Clinician - School Based (Hub and Zone - Maplewood and Orange)

Professionalism:

• Values and participates in the Team as a proactive member.
• Respects others' professional opinions and tolerates a range of feelings. 
• Able to give and receive constructive criticism.

Supervision:

• Attends supervision consistently and comes prepared.
• Able to receive feedback and to learn from it.
• Has insight about self (i.e., strengths and weaknesses) and utilizes that knowledge toward growth and change.

Job Location:  

Maplewood Middle School - The Hub & Orange Preparatory Academy - The Zone

Job Responsibilities:

The school-based Clinician at the "The Hub," & "The Zone," is responsible for providing culturally competent, trauma-informed individual, group and family therapeutic services to students and families. The Clinician provides crisis intervention services, collaborates with other providers and school staff as needed. This Clinician is responsible for participating in relevant community meetings and/or groups, attend supervision consistently, weekly team meetings, monthly case conferences and quality improvement sub-committee meetings. The Clinician should have experience working within a school setting. The Clinician should be a culturally competent individual who will work in alignment with the Family Connection' mission.  This is a 12 month position, Monday-Friday.

• Works collaboratively with school staff, community partners, and caregivers to manage counseling referrals
• Provide culturally competent, trauma-informed individual, group, and family therapeutic services to students and families
• Advocates, coordinates, and maintains on-going contact with other providers involved
• Provide crisis intervention services
• Utilize the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale when screening individuals for suicidal ideation
• Attend school re-entry meetings after a student has been sent out for an emergency screening as schedule allows
• Plans and co-facilitates monthly Parent/Caregiver Support Group (evening group)
• Assist Team in providing prevention programming to students throughout the school year
• Completes documentation as per agency and program guidelines in Netsmart and MIS
• Attend agency, school, and local committee meetings
• Demonstrates the ability to utilize appropriate interventions in both non-crisis and crisis situations
• Supervises after school recreation, activities, and trips as needed
• Assist Team in planning for and supervising Summer Program
• Assist Team in annual QI Project
• Consults with clinical and program supervisor regarding termination prior to discharge
• Completes termination paperwork and appropriate discharge planning in a timely fashion
• Tolerates a range of feelings, affect, and personal presentation without judgment

Qualifications

Education:  Master's in Social Work or equivalent field

Certification : LSW, LPC or state licensure specific to degree.

Experience:  Providing mental health services with diverse populations in an urban setting.

Preferred : Experience working with adolescents in a high school setting.

• Vacation: As a full-time employee working generally 35 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the Family Connections group benefit plans. Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, long term disability, retirement plans, and additional supplementary benefits. Yes, you can elect to not enroll into these benefits. You will also be eligible to accrue vacation, personal, and sick days in addition to 12 paid holidays, and summer wellness Fridays. 

• Benefits also include professional development assistance, referral program, internal/external trainings, Capella University partnership, 403b retirement plan with employer matching (3% max) (you can enroll in your 403b without a waiting period) , employer-paid life insurance, employer paid Long-term Disability (LTD) insurance, employer paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, etc.

Work Environment/Physical Demands : The individual must possess the ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, and lifting of up to or in excess of 50 pounds.

*The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job or that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

Family Connections is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to excellence. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age veteran status, or sexual orientation or other protected classes under the State and Federal law.

Family Connections participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm authorization to work in the United States.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and eligible for full‑time employment on a W‑2 basis. This role must be performed in a manner that is fully compliant with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including those of the State of New Jersey. C2C, 1099, or other non‑W‑2 arrangements are not eligible for consideration.