Knox BRIDGES Master's Level Liaison

Help Others, Make a Difference, Save a Life. Do you want to make a difference in people's lives every day? Or help people navigate the tough spots in their life? And do it all while working where your hard work is appreciated? You have a lot of choices in where you work…make the decision to work where you are valued! Join the McNabb Center Team as the Knox BRIDGES Master's Level Liaison program today!

The Knox BRIDGES Master's Level Liaison Duties:

• Conducts individual, family, and group counseling
• Provides advocacy, linkage, and referral services as needed
• Provides mental health assessments, as needed
• Participates in IEP and other school related meetings, as applicable.
• Maintains appropriate chart records
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and other agencies
• Conducts group sessions with children and/or parents.
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and provides therapeutic support.
• Completes all documentation in a timely manner.
• Upholds center policy and procedures, and CARF standards.

• Serves as the primary clinician that provides counseling/liaison services to a pre-determined number of children/youth and families in the Knox County School (KCS) System.
• Clinician provides weekly individual and family psychotherapy to children and adolescents ages 4-21 with a mental health diagnosis.
• Clinician is to provide psycho-social assessments for clients and provides diagnosis and appropriate referrals for clients assessed, as needed.
• Clinician provides crisis intervention and emergency services as needed.
• Interfaces with the school system and other agencies to increase cooperation and consistency between home, school, and community.
• The Bridges Master's Level Liaison/ Counselor provides information and referral, agency linkage, advocacy, home visits, and follow-up services.
• Treatment modalities used by Master's level clinicians providing therapy services include but are not limited to:
  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Play Therapy.

• Job duties are primarily performed in the school setting, but services are also provided in the homes, community and office setting.
• This position is year-round, 40 hours per week and is not limited to the school schedule.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive; and employee will also perform other reasonable related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. Moreover, management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, or working schedules based on their duty to accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

• Provides individual/family psychotherapy for children ages 4-21.
• Clinician is present and ready to begin session at the appointment time, every session.
• Clinician calls to reschedule any sessions that he/she will be unable to attend or that the consumer missed or canceled 100% of the time.
• Clinician communicates accurate and thorough information to outside agencies 100% of the time when clients need different or more appropriate care that HRMC cannot provide.
• Ensures therapy contacts are completed each month, according to program standards.
• Communicates to Team Leader in weekly supervision if referrals become low to ensure adequate and timely caseload assignments of clients on referral list
• Meet weekly with direct supervisor to discuss clinical and administrative concerns/changes.

• Clinician completes intakes and assessments within 5 business days of contact.
• Assessments will be completed in coordination with Assessment Team and Client Benefits as evidenced by communicating any issues concerning clients or assessment.
• Clinicians will provide intake coverage, as directed by Team…