Behavioral Health Practitioner - Staples Schools

Northern Pines Mental Health Center; Pillager (MN); On-site; USD 27,844 - 39,657; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Northern Pines Mental Health Center seeks a Behavioral Health Practitioner to join the Children and Families team in a school-based role, with a small in-home caseload in Pillager, MN. The position focuses on providing mental health services to youth and families referred to the center.

Responsibilities include coordinating intake, developing treatment plans, timely documentation, and facilitating individual and group sessions. A driver’s license and prior experience with children are required.

Qualifications

• Must qualify as a mental health practitioner as defined by Minnesota DHS.
• Experience working with children is required.
• Valid driver’s license is required.

Responsibilities

• Respond to referrals and determine services requested.
• Conduct intake sessions with family and collect billing info with supervisor.
• Develop treatment plans and obtain required signatures.
• Ensure documentation (diagnostic assessments, ROI, plans, progress notes) within 24 hours of service.
• Provide content to clients in individual and group settings.
• Facilitate client groups with supervisor and colleagues.
• Maintain contact with referral source as agreed.
• Ensure initial and annual diagnostic assessments are completed.
• Participate in supervision and CTSS reviews and submit progress notes.

Skills

Mental health

Children experience

Driver's license

Education

Master's degree in behavioral sciences

30 credits in behavioral sciences

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Pillager School - Pillager, MN 56473

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $24.50 - $24.50 Hourly

Job Shift: Day

Northern Pines Mental Health Center is proud to offer competitive wages and an exceptional benefits package.

We are seeking a Behavioral Health Practitioner to join our Children and Families team. This full‑time role will primarily operate in a school‑based setting, and will also keep a small in‑home caseload. The general purpose of this position is to provide mental health services to youth and families referred to Northern Pines Mental Health Center.

Essential Functions

• Review and promptly respond to referrals. Clarify frequency and type of services the referring worker is requesting.
• Coordinate and conduct intake sessions to include: complete intake paperwork with the family, obtain billing information, authorizations and continued care requests as needed. This will be done in conjunction with the clinical supervisor.
• Complete a treatment plan consistent with the needs identified in the evaluation, by the family and by the referring worker. Ensure the clinical supervisor signs the treatment plan.
• Ensure all documentation is completed as mandated (current diagnostic assessments, ROI’s and renewing ROI’s, treatment plans, functional assessments, progress notes within 24 hours of service delivery).
• Prepare and provide content to clients in an individual and group setting.
• Facilitate and co‑facilitate client groups as agreed upon with the clinical supervisor and colleagues.
• Maintain contact with the referral source as agreed upon.
• Ensure a diagnostic assessment has been completed initially and annually thereafter.
• Conduct transition planning and referrals as needed.
• Participate in Rule 29 and CTSS Supervision and Consultation at which time progress notes are submitted to the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Must qualify as a mental health practitioner as defined by the Minnesota Department of Human Services in one of the following ways:
  • Has at least 2,000 hours (approximately two years working full‑time) of supervised work experience in the delivery of mental health services.
  • Holds a master's or other graduate degree in behavioral sciences or related fields.
  • Holds at least 30 credit hours in the behavioral sciences or related field and completes a practicum or internship that (1) requires direct interaction with adults or children served, and (2) is focused on behavioral sciences or related fields.
• Experience and training working with children.
• A valid driver’s license.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Disability and Life insurance with additional voluntary options for spousal life, short term disability, accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness plans.
• Health Savings account with employer contribution.
• 401K with employer match.
• Generous paid time off (1st‑3rd year 19 days/152 hours for full time then increases with longevity).
• Nine holidays observed per year: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and a Weather Float Day.
• Supportive of time off for a healthy work/life balance.
• Bereavement Pay.
• Travel reimbursement.
• Paid supervision if working toward independent licensure.

Northern Pines Mental Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please submit a resume and cover letter if interested in applying.