Job Title: Augment Grant Mental Health Counselor

Reports To: Augment Grant Project Director & Coordinator

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Compensation: Commensurate with salary range on the MCSD Salary Schedule.

Job Summary: The Mental Health Counselor provides direct mental health services to students and their families using evidence-based practices and programs that have been deemed culturally and linguistically inclusive regarding race, ethnicity, culture, language, disability, and homelessness.

Qualifications:

• Must have a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling, completed all state requirements, and have experience providing students with interventions.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Consults with parents, classroom staff, guidance counselors, mental health professionals, and/or other relevant parties and utilizes academic/behavioral data, observations, and crisis assessments (as applicable) to determine the appropriate supports and interventions to meet the unique needs of students and families.
• Provides in-school individual and group therapy services to students.
• Offers family therapy sessions via telehealth.
• Provides supervision to mental health counseling graduate students placed within McCreary County School District’s high-need schools.
• Assists the AUGMENT Project Director and MHSP Coordinator in hosting annual graduate student placement orientations and offering licensure test preparation.
• Works with other mental health service providers to train instructional staff on the use of the Strengths and Abilities Questionnaire and BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) screeners.
• Attends professional learning opportunities provided through AUGMENT, including training on Mental Health First Aid, Signs of Suicide, Motivational Interviewing, and Solutions-Focused Brief Therapy.
• Stays abreast of current developments in the school-based mental health counseling field by attending seminars, workshops, or professional meetings, and by maintaining professional relationships.
• Maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull light weights.

***The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so assigned. Responsibilities and duties assigned are at the discretion of the supervisor.

***Contracts are with the district of McCreary County School District, not individual locations. Location assignments are subject to change.