Mental Health Practitioner

Starting Pay: $20/ hour

Community-based position

Part-time with potential to increase to full-time In home

Mental Health Practitioner Qualifications:

Required to have completed one of the following:

have a bachelor’s degree in a behavioral science/related field from an accredited college/university and has completed 2000 hours of supervised clinical experience delivering clinical services to treat mental illness or children with emotional disturbances

fluent in the dominant, non-English language of at least 50% of the practitioner’s clients (ex. Somali), has completed 40 hours of training about delivering services to clients with mental illness or children with emotional disturbances and attends a Minimum of weekly clinical supervision with a mental health professional until reaching the required 2,000 hours of supervised experience

Completed 6000 hours of supervised clinical services experience delivering mental illness treatment

is enrolled as a graduate student in behavioral science/related field and is formally assigned to K Behavioral Health for clinical training by an accredited college/ university

has obtained a Master’s degree/doctorate in a behavioral science/related field from an accredited college/university.

All practitioners will provide copies of degrees that are required for the position and report during the hiring process any disciplinary actions that have occurred in the past or are under review currently.

All applicants will be required to include 3 references that are not family or friends.

A criminal background check and Child protection background check act is performed on all individuals seeking employment or internships at the agency to provide services. K Behavioral Health will have potential employees sign the Child Protection Background Check Act Consent Form and Child Protection Predatory Offender Registry Release of Information. When a staff is offered employment, the employment will be subject to passing the background checks. Once the provider is offered employment, he/ she will be responsible for getting the National fingerprint-based background check completed within 7 days of the employment offer.

Position Responsibilities:

• Mental health practitioners will provide intensive individual skills training (up to 4 hours per day) with a child (age range 1-21) working on meeting treatment plan skills goals (skill areas include safety, communication, play, social daily living and coping skills)
• Other services that practitioners may provide to clients include family skills training, group skills training, crisis assistance, administering and reporting standardized measures, treatment plan service development and review for Child Therapeutic Support Services (CTSS) services at K Behavioral Health.
• Travel time included for doing in-home and community based skills training sessions; some sessions may be located at the agency office in St. Paul, MN depending on the practitioner's geographic location.
• Attend monthly agency training meeting
• Attend biweekly telehealth clinical supervision with Clinical Director of K Behavioral Health

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $19.19 - $23.11 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Behavioral health: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road