Culturally Specific Mental Health Associate

This position is responsible for working at the school campus to provide assessment, intervention, case management, and counseling services to students and their families by performing the following duties.

Job Duties

• Provides various support services for students and/or families.
• Utilizes a culturally responsive trauma-informed approach in supporting students and families.
• Provides individual skills focusing on healthy coping strategies and strengths-building.
• Enhances school climate and broadly promotes behavioral health, wellness, and school success for students, families, and staff by conducting ongoing needs assessments, building relationships, and systematically seeking to reduce stigma.
• Conducts assessments of all new students and works with students who opt-in to follow up further to set goals and connect them to resources as desired.
• Completes required client-related paperwork, including federal and state-mandated forms and mental health documentation (a medical necessity for insurance, diagnostic summary, treatment plan, session notes, and program reports).
• Conducts training and builds school and community support to deliver effective school-based mental health services to students and their families through Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Care.
• Collaborates with school staff, caregivers, and other involved providers.
• Delivers, evaluates, and continuously improves interventions using standardized measures and outcomes.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with youth and families of color.
• Keeps accurate, confidential record of case notes documenting sessions and adheres to high professional and ethical standards.
• Builds school and community support for delivering mental health services to students and/or families.
• Seeks opportunities for further training in crisis intervention, case management, record-keeping, solution-focused brief therapy, etc.
• Meets periodically with staff to obtain feedback for case management while maintaining confidentiality.
• Demonstrates an understanding of this community’s traditions, values, and customs when providing care.
• Applies understanding of cultural/racial/ethnic factors, including systemic advantage or disadvantage, generational trauma, and any factors related to non-dominant culture affecting mental health when working with the community.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of employee or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Experience/Education

A bachelor’s degree in social work or a related field is required for this role. In addition to the education requirement, this position requires three years of related experience. This position requires advanced knowledge, skill, ability, and experience working with the Black/African American community including an understanding of the traditions, values, and customs of this community. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be used to satisfy these requirements.

What We Offer

• POIC offers a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow. Our compensation and benefits package represents our commitment to employee health and financial wellness.
• Generous vacation/PTO policy
• Employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Employer-paid Life and Long Term Disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) option
• 403(b) Retirement Plan option
• Twelve paid holidays per year
• Professional growth and advancement opportunities

Application Instructions

Personal Statement That Includes

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit:

• Why you are interested in working for POIC
• How your skills and experience relate to this position
• What you can contribute to our organization and the youth we serve
• Resume

Please send your Personal Statement and Resume to [email protected] with the job title in the subject line.

Applicants who do not submit a Personal Statement that includes the requested information may be disqualified from consideration for the position.