School based mental

Claiborne & Grainger Co. School Based Mental Health Liaison

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The Claiborne & Grainger Co. School Based Masters Level Liaison

Duties :

• Position requires multiple therapy skills; including but not limited to, CBT, TF-CBT, EMDR, play therapy, etc.
• A knowledge of co-occurring diagnosis is recommended.
• Professionalism and the ability to work at both an individual level and as a team is required.
• Duties within the clinic / community change on an ongoing basis so flexibility is essential.

Summary of role of team :

• School based liaison position is a very important part of the team.
• This position is a liaison between the client, school, family and community.
• The below specific duties are value to making the school-based liaison position successful in all areas.

Quality Care

1. Provides individual / family psychotherapy for children ages 4-21.

• Clinician is present and ready to begin session at the appointment time, every session.
• Clinician calls to reschedule any sessions that he / she will be unable to attend or that the consumer missed or canceled 100% of the time.
• Clinician communicates accurate and thorough information to outside agencies 100% of the time when clients need different or more appropriate care that HRMC cannot provide.
• Ensures therapy contacts are completed each month, according to program standards.

2. Provides diagnostic Psycho-Social Assessments

• Clinician completes intakes and assessments within 5 business days of contact.
• Assessments will be completed in coordination with Assessment Team and Client Benefits as evidenced by communicating any issues concerning clients or assessment.
• Clinicians will provide intake coverage, as directed by HRMC Staff

3. Documentation requirements

• Ensures all family / client participation in tx planning as evidence by signatures on tx plans.
• Communicates to Team Leader if referrals become low in weekly supervisions.
• Meet weekly with direct supervisor to discuss clinical and administrative concerns / changes.
• Create and implement treatment interventions that are reflected in progress note documentation based on the treatment plan goals.
• Respond to all voice mails within 30 minutes.
• If licensed, signing the non-licensed clinicians' treatment plans and being available for clinical consult.
• Attend weekly / biweekly treatment teams with school personnel.
• Attend weekly treatment teams and staffing meetings with Services Coordinator / Team Leader and program Psychiatrist.
• Attend and participate in school-based meetings with school personnel and community partners involved in the community schools.

4. Complete all required clinical documentation in accordance with Center Policy and Procedure and funding source guidelines.

• Update treatment plans, crisis plans, consent to contact, DLA-20 and updated admissions signature page every 6 months.
• Completes intakes within 10 days of school referral, as applicable.
• Complete and submit productivity II summaries to Team Leader by the 2nd business day of the month.
• Complete intake treatment plans within 30 days of intake
• Create daily progress notes and sign in EMR within one week of service provided.
• Submit all daily contact logs within one week of the occurrence.
• Submit hand generated productivity to Team Leader by the second working business day of the month.

Summary of position :

• Serves as the primary clinician that provides counseling / liaison services to a predetermined number of children / youth and families in the Claiborne & Grainger County School System.
• Works alongside Claiborne & Grainger County Schools to create a trauma informed school climate, provide consultation and training to staff, and deliver direct therapeutic mental health services to selected schools while providing linkage and coordination to additional wrap around services.
• Clinician provides weekly individual and family psychotherapy to children and adolescents ages 4-21 with a mental health diagnosis.
• Clinician is to provide psycho-social assessments for clients and provides diagnosis and appropriate referrals for clients assessed, as needed.
• Clinician provides crisis intervention and emergency services as needed.
• Interfaces with the school system and other agencies to increase cooperation and consistency between home, school, and community.
• The Master's Level Liaison Counselor provides information and referral, agency linkage, advocacy, home visits, and follow-up services.
• Treatment modalities used by Master's level clinicians providing therapy services include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Play Therapy.
• Functions as a member of a treatment team to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions for children and families.
• This individual will provide counseling activities that are adventure-based in nature and will lead group process and activities with identified children and youth as needed.
• The holder of this position will provide individual, family, and group counseling sessions including initiatives that encourage communication, trust building, and responsibility of actions and clinical process of all activities.
• The holder of this position will be required to do the following and other responsibilities as assigned by his / her direct supervisor :
• Conducts individual, family, and group counseling.
• Provides advocacy, linkage, and referral services as needed.
• Provides mental health assessments, as needed.
• Participates in IEP / 504 and other school related meetings, as applicable.
• Provides parent education.
• Maintains appropriate chart records.
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and other agencies
• Conducts group sessions with children and / or parents.
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and provides therapeutic support, consultation and training.
• Interacts with the Hamblen County Clinic and Care Coordinators to coordinate scheduling and delivery of services.
• Completes all documentation / reports in a timely manner.
• Upholds center policy and procedures, and CARF standards.
• Knowledge / education in RE-ED philosophy
• Provides in-home / community services with clients and / or families.
• Provides coverage in all programming; as needed.

TYPICAL

Last updated : 2024-07-27