SHA Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is seeking a SHA Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician to provide crucial services for mental health and social emotional learning in school settings. In this full-time role, you will offer direct clinical services, collaborate with staff, and engage with families and community partners, aiming to enhance the overall health and well-being of students. This position demands strong communication skills, clinical knowledge, and a dedication to improving care for diverse populations.

Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience in clinical settings with children, adolescents, and families preferred.
• Clinical licensure in North Carolina needed.
• Extensive knowledge of child and adolescent development and evidence-based therapeutic approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient, evidence-based mental health evaluation and counseling for students.
• Develop treatment plans with students and guardians.
• Consult with teachers regarding students’ behavioral services.

Skills

Bilingual (Spanish)

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Education

Master’s Degree in Social work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Counseling

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Job Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

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The School Health Alliance Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician ensures behavioral health services are coordinated to enhance the continuum of mental health and social emotional learning for students. These services may involve direct clinical services, and the related coordination of care, and consultation with school staff, families, and community agencies in collaboration with specialized instructional support personnel. The SHA Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician provides direct clinical services to students, collaborates with and provides consultation and professional development to school staff, and connects with other support agencies within Forsyth County to implement a full continuum of behavioral health/mental health services within the school district.

Position requires extensive knowledge of child and adolescent development, clinical evaluation and diagnostic skills, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Position also requires familiarity with community resources available to individuals and families. The SHA Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician must communicate well verbally and in writing. The employee must demonstrate self-direction, high initiative, and strong organizational skills. Strong clinical documentation skills are required and expected. The position requires ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting. The provider must also be able to work with interruptions, and be comfortable interacting with individual clients, families, and groups.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Master’s Degree in Social work, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, or Counseling.

3 years’ experience working in related clinical settings with children, adolescents, and families is preferred.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:

Clinical licensure in the state of North Carolina to practice in the discipline of the Master’s Degree.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide outpatient, evidence-based mental health evaluation and individual and family counseling services for students.
• Complete mental health risk screenings for students using established SHA protocols.
• Interpret evaluation findings and therapy progress to student and family members, as appropriate
• Develop treatment plans and assist in goal formulation with students and parent(s)/guardian(s)
• Provide crisis interventions to students, and serve as members of the Area Crisis Response Team.
• Consult as needed/indicated with teachers and school staff about students’ classroom management and behavioral/emotional services
• Document mental health information in medical records according to SHA policies and Medicaid Outpatient Behavioral Health Services Clinical Coverage Policy No. 8-C.
• Participate in outreach to students for SHA services and enrollment completion at billing sites
• Network with school personnel and community resources to coordinate referrals and services
• Report suspected child abuse, neglect, and dependency to community agencies
• Consult on behavioral health services and provide training for schools (for students and staff).
• Assist in the coordination and support of transitions of students from hospital or homebound
• Collaborate with school teams and Specialized Instructional Support Personnel to provide supports to students in need of behavioral health services.
• Collaborate with the EC department for students entering the EC program with behavioral needs.
• Provide counseling support through Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and general education plans.
• Adhere to the professional code of ethics.
• Support/adhere to the philosophy, objectives, and policies of the WS/FCS and the SHA/Student Health Centers
  
  
  

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Bilingual (Spanish)

Experience in psychiatric settings

Experience working with children and adolescents

Experience in family counseling

Knowledge of the school system supports and resources for students

Demonstrates proficiency in the use of DSM 5 criteria

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Proficient in computer skills

Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Establishes positive working relationships and works to reduce workplace conflict

Embraces change in a rapidly changing health care environment

Demonstrates knowledge of mental health system and reforms

Social work experience in a healthcare setting desirable

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Subject to many interruptions

Subject to irregular hours

About Us

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.

About The Team

Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments

Mission

To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all.

Vision

To be the first and best choice for care.

Culture Commitments

We create a space where all Belong

We Work as One to make great things happen

We earn Trust in all we do

We Innovate to better the now and create the future

We drive for Excellence – always

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care and Research Services

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