School Mental Health Patient Navigator

                    

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Job Title

School Mental Health Patient Navigator

                        

Location

Strongsville

                    

Facility

Strongsville Fam Health Surg Center

                     

Department

Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health-Children's Institute

                      

Job Code

T9991W

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

When you join the Cleveland Clinic’s Strongsville Family Health and Surgery Center team, you become a caregiver at one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. This patient-friendly facility offers a wide array of services to provide patients with unparalleled care and support. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless appreciation and build a rewarding career.  

 

Join the School Mental Health Program! We are a dynamic and highly collaborative interdisciplinary team aimed at helping students address mental health challenges that may be impacting their success. As part of this unique treatment team, you will work alongside psychiatry, Cleveland Clinic Mental Health professionals, primary care providers, school personnel, caregivers, and students themselves. The Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist plays a pivotal role by managing program referrals, coordinating care, linking students and caregivers to resources, conducting comprehensive assessments, and providing multigenerational clinical services. This role offers exciting learning opportunities with the support of an experienced and mission-oriented team.  

School Based training locations: Lakewood, Garfield Heights, Berea  

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am—5:00pm.  

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Utilize specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients.  

• Provide individual, group, family and crisis counseling.  

• Utilize a clinical focus across the mental health spectrum, from anxiety and depression to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  

• Participate in the development and implementation of assessments based on interdisciplinary treatment plans.  

• Consult with team members, statutory/voluntary agencies and relatives to ensure compliance with the patient treatment plan.  

• Act as a liaison between patients, families, community support workers and facilities to obtain information and facilitate discharge planning.  

• Educate and provide resources to patients and families.  

• Supervise and/or train lower-level social workers, students or interns.  

• Process paperwork and complete clinical documentation.  

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Master's Degree in Social Work 

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), OR Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision (LISW-S), OR Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), OR Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC