31N School Clinician - $63,296 - $82,285

Join our Team

Join our School Based Team at Centra Wellness Network (CWN). The 31n School Based Behavioral Health Services (SBBHS) Program is a subcontract service provided by CWN to school systems in Benzie County. It ensures the development, planning, implementation, and monitoring of high-quality education, skills building and therapeutic services for general education students experiencing mild to moderate emotional disturbances impacting on their educational experience. The school-based clinician meets with students, families, and staff to provide education, prevention, assessment, consultation and treatment for students to achieve socioemotional and academic progress. The Mental Health Clinician provides best practice behavioral health interventions individually and with family members. The employee will complete other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Staff must possess computer, typing, grammar, punctuation, proofreading, transcription, phone proficiencies and excellent communication and customer relations skills to effectively interact with staff, customers, business partners and community stakeholders. Additionally, the employee must exercise independent decision-making and work effectively in a team-based environment. The office will be surrounded by nature, located in Benzie County, just miles from beautiful, freshwater beaches and hiking trails. Benzonia is a short drive to Frankfort, Traverse City, Cadillac, Manistee, and Ludington, charming towns outfitted with shopping, unique restaurants and breweries, and a combination of movie-going options including historic theaters and a drive-in!

Staff at CWN are valued and receive several great benefits including but not limited to:

• Generous Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours (frontloaded and prorated your first year)
• 12 paid holidays
• Premium Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health savings account with annual agency contribution
• Awesome coworkers!

Who We Are

CWN is the publicly funded Community Mental Health Service Provider for Manistee and Benzie Counties. We’re an established company since the early 1980s (some might even call us vintage!) CWN is about making our communities the best they can be one person at a time! We seek to provide excellent support for those who need it the most by helping them find their place in our community and live life to the fullest! By holding each other up, we hold our communities up together. It’s a serious business, but we leave room for fun, team building and staff support. We’re frequently asking, what’s the impact on clients and what’s the impact on staff?

Who You Are

Your superpower is stellar communication and a collaborative team approach. You are known for your:

• Customer Service Skills: You treat clients and your co-workers with dignity and respect. You are professional in appearance and work habits. You set and work within your boundaries.
• Teamwork: You work collectively to enhance team performance. You promote discussions to share knowledge and experience and assist co-workers in contributing to the overall success of the team and agency.
• Communication: You successfully communicate expressively and receptively, including active listening, frequently interpreting and translating facts and information, explaining situations to people and advising them on alternative or appropriate courses of action.
• Productivity and Quality: You provide quality services to clients and their families and meet or surpass expectations set by your supervisor.
• Problem Solving and Decision-Making Skills: You independently identify and solve problems by applying sound problem-solving skills. Your decisions reflect the best interest of the organization, and you accept responsibility for the decisions you make.
• Integrity: You demonstrate honest behavior in all your roles, tasks and responsibilities, and you follow through on your commitments.
• Reliability: You are personally responsible and complete your work in a timely, consistent manner. You are regularly present and punctual, and you work the hours necessary to complete your assigned work.

About the Role

The 31n School Based Behavioral Health Services (SBBHS) Program ensures the development, planning, implementation, and monitoring of high-quality prevention, educational and therapeutic services for general education students experiencing mild to moderate emotional disturbances affecting their educational experience.. The Mental Health Clinician provides best practice behavioral health interventions individually and with family member, in accordance with their scope of practice

Your role is to:

• Assure correct development and implementation of treatment and prevention plans using best practice models.
• Will provide direct mental health and support services to students.
• Administer behavioral health screening tool.
• Clinical documentation in the electronic record includes amount, scope and duration of services provided per the treatment plan.
• Follows agency policy, DCH, CARF, and Medicaid criteria for clinical documentation for all aspects of the medical record including, but not limited to, intake assessments, person-centered plans, person-centered plan reviews, releases of information, progress/activity notes, annual psycho-social assessments, and discharge summaries.
• Ensures excellent teamwork in all aspects of service implementation through regular meetings and consultation with student, teachers, and families.
• Coordinates and facilitates meetings with families and school staff as requested.
• Works collaboratively with all staff and contracted providers.
• Efficiently and effectively communicates information about treatment interventions updating other team members, school staff and families to assure consistency and success for the student.
• Consults with direct supervisor about any concerns or issues that impact students and/or families care or compliance with regulations within CWN or assigned school district.
• Initial and ongoing training, take part in program monitoring and appraisal, reporting and resolving complaints and problems.
• Participate in monthly supervision individually and/or assigned group supervision with other teams.
• Follow all general agency policy and procedures.
• Works collaboratively with community service providers and other community agencies.
• Participates in local collaborative efforts on behalf of the Agency, School and clients as assigned.
• Recommends interventions and/or modifications to a comprehensive person-centered plan assuring they guided by the child and driven by the family system.
• Assure referrals to community providers and inpatient services are made appropriately, that all health care and community resources are provided according to client need.
• Document on time all clinical documentation within the EMR accurately represents the services directed/provided.
• Attentive to use of time, scheduling with students and families, assuring coverage by the team at times schools are open/or in need of added supports.
• Promotes recovery and empowers students and families in their ability to make positive life choices while promoting good mental and physical health.
• Provide individual (according to scope of practice) or small-group counseling to named students in areas such as coping skills, self-esteem, self-regulation, bullying and interpersonal relationships, and other social conflicts.
• Work with classroom teachers and other professional on the development of class-wide interventions, individual interventions, functional behavior assessments and behavior interventions plans.
• Ensures compliance, within the program, with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Participates in data management and reporting.
• Meet regularly with school-based teams to discuss student strengths.
• Maintain exact records, documenting all interactions.
• Up to date training and understanding of current best practices, research and trends regarding.
• skill development, ACES, trauma, and behavior.
• Complete assigned responsibilities within agreed upon or established timelines.
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.
• Understand and work collaboratively with policies and procedures of the school district.
• Aid school personnel as possible with crisis intervention.

We strive to continually improve the access to and the quality of care for our clients, so your supervisor may assign you to complete other tasks.

At CWN, we recognize all people’s vulnerabilities to trauma and traumatic experiences and how that impacts daily living. We use practice models suitable for our job that are evidence based or best practice to support our staff’s daily functions, models of treatment, strength-based initiatives and quality outcomes. We encourage those with lived experience with mental illness, developmental disability, and/or substance use disorders to apply to bring valuable insight and perspective to our agency.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Master Level Social Workers with full licensure, or limited licensure from the State of Michigan, or licensed Master Level Clinicians in another related field of with full licensure, or limited licensure from the State of Michigan. Highly recommended practice applicable to the treatment of behavioral health and SUD preferred. Bachelor Social Work candidate considered with current full licensure by the State of Michigan as a Licensed Bachelor Social Work (LBSW) and enrollment in Master Level Social Work program from an accredited university or college with plans to become a Limited Licensed Master Social Worker (LLMSW) or a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) within 24 months of date of hire.
• Ability to earn Mental Health Professional (MHP) designation as defined by Michigan Department of Community Health, (Examples of MHP include Physician, Psychologist, Licensed Master’s Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor) or can qualify as MHP with proper supervision within a year of employment in this position
• At least 18 years of age.
• Valid Michigan’s driver’s license and good driving record.
• Ability to be certified in First Aid and CPR within 90 days of hire (agency available training)

Benefits:

• Premium healthcare insurance including medical, dental, and vision for individuals, and families
• Health Savings Account with annual employer contribution
• Flex Spending Account
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 160 hours of paid time off (prorated your first year)
• Twelve (12) paid holidays
• Referral Bonus (when you refer someone to join our team)
• Ongoing training and education
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance

Work Environment:

CWN prioritizes a work/life balance. Your supervisor will work with you to utilize flex time and paid time off. You will primarily work in the office with the following schedule:

• Monday through Friday
• Between 8:00am and 5:00pm

You may be required to work hours outside of the regular schedule if assigned by your supervisor to meet clients’ needs.