School Based Mental Health Practitioner

• Provides direct mental health and/or substance abuse services that include, but not limited to, intake assessment, individual, family, group counseling, crisis intervention, and prevention
• Completes treatment plans, treatment plan updates, psychotherapy notes, and all other documentation as needed
• Attends regularly scheduled staff meetings, clinical meetings, IEP meetings, and others as needed
• Participates in collection of mental health/substance abuse information and student outcome data to be used for monitoring the overall performance and effectiveness of services provided
• Determines the family and community resources available for treatment and/or placement and makes appropriate arrangements
• Provides crisis intervention and assessment/evaluation, including after hours and on weekends
• Provide follow up and implementation of re-integration plans for students who are returning to school from hospitalizations and/or facility stays
• Be familiar with disciplinary guidelines and at-risk student characteristics/needs, collaborating agency referral guidelines, as well as be familiar with special education regulatory requirements and assistance with process as appropriate
• Foster effective communication with students, parents, and other staff members
• Provide home interventions/visits on a regular basis or as clinically necessary and solicits parents/guardian involvement in program planning and treatment services
• Assists family to locate and appropriately use community resources, agencies, organizations and team members to coordinate service and monitor progress toward treatment goals
• May be required to work an altered schedule and provide clinical services in evenings and weekends
• Other duties as assigned

• Travel is required, maintain car insurance, and driver’s license
• Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Human Services or related field
• Must have at least 2 years’ experience
• Must possess or be eligible to obtain a Nebraska license of LMHP, LCSW, LIMHP, LICSW
• Maintain confidentiality and maintain ethics as dictated by profession
• Skilled in oral and written communication
• Willing to be a team member with all staff

• PTO, Sick, Personal, & Mental Health Days!
• Health, Dental, & Vision
• Life Insurance, Flex Spending Accounts & Supplemental Insurance
• Retirement with Company Match & More!

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