Senior Day Treatment Counselor

The Senior Day Treatment Counselor will work as a part of an interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive mental health support to students within a school setting. As part of this work you will develop and implement treatment plans that enhances the students socialemotionaland behavioral functioning in school home and community and reflects the perspectives of the student family and other involved supports.Day Treatment counselors conduct individual and group therapy provide family support and case management and offer classroom support as needed. Senior Day Treatment Counselors monitor support and evaluate the clinical work offered by assigned staff.

About the Program:

Racker is expanding Day Treatment programs in partnership with Onondaga-Cortland-Madison (OCM) BOCES and the local school districts to help young people with emotional and behavioral needs. Students in the Day Treatment program receive comprehensive mental health services that are integrated into their academic program. Join our integrated team of providers including social workers psychologists a child psychiatrist a psychiatric nurse practitioner and a medication coordinator. Our high level of staffing allows us to provide an intensive level of assessment mental health support and skill building. We serve ages 5 21 from eight component school districts. The Day Treatment program is expanding into the Liverpool location. If you are interested in being part of a budding team in a new location this is an opportunity to make a big difference.

Leadershipresponsibilities:

• Provide individual clinical supervision andfacilitatepeer supervision groups.

• Provide orientation and mentoring tonew staff.

• Chair and attend program meetings.

• Coordinate team consultation on clinical issues as needed.

• Coordinatefacilitate and document treatment planning.

• Review programmatic issues and staff development needs with Director of Counseling for School Success.

• Provide coverage and serve as seniorclinicalrepresentative on site in theabsence of Program Director and/or Director.

• Represent the program as requested by the Program Director of Counseling for School Success.

Direct service to students:

• Design and implement a comprehensive treatment program for each assigned student that will enhance their socialemotionaland behavioral functioning in school at home and in the communityandthatreflects the perspectives of the student family and other involved supports.

• Provide individual and group therapy to students

• Act as a case manager to coordinate treatment goals

• Provide crisis intervention support to students in need

• Complete assessments that are recommended for improved diagnostic understanding treatmentplanningand immediate crisis intervention
• Offer and deliver a full continuum of family support and therapy services and keep families fully informed on their childs progress
• Gather and share treatment-related information with team members
• Maintain open and direct communication with team members and negotiate and resolve differences
• Engage andparticipatein clinical supervision
• Complete all documentation per Office of Mental Health and program guidelines

• Education/Certification:Masters Degree in Social WorkplusLCSWwithin30 daysofhire;orMasters Degreein relevant mental health field withappropriate certificationin the field of specialty.

• Experience:Understanding ofthe needs of children with socialemotionaland behavioral problems and the needs of their families.Understanding ofclinical supervision perspectives and in educational settingspreferred.

• Qualities:Ability tooperatestandard office equipmentability to provide effective mental health support to youth and their families and function as a member of a multidisciplinary team