School Based Mental Health Specialist in Salida, Colorado at Solvista Health

General Purpose

The School-based Mental Health Specialist (SBMHS) provides school personnel with training, consultation, and implementation planning to promote mental health and well-being for school aged children and adolescents across our region. This position may also provide and oversee the provision of psychosocial and mental health care in school and office settings for selected clients and families.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

School Based Mental Health Specialist

· Use the multi-tiered systems of mental health support (MTSS) framework to partner with school personnel to enhance mental health prevention, education, and consultation support.

· Complete evidence-based needs assessments to identify opportunities in programming and to determine school-based interventions to meeting the identified area of need.

· Provide training, assistance, and consultation to schools to assist with implementation of mental health initiatives based on data from needs assessment and MTSS framework.

· Train school staff on mental health initiatives.

· Provide consultation as needed and refer to community resources as appropriate.

· Attend monthly Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) SBMHS Supervision Meetings.

· Coordinate the delivery of mental health trainings and train school staff to deliver these trainings on an ongoing basis.

· Complete all required reporting and documentation including monthly and quarterly reports.

· Serves as an information resource to clinical team.

· Participates in job-related training sessions and seminars.

· Links client to Crisis Services when needed.

· Refers to and coordinates with appropriate emergency services.

· Continually assesses client’s behavioral health status.

· Provides evidence-based intervention strategies to improve client functioning and adherence.

· Acts as the lead liaison between client, psychiatrist, and other key providers for clients.

· Provide resources as needed to encourage client’s progress in accomplishing treatment goals.

· Collaborate with medical providers and/or additional service providers to coordinate care.

· Provide a care management approach around psychosocial/behavioral health needs.

· Documents in EHR all patient contacts and other important clinical information.

· Attends required staff meetings.

· Maintains prompt and regular attendance.

· Performs other duties as assigned.

Education or Formal Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, mental health counseling, or human service-related field.

Experience

• Ideal candidate will have clinical experience and training but also willing to provide training and experience under direct supervision.

For position openings where sign-on bonus is present

• Any former employee who separated within the last 180 days is ineligible for said bonus option.
• Internal applicants are not eligible to receive said sign-on bonus.

Summary of Equal Opportunities and Accommodations

Solvista Health is deeply committed to building a workplace and community where inclusion is not only valued but prioritized. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources at humanresources@solvistahealth.org, or by phone at 719-275-2351.