Behavior Health and Wellness Provider
Billings Public Schools
- Montana
- Temporary
- Full-time
1. Bachelor's degree in health and human services related field with certification
2. Masters’ degree in Human Services/Counseling
3. Successful and appropriate health and human services work and/or school experience
4. Experience with students preferred 5.Current Montana professional license in good standing (LCPC or LCSW)Grant Funded for 2 years: School year 2023/24 and 2024/25Job Goal/Position Summary:
To enhance student functioning and achievement within the school setting. Interventions involve providing effective and professional, evidence-based, individual, group, and
family therapy and/or education. Work with the Wellness and Resilience Project (K-8) and school staff to provide a systems-approach for student care.Performance Responsibilities: (may include but not limited to the following):
1. Provide direct services to students - individual therapy. Facilitates group services to students - educational and/or group therapy. Provides direct services to parents - educational and/or family
therapy.
2. Acts as a liaison for students and families to community resources/agencies and/or providers. Provide referral services, if needed.
3. Administer assessments as needed for treatment and data collection. Monitor progress toward treatment goals and adjust treatment plans accordingly.
4. Provides phone triage to the school wellness teams to assist in decision making after a school-aged youth exhibiting behavioral signs warranting the need for clinical attention occurs
and the youth is stabilized.
5. Ensures clinical documentation is completed in a timely manner and in compliance with state and federal regulations. Maintains compliance with HIPAA, FERPA, and state privacy laws.
6. Recognizes and educates team members that managing youth centered care is a team effort that involves clinical and nonclinical staff interacting with the student and family to achieve stated
objectives. Work with school staff to provide a systems-approach to care for students.PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear. The
employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must be able to provide physical assistance or restraint to students of all ages following training of acceptable
practices. All employees must submit to and successfully complete a physical examination upon offer of employment.Go to www.billingsschools.org and click on "Departments" and then click on "Employment Opportunities" for either the online application for external applicants or the internal application for internal applicants (currently employed by BPS in a regular or temporary position).
"AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: This employer does not knowingly discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or national origin."Open Until Filled
- Please Note: Positions posted as "Open Until Filled" must be posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days and then can close at any time after that.