School Based Mental Health Professional - Ellsworth Community School. Full time during school year, with summers off.

The Health Department of Northwest Michigan has a school-based position available to provide group and individual services to area youth in Ellsworth Community School. This is a full-time position during the school year with summers off.

Mission - To serve our entire community and to achieve health equity by promoting well-being, preventing disease, and protecting the environment through partnerships, innovation, and excellence in public health practice.

What you'll do - Serve as a Master's level professional clinician performing a range of direct and indirect mental health outpatient services. Conduct therapy and recommend referrals to various programs and community services where needed. Responsible for extensive case documentation. Responsible for carrying out all activities of the Child & Adolescent Health Center Program in a way that fulfills HDNW's mission, policies and procedures.

This position is located in a school that provides on-site comprehensive mental health services from mild to moderate severity of need. It includes referrals, tracking and follow-up, throughout the year with agreements in place with the host school and/or local school district.

What we offer - Weekly supervision for licensure hours is provided for limited licensed staff, monthly supervision is provided for all new staff, in addition to monthly reflective supervision and case conferencing for all staff. We create a network of support internally for our school based staff to case conference and/or ask questions of peers or leadership staff.

Who you are - We are seeking candidates who can work independently and demonstrate core values of service, social justice, dignity, and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.

Requirements At time of hire - Master's Degree in Social Work or Counseling and possession of an appropriate State of Michigan licensure - LMSW, LLMSW, LPC, or LLPC.

The candidate must have the ability to communicate accurately and effectively both in writing and verbally and be able to work well with others. Candidate may be expected to work minimal evening hours to attend parent teacher conferences or after school events.

Preferred - At least 6 months of experience providing individual and/or group therapy or one academic year of graduate practicum/internship experience working with persons individually or group therapy preferred. Candidates with experience using electronic medical records are preferred.

Salary - Pay is commensurate with years of experience. Opportunities for additional advancement exist once fully licensed. Working full-time during the school year and minimal days during the summer: $50,152 - $57,607 annually with scheduled, annual increases that can result in a salary of $60,020.

FULL TIME BENEFITS INCLUDE –

• Medical: Blue Cross/Blue Shield is offered, with the choice of a Traditional PPO plan, or a High Deductible Health Plan for the employee and family. The Health Department makes a contribution to help offset the High Deductible. Payroll contributions vary depending on plan and level of coverage selected. Employees who opt out of medical coverage will receive a $92.31 in their paycheck per pay period.
• Dental: Dental coverage is with Delta Dental, and has a $25.00/person or $75.00/family annual deductible. Employees pay for usage, but do not have payroll contributions deducted from their pay checks for this benefit.
• Vision: Vision coverage is with VSP, and offers lenses, frames and examinations once every 12 months within plan limitations. Employees pay for usage, but do not have payroll contributions deducted from their pay checks for this benefit.
• Group term life insurance: Base coverage for employees of $50,000, spouse $2,000, and children under 18 years of age $1,000 is provided to employees at no cost. Additional optional life insurance is available at employee cost.
• Short Term Disability: Coverage is equal to two thirds of salary, beginning the 8th day of qualified medical disability, for eligible employees. Health Department of Northwest Michigan pays 100% of the cost, and employees do not have payroll contributions deducted from their pay checks for this benefit.
• Long Term Disability: Coverage is equal to two thirds of salary, beginning the 91st day of qualified medical disability, for eligible employees. Health Department of Northwest Michigan pays 100% of the cost, and employees do not have payroll contributions deducted from their pay checks for this benefit. All current insurance benefits will continue for three months while on Long Term Disability.
• Professional Liability in the name of Health Department of Northwest Michigan; Workers Compensation, and Unemployment Insurance. Health Department of Northwest Michigan pays 100% of the cost.
• Section 125 – Pre-taxable health insurance premiums, Flexible Spending Accounts / Dependent Care Accounts, and optional insurance packages available at 100% employee cost.
• Wellness Programs that employees are encouraged to participate in. Participation includes a decreased employee payroll contribution for health insurance for full time staff, along with the opportunity to earn points towards a gift card.
• PAID TIME OFF – .8 FTE employees receive 15.6 days of PTO their first year, along with 10.5 established holidays, and 2 floating holidays.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS - Interested and qualified applicants shouldsubmit a (1) cover letter, (2) resume, (3) fully completed HDNW job application, and (4) copy of current professional license to careers@nwhealth.org.

***All four items must be submitted. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.***