Student Wellness Clinician – Licensed Clinical Provider

Student Wellness Clinician Licensed Clinical Provider

The Proviso Township High Schools District 209 is seeking a full-time Student Wellness Clinician Licensed Clinical Provider to provide school-based therapeutic and behavioral health support to high school students. This role is intentionally distinct from a traditional School Social Worker or School Counselor position. The Student Wellness Clinician serves as a licensed clinical provider within the school setting, offering assessment, therapeutic intervention, crisis support, safety planning, family consultation, care coordination, and collaboration with school teams.

The ideal candidate is a skilled adolescent clinician who can build trust with students, work effectively in a high school environment, and provide clinically sound, developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide individual, group, and family-based therapeutic support to high school students.
• Conduct clinical screenings, psychosocial assessments, risk assessments, and wellness evaluations.
• Develop and monitor individualized clinical support or treatment plans.
• Support students experiencing concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, emotional dysregulation, school avoidance, family stress, peer conflict, substance-use concerns, self-harm risk, or suicidal ideation.
• Provide crisis assessment, safety planning, post-crisis follow-up, and re-entry support after hospitalization or extended absence.
• Collaborate with administrators, school counselors, school social workers, psychologists, nurses, teachers, families, and community providers.
• Consult with school teams while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and clinical boundaries.
• Coordinate referrals to outside mental health providers, hospitals, crisis teams, substance-use services, or higher levels of care when needed.
• Maintain timely and confidential documentation in accordance with district procedures, professional ethics, and applicable laws.
• Support wellness education, prevention efforts, and student support initiatives as appropriate.
• Practice within the ethical and legal scope of the employee's professional license.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Master's degree or higher in social work, counseling, clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or a related mental health field.
• Current clinical or professional license, or eligibility for licensure, in Illinois. Acceptable credentials may include LCSW, LCPC, LPC, LMHC, LMFT, or an equivalent state-recognized clinical credential.
• Experience providing direct mental health, counseling, therapy, or behavioral health services to adolescents.
• Training or experience in clinical assessment, crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, treatment planning, and documentation.
• Knowledge of adolescent development, trauma-informed care, mandated reporting, confidentiality, family systems, and culturally responsive practice.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with students, families, school staff, administrators, and community partners.
• Successful completion of all district-required background checks and employment requirements.
• Preferred:
  Independent clinical licensure. Three or more years of experience providing clinical services to adolescents. Experience in a high school, school-based health center, community mental health agency, hospital-based adolescent program, youth-serving nonprofit, or other adolescent clinical setting. Training in evidence-informed approaches such as CBT, DBT skills, trauma-focused interventions, motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, grief support, or family engagement. Experience with suicide risk assessment, crisis response, safety planning, and re-entry support.
  
  Familiarity with FERPA, HIPAA where applicable, Section 504, special education processes, and school-based confidentiality considerations. Bilingual or multilingual ability, depending on district needs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Build trusting, developmentally appropriate relationships with high school students.
• Provide clinical services in a school setting while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Respond calmly and effectively to student crises.
• Communicate clearly with students, families, school staff, and outside providers.
• Balance direct service, documentation, consultation, crisis response, and care coordination.
• Use inclusive, affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive practices.
• Maintain confidentiality, professional ethics, and sound clinical judgment.

Role Clarification:

This position is not a traditional School Social Worker or School Counselor role. While collaboration with those professionals is essential, the Student Wellness Clinician's primary responsibility is to provide licensed clinical wellness and behavioral health services to students. The role is not primarily responsible for academic advising, schedule changes, college and career counseling, attendance…