Float / Crisis Mental Health Clinician — School-Based Services
Position Title: Float / Crisis Mental Health Clinician Location: Barrow County, Georgia — multiple school sites Employment Type: Contract, part-time or full-time options available Reports To: Clinical Supervisor / Program Director Start Date: Upon contract award and district approval Service Setting: Middle and high schools, grades 6–12
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced clinician to serve as a Float / Crisis Mental Health Clinician for school-based mental health services in Barrow County. This role will provide flexible coverage across multiple middle and high schools, support urgent student needs, conduct risk assessments, cover clinician absences, assist with referral surges, and provide short-term counseling support when needed.
This position is ideal for a clinician with strong crisis skills, sound clinical judgment, and experience working with adolescents in school, community, outpatient, or crisis settings.
Primary Responsibilities
The Float / Crisis Clinician will:
· Provide crisis support and risk assessments for students as requested.
· Respond to urgent clinical concerns in coordination with school personnel and agency leadership.
· Provide temporary caseload coverage for assigned school-based clinicians.
· Assist with high-volume referral periods and waitlist reduction.
· Provide short-term individual counseling, stabilization support, and safety planning as appropriate.
· Support group counseling or psychoeducational programming as needed.
· Document crisis contacts, interventions, risk assessments, safety plans, referrals, and follow-up actions accurately and timely.
· Coordinate with parents/guardians, school staff, mobile crisis, community providers, and emergency supports when clinically appropriate.
· Follow mandated reporting, safety, suicide risk, and district notification protocols.
· Support school teams following critical incidents, grief events, behavioral escalations, or student safety concerns.
· Maintain compliance with FERPA, HIPAA, ethical requirements, and district confidentiality expectations.
· Participate in clinical supervision, case review, and program quality assurance.
Required Qualifications
Applicants must have:
· Active Georgia clinical license, preferably LPC, LCSW, LMFT, licensed psychologist, or equivalent independently licensed behavioral health credential.
· Master’s degree or higher in counseling, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or related behavioral health field.
· Demonstrated experience with adolescent crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, de-escalation, and mandated reporting.
· Experience working with children/adolescents in school, outpatient, crisis, hospital, mobile crisis, child welfare, or community behavioral health settings.
· Ability to travel between school sites in Barrow County during the school day.
· Ability to respond calmly and professionally to urgent student needs.
· Strong clinical documentation skills.
· Ability to pass all required background checks and district clearance procedures.
Preferred Qualifications
· Training in suicide assessment and prevention, such as Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, ASIST, QPR, CAMS, or comparable training.
· Experience with trauma-informed crisis response.
· Experience with school threat/risk assessment collaboration.
· Prior work with middle school and high school populations.
· Experience supporting students with anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm concerns, grief, behavioral escalation, family crisis, or peer conflict.
· Bilingual ability preferred but not required.
· Experience coordinating with mobile crisis, psychiatric hospitals, community providers, DFCS, law enforcement, or emergency responders.
Required Application Documents
Applicants must submit:
· Current resume or CV.
· Copy of active Georgia clinical license.
· License verification information, including license number and expiration date.
· Copy of graduate transcript showing degree conferral.
· NPI number and NPPES profile information.
· Proof of professional liability/malpractice insurance, if independently insured.
· Copies of crisis intervention, suicide prevention, trauma-informed care, or risk assessment certifications/trainings.
· Three professional references, preferably including one clinical supervisor or crisis services supervisor.
· Consent to background check and school district clearance process.
· Copy of government-issued ID, upon conditional offer.
· Documentation of eligibility to work in the United States, upon conditional offer.
· Current CPR/First Aid certification, if available.
· Mandated reporter training certificate, if available.
Work Schedule
Flexible school-day availability required. This role may include scheduled campus coverage plus urgent response availability during agreed-upon school service hours.
Compensation
Contract rate or salary will be based on licensure level, crisis experience, availability, and contract funding.
Pay: $55.00 - $65.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
