Mental Health Professional

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth
1100 Adams Ave Audubon PA 19403

JOB DESCRIPTION: MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

FLSA: Exempt
Reports To: Program Leader
Organization Summary:
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) is a human services nonprofit organization serving North Carolina Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Ohio Vermont New York and Wisconsin. Founded in 1970 and incorporated in 1983 TLC is one of the regions longest-serving nonprofit organizations providing alternative education coaching and counseling services to public school students and their families. For more information please visit .
Position Summary:
The Mental Health Professional will be responsible for working collaboratively to provide comprehensive mental health services including assessment individual and group therapy linkages to psychiatric services and case management.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Promote early identification and intervention for students experiencing mental health challenges.
Perform assessments using universal screening tools to identify students strengths mental health concerns behavioral issues and their appropriateness for services.
Develop a comprehensive individualized treatment plan that addresses students holistic needs
Provide individual and group therapy.
Provide therapy for students identified with autism.
Provide therapy for students with contraindicating diagnoses.
Connect students with psychiatric services for medication management and/or psychiatric care as necessary.
Support school staff in addressing students behavioral challenges.
Connect students and their families to community resources and supportive services as necessary.
Crisis prevention intervention and response in partnerships with schools crisis response teams.
Provide professional development learning consultation and coaching services for licensed and certified mental health staff and school staff as requested.
Work with building administrators counseling staff and parents to meet student educational and social-emotional needs.
Enhance student academic achievement attendance and overall success through mental health interventions using ongoing data collection and progress monitoring.
Provide aftercare services for students who have returned to school following treatment.
Participate in student meetings.
Skills:
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Ability to work effectively on a multi-disciplinary school team
Ability to communicate clearly with school leadership and staff as well as students
Ability to maintain appropriate confidential records and reports.
Education and Experience:
Masters degree from an accredited school of social work school counseling counseling or related program.
Trained as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).
Trained in the provision of therapy for youth identified with autism.
Trained in the provision of therapy for youth with contraindicating diagnoses.
Experience providing direct services to students.
Experience working collaboratively with school leadership and staff to address students mental and behavioral health.
Experience with family outreach and engagement.
Experience with crisis intervention.
Work Environment:
This position is situated in a Therapeutic Support Classroom.
Work Hours:
This is a 10-month full-time position.
EEO Statement:
TLC is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and does not discriminate on any legally recognized basis including but not limited to race age color religion sex marital status national origin citizenship ancestry physical or mental disability veteran status or any other basis recognized by federal state or local law.