Mental Health Therapist, School-based, Lincoln High School

Purpose

School Based Mental Health Therapists provide mental health services to children and teens within the school-based health center setting and in accordance with the Mental Health Scope of Services. They focus on the full spectrum of care, from promoting healthy development and preventing problems, to long-term intervention and support for students unable to obtain adequate mental health care from other organizations or in a non-school context. Emphasis is on asset and strengths-building; symptom reduction; increasing, stabilizing, and maintaining functioning; and on individual, family, and group modalities. School-based Mental Health Therapists provide services with a variety of therapeutic techniques, including evidence-based practices.

Please note that as a part of the school-based health care program this position is on standby during the summer for approximately eight to ten weeks. School based employees are not paid during the standby period. The duration of the standby period may fluctuate from year to year depending on many factors.

This is a grant funded position

 

Health, Wellness & Retirement benefits:

• Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Retirement with contribution match
• Life & AD&D, pet insurance
• Employee assistance program, & more!

Compensation:  

• The target wage range for this position is $85,633.60 annually to $102,814.40.  
• Final offers are individually based on various factors, including skill set, years of experience, location, qualifications, work schedule and other job-related reasons.

Responsibilities

In this position you will:

• Provide high quality, strengths-based services to clients in alignment with the Scope of Services and productivity expectations.  
• Assist students, parents and school personnel in efforts to remove psychosocial and mental/emotional health obstacles to students’ healthy functioning and academic performance.  
• Provide individual, family, and group therapy; case management; classroom presentations; and psycho-educational services in accordance with the needs of the specific school population and as specified by applicable funding contract(s).  
• Participate in school-wide interventions as appropriate.  
• Assess mental health needs and develop individualized treatment goals for each caseload client.  
• Review and revise treatment goals as clinically appropriate, and at least as frequently as required by applicable funding contract(s).  
• Exchange information within legal and ethical guidelines, with the goal of providing the best individual and team care.  
• Participate actively in multidisciplinary team care provision, including but not limited to, coordinating and integrating client care with other providers within and outside of Neighborcare Health. 
• Perform other duties as assigned  

Key Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities

• Represents Neighborcare core values with integrity:  Social Justice, Cultural Sensitivity, Community, and Excellence  
• Ability to work effectively and respectfully with students of varying ethnicities, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, and gender/sexuality identities.   
• Knowledge of child and adolescent development, group dynamics, and family systems  
• Knowledge of mental health diagnoses  
• Knowledge of school systems and local resources  
• Knowledge of and ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries  
• Knowledge of and ability to maintain legal and ethical professional standards  

Required qualifications:

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling or related field, or PhD in Psychology  
• Active Licensure (LICSW, LMHC, LMFT or Clinical Psychologist) with Washington State Dept. of Health 
• BLS

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior experience with mental health care for children and/or adolescents

About Neighborcare Health:
Since 1968, Neighborcare Health has been removing barriers to health care for our neighbors. We believe everyone deserves a place to call their health care home, where a team of medical, dental and mental health professionals work in collaboration with each patient to develop a personal health improvement plan.

We are one of the largest providers of primary medical, dental and behavioral health care services in the Seattle area serving low-income and uninsured families and individuals, seniors on fixed incomes, immigrants, and people experiencing homelessness. Each year we care for nearly 60,000 patients at our nearl