School Based Counselor – Mhs II – III or IV

School Based Counselor – Mhs II – III or IV

Requirements

• A Master’s degree or the ability to attain one, from an accredited college in social work, psychology or another human service-related field is required.
• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in social work, psychology or another human service-related field is required.
• Must have or be able to obtain certification from the Department of Human Services as a Certified Mental Health Investigator.
• Must have or be able to obtain Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor designation or Certified Gambling Addiction Counselor designation.
• Must possess, or have the ability to acquire, knowledge of symptoms and challenges faced by people with mental illness and addictions.
• Must have, or possess the ability to acquire, knowledge about relevant OAR’s.
• Must have the ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing and have the ability to work independently and complete all designated tasks and/or assignments in a thorough and timely fashion.
• Must have skills to effectively communicate with children and adults from diverse backgrounds, and be able to adapt to cultural differences when providing treatment.
• Must have skills to professionally work with the public and the ability to coordinate services across various agencies and community groups.
• Must be able to develop cooperative and respectful relationships with clients and their families.
• Must have knowledge, or the ability to acquire knowledge, about the recovery model.
• Must possess the ability to represent the interest of the customer and the agency in a favorable light in the community.
• Must have the ability to work well with teams and other groups of individuals.
• Must be computer literate and have the ability to type and utilize word processing and other software programs/systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services to children and families. This would include but is not limited to screening, assessment, individual and group therapy, consultation, prevention, education, outreach and all other allowed clinical services.
• Actively participate in joint case planning and coordination with agency employees and relevant agency contractors. Act as a liaison between clients and other agencies. Act as a client advocate when appropriate.
• Actively participate in all group and individual supervision sessions.
• Have the knowledge to work with students to develop skills, such as organization, time management, and effective study habits.
• Provides appropriate information to staff related to the comprehensive school counseling program.
• Fill in for other School Based Counselors within CCS as needed for the Morrow County School District. This requires the ability to be flexible, travel to different locations and translate other work. Adaptability and picking up quickly on unfamiliar case loads and diagnosis is critical.
• Coordinate with CCS clinicians and school team members on goals related to student’s academic success.
• Be a first responder to school crisis and lead involved members through coping skills.
• Shares and receives appropriate information with the teachers, counselors and administrative staff to assist in a collaborative to achieve treatment plan goals.
• Work with other staff and community representatives to initiate new programs, reviews, evaluates and revises existing programs as necessary.
• Perform joint case planning and coordination in areas of behavioral health with other community agencies including but not limited to: schools, group homes, police organizations, district attorney’s offices, courts, community clinics and hospitals and other agencies in the Department of Human Services.
• Provide behavioral health and addiction education, prevention and information to various interest groups. Assist other clinicians in the facilitation of groups as requested. Provide after hours emergency services on a 24 hour, rotating basis to adults and children. This includes telephone consultation and crisis intervention in the community.
• Initiate holds, provide civil commitment investigations, and work with the hospitals, case workers and the state and other individuals/agencies for all individuals in the civil commitment process.
• Complete all paperwork in a way that is professional, clinically sound and timely as prescribed by the OAR’s and other pertinent guidelines. Required to ensure that all paperwork is present, and/or the client record is well maintained.
• Attend trainings, meetings, conferences, etc. as directed by administration and use the information gathered to benefit the agency and the customers.
• Provide intensive children’s treatment services.
• Utilize agency software/computer systems to prepare current client records of treatment and reports as necessary and required.
• Transport clients as required.
• Administer forms for urinalysis testing (UA’s), provide accurate information on the UA’s to clients, in some cases observes the UA, and record all pertinent information.
• Must report all abuse to appropriate legal office, complete all necessary paperwork and investigations, and develop safety plans as required.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.