2023-2024 Licensed Mental Health Practitioner

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:Service Delivery 35%Provide group and individual therapy and classroom support to special education students, general education students, as well as assess student response to the interventions identified.Respond to acute mental health crises and provide appropriate intervention services to students and families.Develop and manage student behavior intervention plans, monitor progress, and provide support and consultation to general and special education teachers to promote implementation.Conducts student and classroom observations to monitor individual student progress Provide on-going consultation to teachers, parents, and other school personnel to support students’ learning, behavioral challenges, and mental health needs. Conduct risk assessments when students present with safety concerns.Acts as a team member who supports mental and behavioral health programming at the Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 levels of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)Workflow Documentation 25%Complete all necessary special education paperwork for special education meetings.Log progress notes with all of the required information about the student’s specific IEP goals, responses to the designated interventions, and plan for upcoming sessions, in a timely manner.Serve as 504 case manager for students with a 504 plan.  Complete paperwork, monitor implementation of accommodations, provide behavior support services when applicable, and log notes when applicable.Collects data to track plan fidelity and monitor progress towards goals for IEPs, Tier 3 plans, and BIPs.Collects social/emotional & behavioral functioning data for students in the referral process. Stakeholder Collaboration 20%Consult and collaborate with school leaders, teachers, and student support team members to offer prevention and intervention strategies to resolve learning and behavioral challenges of students.Support stakeholders in understanding the integration of child development, student academics, and social-emotional functioning. Demonstrate a positive, collaborative, problem-solving mindset with students, parents/guardians, educators, administrators, community members, and colleagues.Work directly with Community Based Organizations to make referrals for students in need of mental health services.Collaborate with the school team to decrease chronic absenteeism and truancy.School and Community Support 20%Serve as the school liaison to social service agencies in the surrounding community.Act as the School-Based Homeless Liaison, identifying and supporting families that are in need of permanent housing through completion of referrals and fulfilling identified needs.Participate in mediations, administrative reviews, discipline hearings, and due process proceedings as it relates to students on caseload.Participate in school Open Houses, Parent-Teacher Conferences and other school events engaging parents outside of normal operating hours