Mental Health and Wellness Specialist

• Position Type:
  Special Education/ Specialist
• Date Posted: 5/28/2025
• Location:
  
  School Board Office

Student Mental Health and Wellness Specialist

Reports To:

Director of Special Education

The primary responsibility of the Student Mental Health and Wellness Specialist is to provide building level support and intervention for students in grades Pre‑K through 5 who are identified as exhibiting behavioral difficulties which impede their social/emotional development and academic success. Additional responsibilities will include district wide coaching and staff training.

• Supports and assesses behavioral programs for students in a therapeutic and behaviorally supported educational environment.
• Provides staff development and works collaboratively with teachers, paraprofessionals and support staff to demonstrate best practices, therapeutic interventions and strategies.
• Integrates techniques to enhance instruction for students with social, communication, behavioral and learning challenges.
• Collaborates with staff to develop an understanding of a variety of methods to improve student behavior.
• Assists with the development of behavioral assessments and behavioral intervention plans.
• Provides individual counseling or connects students requiring intensive levels of support to community based counseling based services.
• Plans and confers with the classroom teacher, building administrators as requested concerning any behavioral, social, or personal problems affecting the students.
• Assists staff with the development of crisis prevention and intervention plans.
• Assists as needed with the crisis assessment team to determine the level of threat and follow through with recommended interventions.
• Assists in developing crisis plans for students in collaboration with community based resources.
• Attends and makes recommendations for student support/intervention meetings (e.g. Child Find meetings, Support plan meetings, School Based Team, IEP meetings, 504 Plan meetings, etc.).
• Coordinates and conducts individual and group parent education sessions with families as needed.
• Assists in developing and maintaining home‑school relations in crisis situations with students.
• Monitors student data and makes adjustments to behavior support plans as needed.
• Assists with the development and maintenance of program evaluation procedures.
• Assists with case‑management and team problem‑solving with other school and district staff, agency personnel and other appropriate professionals on a regular basis.
• Demonstrates patience, respect, a receptive attitude towards students of varied academic and behavioral levels of need and abilities.
• Utilizes professional knowledge and skills to assure implementation and maintenance of intervention plans.
• Identifies, documents, makes recommendations, and reports data on students' behavior based on trends and research.
• Receives training on approved de‑escalation techniques and physical intervention methods, and utilizes those methods when deemed necessary.
• Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and development by keeping current with the literature and new research findings, and by attending professional development as appropriate.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Student Mental Health and Behavior Support Coordinator, Director of Special Education, Superintendent, or designee.

• Thorough knowledge of federal and state mandates and local procedures and regulations relating to special education programs.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to effectively relate with persons from a diverse social and economic background.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related software packages, hardware and peripheral equipment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other school personnel, parents and community agencies.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, students and parents.
• Ability to travel frequently to and from schools/agencies within and without division.

• Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or…