Mental Health Specialist

Facilitates group, individual and family therapy for children and adolescents. The IOP Clinician also collaborates with other service providers, school personnel and Intermediate Unit staff to ensure quality care. The IOP Clinician delivers behavior interventions to children and adolescents to promote academic success. Caseworkers at Crossroads Partial Hospital Program provide leadership, direction, and motivation to children and adolescents at Crossroads, and implement and monitor daily behavior and progress toward Individualized Treatment Plans. Caseworkers at Crossroads plan, develop, organize and facilitate group therapy daily and individual and family therapy as needed. Caseworkers are responsible for clinical documentation as required by regulatory agencies.

• Models and fosters an organizational culture of respect, cooperation, and service excellence.
• Collaborates with school personnel, parents, SAP team, and other service providers.
• Provides behavioral consultation and education with and to school staff as requested.
• Provides case management to identified clients.
• Assists in assessing clinical need for students identified by school staff and following-up with appropriate referrals, including obtaining parents' and other's signatures to ensure students have access to services.

• Bachelor's degree in social services field Bachelor's degree from a college or university that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the CHEA in a recognized clinical discipline including social work, psychology, nursing, rehabilitation or activity therapies
• Master's degree in social services field
• Graduate degree from a college or university that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in a generally recognized clinical discipline in which the degree program includes a clinical practicum