School Based Mental Health Clinician

Join Griffith Centers as a School-Based Mental Health Clinician!
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of students and families Griffith Centers is seeking dedicated School-Based Mental Health Clinicians to support students in Adams 14 Schools. If you are committed to providing compassionate mental health services in a school setting we want to hear from you!

What We Offer:

• Salary range: $50000/yr - $55000/yr. based on working 44 weeks out of the year (8 weeks off in the summer)
• Potential to earn quarterly bonus up to $2000
• Medical dental vision and voluntary benefit
• Participation in our 403b retirement plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Colorado sick leave in accordance with Colorado Health Families and Workplaces (HFWA)
• 10 Vacation Days (40 hours available after 6 months of employment and accruals based on years of service)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and training/certification opportunities

Responsibilities:

• Provides a broad array of therapy services to adolescents children and their families that are referred by the school district in a school based setting .
• Establishes and maintains effective collaborative relationships with school and district professionals to ensure seamless integration of mental health services.
• Maintains contacts with relevant persons and agencies that impact child and family functioning to coordinate service delivery and develop resources for effective discharge planning.
• Ensures timely and accurate completion of all client-related documentation adhering to regulatory standards and best practices.
• 80% of the time will be spent doing clinical work 20% of the time will be spent doing care coordination with other school

Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Social Work Psychology or Child Development from a regionally accredited college or university
• Must have the capability to register in DORA as Registered Psychotherapist LMFT LPCC LPC LSW LCSW or licensed candidate.
• Must have had a clinical internship and two years of clinical counseling work preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Able to work with sensitivity to the cultural and/or socioeconomic diversity of the agencys clients and staff.
• Must possess a valid state drivers license and be able to drive on behalf of the company.
• Ability to work with sensitivity to the cultural and/or socioeconomic diversity of the agencys clients and staff.
• Must successfully complete a comprehensive background screening as a condition of employment in accordance with organizational and Behavioral Health Administrationsregulations. This screening includes initial and ongoing state criminal background checks fingerprinting sex offender registry searches and abuse and neglect clearances. If the employee has lived in any other state within the past three years equivalent background and abuse/neglect checks from those states will also be conducted.

Why Griffith Centers

• Community Impact: Be part of a team that is dedicated to serving the local community and making a difference in the lives of children and families.
• Values-Driven Culture! Embody our core values: service oriented psychological and physical safety ethical passionate and collaborative and see how they can transform lives.
• Exciting Challenges: Thrive in a fast-paced community setting that creates dynamic vibrant and diverse activities and interactions and every day presents new opportunities for growth and learning.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Griffith Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of disability or any other status protected by applicable federal state or local law.

ADA Compliance: If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please contact HR at

Drug-Free Workplace: As a federal contractor Griffith Centers maintains a policy of a drug-free workplace. Candidates for employment must pass a drug screen and all employees are subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident testing.

Employment with Griffith Centers is at-will. Except as may be required by state law employment with Griffith Centers is at-will meaning that either you or Griffith Centers may terminate the employment relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without notice subject only to applicable law. All employees may be subject to an initial evaluation period of approximately 90 days; however this initial evaluation does not guarantee any term of employment and completion of the introductory period does not alter the at-will nature of employment.