Student Wellness Clinician - Licensed Clinical Provider

Position Type:
Student Support Services

Date Posted:
5/15/2026

Location:
Proviso Township High Schools

Date Available:
Upon Approval - TBD

Closing Date:
Until Filled
Position Title: Student Wellness Clinician - Licensed Clinical Provider


Department: School Improvement


Location: Proviso Township High Schools District 209


Position Type: Full-time


Reports To: Deputy Superintendent of School Improvement, or designee


Salary Range: $82,000 - $118,000 annually, commensurate with licensure, clinical experience, adolescent mental health experience, school-based experience, and district placement guidelines.


Position Summary


The Proviso Township High Schools District 209 is seeking a full-time Student Wellness Clinician - Licensed Clinical Provider to provide school-based therapeutic and behavioral health support to high school students.


This role is intentionally distinct from a traditional School Social Worker or School Counselor position. The Student Wellness Clinician serves as a licensed clinical provider within the school setting, offering assessment, therapeutic intervention, crisis support, safety planning, family consultation, care coordination, and collaboration with school teams.


The ideal candidate is a skilled adolescent clinician who can build trust with students, work effectively in a high school environment, and provide clinically sound, developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care.


Essential Responsibilities


The Student Wellness Clinician will:

• Provide individual, group, and family-based therapeutic support to high school students.
• Conduct clinical screenings, psychosocial assessments, risk assessments, and wellness evaluations.
• Develop and monitor individualized clinical support or treatment plans.
• Support students experiencing concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, emotional dysregulation, school avoidance, family stress, peer conflict, substance-use concerns, self-harm risk, or suicidal ideation.
• Provide crisis assessment, safety planning, post-crisis follow-up, and re-entry support after hospitalization or extended absence.
• Collaborate with administrators, school counselors, school social workers, psychologists, nurses, teachers, families, and community providers.
• Consult with school teams while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and clinical boundaries.
• Coordinate referrals to outside mental health providers, hospitals, crisis teams, substance-use services, or higher levels of care when needed.
• Maintain timely and confidential documentation in accordance with district procedures, professional ethics, and applicable laws.
• Support wellness education, prevention efforts, and student support initiatives as appropriate.
• Practice within the ethical and legal scope of the employee's professional license.

Qualifications / Requirements

Required:

• Master's degree or higher in social work, counseling, clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or a related mental health field.
• Current clinical or professional license, or eligibility for licensure, in Illinois. Acceptable credentials may include LCSW, LCPC, LPC, LMHC, LMFT, or an equivalent state-recognized clinical credential.
• Experience providing direct mental health, counseling, therapy, or behavioral health services to adolescents.
• Training or experience in clinical assessment, crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, treatment planning, and documentation.
• Knowledge of adolescent development, trauma-informed care, mandated reporting, confidentiality, family systems, and culturally responsive practice.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with students, families, school staff, administrators, and community partners.
• Successful completion of all district-required background checks and employment requirements.

Preferred:

• Independent clinical licensure.
• Three or more years of experience providing clinical services to adolescents.
• Experience in a high school, school-based health center, community mental health agency, hospital-based adolescent program, youth-serving nonprofit, or other adolescent clinical setting.
• Training in evidence-informed approaches such as CBT, DBT skills, trauma-focused interventions, motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, grief support, or family engagement.
• Experience with suicide risk assessment, crisis response, safety planning, and re-entry support.
• Familiarity with FERPA, HIPAA where applicable, Section 504, special education processes, and school-based confidentiality considerations.
• Bilingual or multilingual ability, depending on district needs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities


The successful candidate will be able to:

• Build trusting, developmentally appropriate relationships with high school students.
• Provide clinical services in a school setting while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Respond calmly and effectively to student crises.
• Communicate clearly with students, families, school staff, and outside providers.
• Balance direct service, documentation, consultation, crisis response, and care coordination.
• Use inclusive, affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive practices.
• Maintain confidentiality, professional ethics, and sound clinical judgment.

Role Clarification


This position is not a traditional School Social Worker or School Counselor role. While collaboration with those professionals is essential, the Student Wellness Clinician's primary responsibility is to provide licensed clinical wellness and behavioral health services to students.


The role is not primarily responsible for academic advising, schedule changes, college and career counseling, attendance enforcement, discipline, special education compliance, or general student supervision, except when directly connected to clinical intervention, student safety, or wellness support.


Evaluation


Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Proviso Township High Schools District 209 Board's policy on personnel evaluation.


Additional Information


This job description provides guidelines and direction for accomplishing goals and objectives. It covers the essential responsibilities and activities required for effective execution of the position but is not exhaustive. The individual in this role may perform additional duties as assigned.


This description also serves compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).


Application Procedures:
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Selection Process:
All applicants must complete a District application to be considered for employment.? Applications will be reviewed.? Interviews of selected qualified applicants will be conducted, and a qualified candidate will be recommended by the hiring supervisor to the Office of Human Resources. District 209 ensures equal employment opportunity, as outlined in Board Policy 5:10. The Superintendent is responsible for making final hiring recommendations to the Proviso Township High Schools Board of Education.? Employment is subject to the recommendation of the Superintendent, the approval of the Board of Education and the results of required processes outlined in Board Policy 5:30. No individual shall begin work until receiving written approval from the Office of Human Resources. It is the responsibility of the individual who has sought employment to ensure that official approval from the Office of Human Resources has been granted prior to beginning any type of employment.
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* Disclaimer:
This job description describes duties and responsibilities representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities and other information contained in this job description are intended only as examples of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification.? The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the school district's needs and the job change's requirements.? The information contained in this job description is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.? Other duties may be required and assigned.? The site of employment is subject to change based on the needs of the school district.? As outlined in Board Policy 5:32 Nepotism, no person with an Interested Relationship with any member of the Board of Education, the Superintendent or a District-level administrator shall be eligible for employment in the District.
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For Additional Information Contact:
Office of Human Resources
Proviso Township High Schools District 209
8601 W. Roosevelt Road
Forest Park, IL 60130
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Proviso Township High Schools District 209 does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, and other protected categories as set forth in Board Policy 5:10.