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Join the McNabb Center Team as the Maryville Schools Master's Level Liaison today!

The Maryville Schools Master's Level Liaison

Job Summary

• Serves as the primary clinician that provides counseling/liaison services to a predetermined number of children/youth and families in the Maryville City School System.
• Works alongside Maryville City Schools to create a trauma informed school climate, provide consultation and training to staff, and deliver direct therapeutic mental health services to selected schools while providing linkage and coordination to additional wrap around services.
• Clinician provides weekly individual and family psycho-therapy to children and adolescents ages 4-21 with a mental health diagnosis.
• Clinician is to provide psycho-social assessments for clients and provides diagnosis and appropriate referrals for clients assessed, as needed.
• Clinician provides crisis intervention and emergency services as needed.
• Interfaces with the school system and other agencies to increase cooperation and consistency between home, school, and community.
• The Bridges Master's Level Liaison Counselor provides information and referral, agency linkage, advocacy, home visits, and follow-up services.
• Treatment modalities used by Master's level clinicians providing therapy services include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Play Therapy.
• Functions as a member of a treatment team to plan, implement, and evaluate successful interventions for children and families.
• This individual will provide counseling activities that are adventure-based in nature and will lead group process and activities with identified children and youth as needed.
• 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.

• The holder of this position will be required to do the following and other responsibilities as assigned by his/her direct supervisor:
• Conducts individual, family, and group counseling.
• Provides advocacy, linkage, and referral services as needed.
• Provides mental health assessments, as needed.
• Participates in IEP and other school related meetings, as applicable.
• Provides parent education.
• Maintains appropriate chart records.
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and other agencies.
• Conducts group sessions with children and/or parents.
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and provides therapeutic support, consultation and training.
• Interacts with the Blount County Clinic and Care Coordinators to coordinate scheduling and delivery of services.
• Completes all documentation in a timely manner.
• Upholds center policy and procedures, and CARF standards.
• Knowledge/education in RE-ED philosophy.

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.

COMPENSATION:

• Starting salary for this position is approximately $50,751 /yr based on relevant experience and education.

QUALIFICATIONS - Maryville Schools Master's Level Liaison

Experience:

• 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 mental disabilities.
• 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.

Education / Knowledge:

• 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 mental retardation.
• 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.

Physical/Emotional/Social - Skills/Abilities:

• 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 be capable of assisting in utilizing nonviolent methods of crisis intervention including therapeutic holding.
• 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.
• Required to be certified in and adequately implement verbal and physical de-escalation techniques that include a wide range of bodily movements including but not limited to grasping, holding another person, running, and walking.
• Physical de-escalation techniques will only be implemented at Helen Ross McNabb Center facilities, and not in community settings.
• Hearing of normal and soft tones.
• Close eye work.
• Valid driver's license.
• Lifting up to 50lbs. Frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, and reaching.

Location:

• Blount County, Tennessee

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.