and in the right place, and its mission as transforming lives and communities through excellence in mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services.

Requirements

• A master's degree or above in a clinical field of study related to behavioral health.
• Eligibility for a Kentucky independent or non-independent license.
• Must have or be eligible for one of the following Kentucky licenses: LCSW, CSW, LPCC, LPCA, LMFT, MFT, LPAT, CADC, LCADC, LPA, PhD, or PsyD.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in behavioral health is a plus but is not required.
• Graduate students are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group behavioral health therapy to children, adolescents, and families in a school and/or outpatient office setting.
• Provide behavioral health crisis assessment and therapy services to children and adolescents.
• Develop and implement client treatment plans based on areas of need, diagnoses, and symptoms.
• Maintain multidisciplinary working relationships with clinicians, mental health therapists and counselors, school personnel, and other related community professionals.
• Complete timely and accurate documentation, including progress notes, assessments, reports, schedules, and other required materials.
• Participate in staff development opportunities to enhance professional growth.
• Maintain license, certification, and/or identified program performance skills.

Benefits

• Potential contingency bonus of up to 12%.
• Paid time off (PTO), up to 16 days in the first year.
• 10 paid holidays.
• Medical, vision, and dental plan options for individual and family coverage.
• Health savings account (HSA) employer match of up to $1,000, depending on plan.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Professional development.
• Potential eligibility for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time