Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor

JOB DESCRIPTION:

MEntal Health COUnselor

Position Overview : The Mental Health Counselor provides direct mental health services to students and their families using evidence-based practices and programs that have been deemed culturally and linguistically inclusive with regard to race, ethnicity, culture, language, disability, and homelessness.

Required Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills : Must have a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and experience providing students with interventions. Must be licensed as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor by the state of Kentucky.

Job Duties and Responsibilities :

• Consults with parents, classroom staff, guidance counselors, mental health professionals, and/or other relevant parties and utilizes academic/behavioral data, observations, and crisis assessments (as applicable) to determine the appropriate supports and interventions to meet the unique needs of students and families.
• Provides in-school individual and group therapy services to students.
• Offers family therapy sessions via telehealth.
• Provides supervision to mental health counseling graduate students placed within McCreary County School District’s high-need schools.
• Assists the AUGMENT Project Director and MHSP Coordinator in hosting annual graduate student placement orientations and offering licensure test preparation.
• Works with other mental health service providers to train instructional staff on the use of the Strengths and Abilities Questionnaire and BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) screeners.
• Attends professional learning opportunities provided through AUGMENT , including trainings on Mental Health First Aid, Signs of Suicide, Motivational Interviewing, and Solutions-Focused Brief Therapy.
• Stays abreast of current developments in the school-based mental health counseling field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, and by maintaining professional relationships.

Maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping.