Bilingual School Based Mental Health Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications: A Master's degree in Social work, psychology. Licensed and certified to provide therapeutic treatment in the State of Maryland. Minimum (1) one year experience in a therapeutic environment. Bilingual in Spanish.

Position Overview

The School-based Therapist (SBT) will be responsible for providing services related to the delivery of mental health care to assigned clients at the designated Howard County Public Schools with a strong emphasis on behavioral health promotion and prevention services. The SBT will provide a broad range of services, including school-wide supportive activities; treatment services both in-school and in-home family therapy; group prevention services and professional development training. The SBT is expected to work closely with staff to ensure the mental health needs of youth enrolled are identified and addressed in a competent manner both during the school-year as well as during summer break. The SBT will also collect data, maintain records, and support compliance in all facets of the Expanded School Mental Health Grant and MD State regulations.

Duties & Tasks School-Wide Supportive Activities

• Provide consultation and guidance to staff and teachers on mental and behavioral health conditions
• Provide guidance and model developmentally appropriate activities for students and effective ways to work with and support children and adolescents.
• Attend school team and committee meetings
• Conduct in-service presentations for school staff
• Attend school functions
• Provide school-wide crisis response
• Participate on school-wide behavior management

Treatment Services

• Intake for and completion of psychosocial histories on all new admissions.
• Obtaining and completing Medicaid authorization as needed
• Completion of person-centered treatment plans when due.
• Supports clinical issues and makes corrections and recommendations.
• Provide individual, family and group therapy.
• Collaboration with outside agencies in order to arrange for community services beneficial to clients. And to provide ongoing collaboration between the treatment team and case workers.
• Have input into and assist care planning for students referred for services. This includes completion of paperwork prior to discharge, addressing aftercare needs and placement plans.
• Ensure treatment arrangements
• Document patient and patient family's responsibility to individual and/or family therapy in the patient's chart on a routine basis. Document all contact with other agencies and for all sessions with patients.
• Document all arrangements made for care planning in the medical record, including completion of Aftercare Plan.
• Attend and contribute to treatment planning sessions. Completion of treatment plans for assigned patients for both insurance and COMAR regulations.
• Responsible for supervisor signing off on chart documentation accordingly.
• Complete initial assessments on or before the fifth visit.
• Responsible for chart overflow and breakdown. Order and respond to monthly audit forms within 10 days of receipt.
• Conduct evaluation/mental health assessment under the supervision of appropriate credentialed staff and provide follow up services as defined.

Group Prevention Activities

• Conduct small student group prevention activities
• Provide classroom wide prevention activities
• Provide and support school-wide prevention activities/assemblies
• Conduct parent/family focused group prevention activities
• Documentation and record of group prevention activities in accordance with grant standards and MD state regulations.

Professional Development Activities

• Attend TIME training and educational activities
• Attend TIME meetings and trainings
• Attend Supervision activities

Behavioral/Managerial Competencies

• Accountability-The demonstrated ability to take responsibility and ownership for the outcomes of all actions and decisions with particular emphasis on customer satisfaction and fiscal performance. Accountability is demonstrated by effective and efficient management of all human, fiscal and material sources.
• Commitment to Change -The demonstrated ability to implement and support effective change in order to enhance organizational performance. It is demonstrated through continuously identifying and acting on opportunities to create high quality, cost-effective processes and services which ensure a premier health care system.
• Communication - The demonstrated ability to present ideas and information in a timely, concise, effective and interpersonally appropriate manner through both written and oral forms. This competency is further demonstrated by the ability to receive and effectively process information through appropriate listening skills.
• Continuous Self-Improvement - The demonstrated ability to model continuous professional and self-development, resulting in the enhanced performance of the organization.
• Customer Relations - The demonstrated ability to develop and cultivate mutually beneficial relationships with both internal and external customers. Customer relations behavior is demonstrated by continually striving to meet or exceed customer expectations, enhancing trust and respect for others.
• Teamwork -The demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and networks with both internal and external customers. Teamwork is characterized by working toward a shared purpose or goals or through cooperating, collaborating and partnering with others.
• Ethical Conduct -The demonstrated ability to reflect and model the vision, mission, values and corporate compliance plan. Special emphasis in this competency will be placed on confidentiality and compliance with organization police and procedures.
• Problem Solving/Decision Making -The demonstrated ability to identify issues and opportunities, effectively analyze information and its implications and make appropriate, timely decisions based on such analysis.
• Community Relations -Demonstrated ability to model community involvement, positively impact community relations and realize effective community outreach in order to continuously enhance the perception of the agency.

Essential Functions

• Maintain 25 billable service units per week.
• Complete documentation in the EMR within 72 hours of completed sessions
• Complete treatment plan developments before the 5th session and ensure signatures by all members of clients’ treatment team.
• Collaborate with school personnel to screen appropriate students in need of services
• Have a minimum of once monthly family therapy sessions with clients present.
• Coordinate referrals for additional levels of service as needed and requested by the family.
• Address any and all clinical concerns with a direct supervisor.
• Participate in weekly supervision.
• Maintain clients and caseload over school breaks by providing community based services.
• Collaborate with service providers to ensure all areas of clients' treatment needs are being addressed.
• Utilize evidence based therapeutic framework, counsel clients and patients, individually and group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life and making changes.
• Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems using evidence based modalities.
• Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.
• Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge.
• Modify treatment activities and approaches as needed in order to comply with changes in client’s status.
• Learn about new developments in their field by reading professional literature, attending courses and seminars, establishing and maintaining contact with other social service agencies.
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with and supporting clients.
• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to client’s treatment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus opportunities
• Signing bonus

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Required)

License/Certification:

• LMSW, LCSW-C, LGPC, or LCPC in the State of MD? (Required)

Work Location: Multiple locations

TIME ORGANIZATION HAS SERVICED THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS!

WE ARE FULL-SERVICE OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC THAT PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY THERAPY, AS WELL AS, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS. OUR MISSION IS TO UTILIZE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO RESTORE OPTIMAL MENTAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. OUR SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE
OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES (PRP)
THERAPEUTIC BEHAVIORAL SERVICES (TBS)
AUTISM WAIVER SERVICES
SCHOOL BASED SERVICES

Company Description

TIME ORGANIZATION HAS SERVICED THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS!\r\n\r\n WE ARE FULL-SERVICE OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC THAT PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY THERAPY, AS WELL AS, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS. OUR MISSION IS TO UTILIZE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO RESTORE OPTIMAL MENTAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. OUR SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE \r\nOUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH\r\nMEDICATION MANAGEMENT\r\nSUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT\r\nPSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES (PRP) \r\nTHERAPEUTIC BEHAVIORAL SERVICES (TBS)\r\nAUTISM WAIVER SERVICES\r\nSCHOOL BASED SERVICES