[2023-2024] High School Mental Health Provider

Overview

Responsibilities

• Embody DREAM’s maxims and ensure that students exhibit the same values;
• Ensure all weekly scheduled mental health services are in compliance with mandates;
• Create Counseling Reports and Quarterly IEP Progress Reports for all students with IEPs by the set deadlines and participate in IEP Meetings when appropriate;
• Maintain updated progress monitoring session notes in NYC DOE SESIS documentation system;
• Support teachers in understanding each learner’s strengths and needs and supporting appropriate differentiated instruction by participating in Grade Team Meetings, completing monthly classroom observations, implementing teacher consults when appropriate, etc.;
• Support students and groups of students through intervention programming in accordance with DREAM’s Response to Intervention;
• Write Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) for students in need when appropriate;
• Embrace and use school culture systems with all DREAM students;
• Collaborate with parents and families to ensure a positive partnership by providing consistent communication aligning to student progress;
• Supervise students’ paraprofessionals and collaborate with them when reviewing the student behavior intervention plan and discussing appropriate strategies when supporting the student, when appropriate;
• Initiate and maintain communication with outside student support agencies (SCR/ACS systems, foster care system) tied to student needs as needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or similar field required;
• New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LCMH); Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) required;
• Certified to provide Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) or experience supervising interns preferred;
• Bilingual (Spanish speaker) highly preferred;
• 3-5 years of previous school-based counseling experience preferred;
• Extensive clinical experience and in-depth knowledge around supporting adolescent youth and families in a diverse, underserved communities;
• Experience facilitating groups and providing crisis intervention with a trauma informed and restorative justice approach;
• Experience working with and navigating through the SCR/ACS systems, foster care system;
• Have a working knowledge of state regulations related to child abuse, neglect, and other urgent care issues;
• Skillful collaborator and case manager with the ability to bringing together all stakeholders to ensure youth is receiving all necessary supports and services;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment;
• Deep embodiment of DREAM’s mission, including a belief that all students can succeed, and organizational values of teamwork, diversity, integrity and fun.

Compensation

• The salary range for incoming Mental Health Providers with a Bachelors is $66,000 to $85,000. The salary range for incoming Mental Health Providers with a Masters is $69,000 to $88,000.
• Incoming salaries are determined based on their number of years of experience as a mental health provider and internal equity. Staff are eligible for annual performance-based salary increases.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for medical plans and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children. Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time and paid holidays, referral bonuses, professional development, an employee assistance program (EAP) and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching up to 4%.

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