Case Management, Clinical Medicine, Communication Skills, Contact Management, Educational Administration, File Maintenance, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Regulations, Service Delivery, Telehealth, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Treatment Plan
LOCATION
Nashville, Tennessee
POSTED
30+ days ago
The STARS Mental Health Therapist will be responsible for providing school-based individual therapy and related clinical services for students in their assigned schools.
As a STARS Mental Health Therapist:
Provides weekly individual therapy for a caseload of students referred to services for a range of presenting issues, which may include the following:
Depression
Anxiety
Trauma-related symptoms
Self-injurious behaviors
Struggles related to family transitions, such as divorce or adoption
Grief and loss
Engagement in oppositional or defiant behaviors
Significant challenges with staying focused or on task in the classroom
Difficulties with emotion regulation and communication skills
Struggles with a range of social/emotional skills
Conflicts with peers, teachers, or family members
Provides case management and follow-up services with students, parents, school personnel and community professionals, which includes making appropriate referral services, as needed.
Collaborates closely with school counselors and/or administrators to identify referrals to the program
Meets with parents/guardians for orientation and intake meetings to review and sign consents and initiate services
Maintains ongoing contact with parents/guardians related to progress toward treatment goals and any other significant developments in treatment
Completes all required clinical paperwork according to deadlines (including assessments, interpretive summaries, treatment plans, safety plans, progress notes, and any other required paperwork) and maintains clinical files
Collaborates with teachers and offers strategies for supporting student's progress toward treatment goals in their classrooms
Meets weekly with the Clinical Supervisor or Director of Clinical Services to review cases and any issues related to the delivery of services or the ESAP program
Engages in all of these services via telehealth in cases in which in-person meetings and interventions are not possible
Collaborates with STARS Counselor and school counseling departments to develop and deliver trainings/presentations as needed on topics related to mental health and wellbeing