Social Worker/Mental Health Clinician - SBHC

Family Centers • Stamford, CT

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Family Centers Inc., School Based Health Centers (SBHC) Program is looking for a licensed mental health practitioner (LPC, LMFT or LCSW) with experience to staff a school-based outpatient clinic in lower Fairfield County, CT. This is a 10-month position and is based on the approved public-school calendar. SBHC mental health clinicians provide health education (both large and small group instruction), individual, family, and group counseling to students in a middle and high school and work as part of an interdisciplinary health care team with a nurse practitioner and health educator.

Requirements

• Qualified candidates will have successfully completed a master’s or post-master’s degree from an accredited counseling program (LPC, MFT or MSW)
• ideally have experience in the field and already possess a current active license to practice as a masters level clinician in the State of Connecticut.
• proof of vaccinations for COVID-19 (or have an approved medical or religious exemption on file)

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual/bi-cultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience.
• A suite of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tax-free spending accounts, disability, life, and AD&D insurance.
• Additional benefits include an employee assistance plan, pet insurance, critical accident and illness, tuition reimbursement, and retirement savings.
• The opportunity to work for an employer consistently rated one of the Top Workplaces in Western Connecticut by Hearst Connecticut Media and 4-star rating by Charity Navigator 10 times.
• Eligibility for Student Loan Repayment Program through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP), which offers primary medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health care clinicians the opportunity to have up to $50,000 of their student loans repaid, while earning a competitive salary, in exchange for providing health care in urban, rural, or tribal communities with limited access to care.

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees