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Or help people navigate the tough spots in their life?
And do it all while working where your hard work is appreciated?

You have a lot of choices in where you work…make the decision to work where you are valued!

Join the McNabb Center Team as the Blount School Based Master's Liaison program today!

The Blount School Based Master's Liaison

Duties:

• Duties include providing evidence-based individual, group, and family therapy to clients and families, coordinating with assigned schools and other McNabb programs to ensure wraparound care is provided, and complete all documentation.

Summary of role of team:

• Functions as a member of a treatment team to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions for children and families.
• The holder of this position will provide individual, family, and group counseling sessions including initiatives that encourage communication, trust building, and responsibility of actions and clinical process of all activities.

Summary of position:

• Serves as the primary clinician that provides counseling/liaison services to a predetermined number of children/youth and families in the Alcoa City School Systems.
• Interfaces with the school system and other agencies to increase cooperation and consistency between home, school, and community.
• Functions as a member of a treatment team to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions for children and families.
• Assessment and Counseling Services provide therapy services and screens individuals for admission to individual therapy or other services such as care coordination, case management, and medication services based on the individual's unique strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences.

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENT

• This position operates primarily in the community within Alcoa City Schools and in the home setting.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; and employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. Moreover, management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, or working schedules based on their duty to accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

1. Works in a multi-disciplinary team approach to meet the needs of persons served.

• Represents the Center professionally in dress, presentation and demeanor.
• Participates in treatment team.
• Work with other professionals in the community, to promote continuity of care and further program development.
• Coordinates with community members to meet the needs of consumers.
• Provide linkage to other community supports, agencies, or services that are appropriate for client.

2. Complete all documentation in compliance with CARF, insurance and funding standards.

• Work with leadership team to ensure grant requirements are met.
• Update required paperwork every 6 months, or sooner if appropriate, with consumers.
• Completes treatment plan within 30 days of initiating treatment.
• All documentation within 24 hours of initiation.

3. Monitoring of treatment effectiveness and compliance.

• Ensure that all policies are accurate, thoroughly documented and consistently applied.
• Make sound decisions when faced with multifaceted problems.
• Devote appropriate time and effort to the development of professional competence as evidenced by attending a minimum of 1 professional training annually.
• Achieve optimal level of desired program goals and outcomes as measured by program productivity standards.
• Meet productivity standards set by the program.
• Attends supervision as scheduled without tardiness.
• Attends administrative team meeting when on site without tardiness.
• Meets QA/QI indicators as set by the program.
• Facilitates evidence-based individual, family, and group therapy.
• Meet weekly with direct supervisor to discuss clinical and administrative concerns/ changes.

COMPENSATION:

• Starting salary for this position is approximately $47,838 /yr based on relevant experience and education.

Schedule:

• This position requires in-person, daily attendance Monday through Friday during school hours.

Travel:

• Travel is required to and from the schools this position serves.
• Client transport may be necessary and would be done with a personal vehicle.

Equipment/Technology:

• Must have basic competency in office applications such as Word and Excel.
• Will have access SurfacePro and Center cell phone for scheduling and completing data entry in the electronic medical record.
• Position requires regular use of a computer, and appropriate phone etiquette.
• Position is required to respond to all voicemails, emails and messages within 24 hours.

QUALIFICATIONS - Blount School Based Master's Liaison

Education:

• Master's degree in Human Services or related field with coursework or experience in the areas of cultural diversity, human development, etiology and treatment of mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse, and intellectual disabilities.
• Demonstrated knowledge and competency in mental health service provision and leadership.
• This position also requires that the employee has an F Endorsement on his/her Driver License to be available to transport individuals as needed.
• This position requires utilizing a personal dependable vehicle to conduct Center business.
• Maintaining a dependable vehicle and certified driver status is a condition of employment.
• Required to be certified in and adequately implement verbal and physical de-escalation techniques.

Experience / Knowledge:

• Must have course work and or experience in the areas of cultural diversity, human development, etiology and treatment of mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse, suicide, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
• One year experience preferred.
• Experience working with children is preferred although applicants may have other skills and experiences that could accommodate this position.
• This person will either possess experience or training in the Re-Education Philosophy or will acquire such training in the course of employment.

Physical:

• Exposure to biological hazards.
• Hearing of normal and soft tones.
• Close eye work.
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. Pushing/pulling up to 150 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching.
• Regular attendance is an essential job function.
• Required to be certified in CPR/First Aid and trained in Handle with Care de-escalation techniques.
• Ability to effectively and ethically counsel children and families.
• Ability to present professionally and work within a team format to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions.
• Ability to effectively run and process groups with children and families.
• Ability to work within a team format to meet positive goals for children and interface with other agencies involved in the ecology of the family.
• Must have mental ability to exercise sound judgment under pressure.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and effective decision-making, ability to set and demonstrate appropriate boundaries, ability to be an empathic listener, flexibility, willingness, and adaptability to working with diverse populations.
• Must also have the ability to communicate effectively and possess good time management and organizational skills.
• An essential job function is a reliable, predictable 40 hour per week job, on site and in the community, with regular attendance.
• Hearing of normal and soft tones.
• Valid driver's license.

Apply today to work where we care about you as an employee and where your hard work makes a difference!

Helen Ross McNabb Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

Helen Ross McNabb Center conducts background checks, driver's license record, degree verification, and drug screens at hire. Employment is contingent upon clean drug screen, background check, and driving record. Additionally, certain programs are subject to TB Screening and/or testing. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.