POSITION TITLE: School-Based Children’s Therapist (Licensed or Licensed Eligible)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Possession of a Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or other mental health related field from an accredited graduate school. Must be licensed or licensed eligible. (LPC, LMFT, LBP, LCSW)
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Ability to establish working relationships with clinical, administrative, and support staff as well as school administration and staff in order to develop professionalism and coordination within the team.
Professional presentation of oneself at all times with the ability to establish and maintain effective, cooperative working relationship with fellow employees, clients, community partners, and the general public while maintaining objectivity and a positive, collaborative, emotionally intelligent attitude.
Must possess good working knowledge of community social service resources, effective crisis management skills, behavioral health resources, ability to provide trauma-informed care and a commitment to the Sanctuary Model components and philosophies.
Ability to communicate clearly and in an emotionally intelligent manner with clear, polite, and respectful communication with staff, clients served, administration, community partners- in person, through written correspondence and on the telephone.
Ability to consistently practice and promote the Sanctuary Model’s seven commitments of: non-violence, emotional intelligence, social learning, open communication, social responsibility, democracy, and growth/change as well as safety planning and community meetings.
Willingness to meet individuals and families in their environment, including homes, school/work, and community.
Be responsible for seeing that all services provided to any client to whom he/she is assigned will be properly charted and reported within agency standard timelines. (48 hours after providing services). Domain A, C, D
Use the current edition of criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (American Psychiatric Association 2013) to assess substance-related disorders and Axis I and Axis II mental disorders. Domain A, B,C,D
To provide services consistent with the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) model implemented by Tulsa Public Schools and the Sanctuary Model assuring that care is child-centered, trauma-informed with the needs of the child and family directing the types of services provided and referred to, Domain A, B, C, D, E
Maintain close communication with immediate supervisor, TPS employees involved in PBIS program and other clinical and administrative staff in order to assure the highest quality services are delivered to the person served and his/her family. Domain A,B,C,D,E
Will participate in District meetings, such as child study team meetings, educational team staffing, IEP meetings, parent conferences or other meetings as mutually agreed upon by both the school and agency. Domain A,C,D
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to move from location to location, bending, stooping, lifting 25 pounds, communicate clearly, prepare written communications, present information to other employees, process complex information within established procedures/programs, enter data to various programs.
REQUIRED TRAINING: (Initial and Annual Re-certifications required unless indicated otherwise)
New Hire Orientation & Essential Learning Training
TheraOp Training (non-violent physical interventions)
Co-occurring Disorders/Substance Abuse
Annual Workplace Violence
Annual Safety & Fire Training
through with their position responsibilities. (i.e. looking for a signed consent, locating insurance information.) Information should be requested through the Medical Records staff initially or under the supervision of Medical Record staff.
