2025-2026 Project Aware Mental Health Clinician

SCSD Project Aware Mental Health Clinician

Project AWARE is a grant that was awarded to three school districts in New Mexico who evidenced a need for support with meeting mental health needs of students. In conjunction with the Project Director and Navigator the Mental Health Clinician will provide direct therapeutic support to students and student families in order to address mental health needs and improve both mental health and educational outcomes.

Therapist Job Responsibilities:

• Establishes positive trusting rapport with students and their families.
• Completes intake assessments with each referred student assigning a diagnosis and recommending appropriate interventions.
• Creates individualized treatment plans in collaboration with students and their families.
• Meets with students regularly to provide counseling treatment and adjust treatment plans as necessary.
• Conducts ongoing assessments of patient progress.
• Conducts risk assessments and builds safety plans to manage high risk behaviors across environments.
• Involves and advises family members when appropriate.
• Refers patients to outside specialists or agencies when necessary.
• Maintains thorough records of patient meetings and progress.
• Follows all safety protocols and maintains client confidentiality.
• Works with SCSD Administration and Project AWARE manager to build policy and procedure to support trauma-focused therapy provision to students.
• Conducts risk assessments and builds safety plans to reduce harm and support management of high risk behaviors.
• Works with Navigator to create a support plan for students and student families to maintain engagement and support between school years.
• Provides clinical services to students one day per week during summer break to ensure continuity of care.
• Collaborates as part of Project AWARE team to improve overall access to mental health and other supports in the Socorro community.

Schedule:

Clinician will follow the school calendar and the high school duty schedule. When school is not in session over the summer the Clinician will be available one full day per week to provide continuity of care and maintain engagement and support for students.

TherapistQualifications/Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Ability to build rapport quickly
• Detail oriented
• Ability to communicate with compassion and empathy
• Strong ability to manage time and prioritize tasks
• Training and experience providing therapy to children and youth using a trauma-focused modality.
• Training and experience conducting risk assessments and building safety plans to address self-harm and suicidal ideation.
• Training and experience providing postvention and crisis response to individuals and/or groups.

Education Experience and Licensing Requirements:

• Masters degree in psychology social work counseling or related field
• Current with all state licensing requirements including LPCC LCSW and LMFT
• Minimum of 2 years clinical experience providing trauma-focused therapy to children and youth

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Employees work:

Standing

60%

Inside

95%

Walking

35%

Outside

5%

Sitting

5%

Total

100%

100%

Requirements While Performing Job:

Physical Activity

Daily: Yes/No

Description

Twist: Waist

Yes

Wrist

Yes

Neck/Shoulder

Yes

Stoop bend

Yes

Squat kneel or crawl

Yes

Repetitive motions of hands or wrists

Yes

Run

No

Climb ladders stairs or equipment

No

Ride equipment

No

Walk on uneven terrain

No

Fine finger dexterity

Yes

Manual dexterity

Yes

Reaching above shoulders

Yes

Reaching at shoulder height

Yes

Reaching below shoulders

Yes

Other

Requirements for pushing lifting pulling or carrying obstacles of weight

No. of lbs. from the floor

Push

Pull

Lift

Carry

Frequency: Explain if daily/weekly/monthly/once in a while

0-25

X

X

Daily

26-50

X

X

Weekly

51-150

Above 150

No. of lbs from chest high

0-25

X

X

Weekly

26-50

X

X

Once in a while

51-150

Above 150

No. of lbs. over head

0-25

X

X

Once in a while

26-50

51-150

Above 150

Must be capable of working under unusual conditions such as:

Chemicals skin irritants such as soaps cleaning agents and others

Yes

Cold/heat of outside work

Confined spaces such as crawl spaces and other small areas

Contact with the public

Yes

Dampness

Electrical

Explosives flammables gas paint thinners

High work spaces

Machine noise

No

Radiation

Sun

Yes

Vibration

Protective equipment required

Vision Demand and Capabilities Hearing Demands and Capabilities

Normal night vision

Normal depth perception

X

Normal depth vision

X

Normal color vision

X

Red/Green/Amber color vision

X

Uncorrected Vision

Corrected Vision

X

Hearing essentially normal

X

Some high tone loss

Significant high tone loss

Low tone loss

Other requirements: Corrected hearing

X

PRIMARY JOB LOCATION:
Multiple Locations

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT (LENGTH OF CONTRACT):
School year asper Board Approved Calendar

EVALUATION PERFORMED BY:
Assistant Superintendent

Socorro Consolidated Schools provides all training required by OSHA to ensure employee safety.