What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Clinician position at Justice Resource Institute?
Who We Are Looking For
Are you the School Clinician we have been looking for? In this position, you will be able to convey your passion for helping others with a dynamic team by bringing an energetic and positive approach while working with our students!
The Victor School is a Massachusetts Approved Private Special Education Day School Program serving students between 6th - 12th grade. With locations in both Acton, MA and Sudbury, MA, the school serves students with average to superior cognitive abilities with social emotional disabilities. Our student’s learning is often complicated by social, emotional, or specific learning challenges.
The Victor School is fully approved by DESE. The Victor School team works closely and collaboratively with families, students, and school systems to provide each student with challenging, college preparatory academics in a safe, nurturing environment. Our school serves students between 6th - 12th grade within an 11 month school year.
Schedule: You will work the school schedule which includes all vacations offs, along with accrued sick and personal time.
Compensation
The pay range for this position is $50,000 to $75,000 per year. The listed range reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for this role at the time of posting the position. The actual compensation an employee is offered may vary based on several factors such as experience, education, licensure, certifications and qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.
In This Role, You Will
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Are you the School Clinician we have been looking for? In this position, you will be able to convey your passion for helping others with a dynamic team by bringing an energetic and positive approach while working with our students!
The Victor School is a Massachusetts Approved Private Special Education Day School Program serving students between 6th - 12th grade. With locations in both Acton, MA and Sudbury, MA, the school serves students with average to superior cognitive abilities with social emotional disabilities. Our student’s learning is often complicated by social, emotional, or specific learning challenges.
The Victor School is fully approved by DESE. The Victor School team works closely and collaboratively with families, students, and school systems to provide each student with challenging, college preparatory academics in a safe, nurturing environment. Our school serves students between 6th - 12th grade within an 11 month school year.
Schedule: You will work the school schedule which includes all vacations offs, along with accrued sick and personal time.
Compensation
The pay range for this position is $50,000 to $75,000 per year. The listed range reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for this role at the time of posting the position. The actual compensation an employee is offered may vary based on several factors such as experience, education, licensure, certifications and qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.
In This Role, You Will
- Work closely with an Academic Adviser and the full clinical team.
- Ensure students are progressing toward the goals outlined in their IEPs.
- Conduct daily student check-ins and family meetings; coordinate with collaterals; facilitate groups and clubs; and provide case management while assisting students in overcoming obstacles to school success.
- Manage a caseload of approximately 10–15 students, helping them discover what makes them feel competent and valued through the development of life skills.
- Be who you are! JRI is committed to creating a workplace built on respect, collaboration, and opportunity, where every employee is valued and supported in making a meaningful impact.
- We offer a $2,000 bilingual bonus to new hires who speak a second language fluently, other than English, and will use it to serve our clients!
- Reimbursement is available for employees to cover the registration costs and annual fees for any professional license required for work such as LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, RN and more!
- Access to our excellent Blue Cross medical and Delta Dental benefits.
- Retirement benefits including 401K matched up to $800 a year and pension after 5 years of employment.
- Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to almost $4000 per year and discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities!
- Wellness benefits including access to employee engagement groups, self-care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full time employees in your first year and much more!
- Must be 21 years or older.
- Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related field from an accredited college or university.
- Clinical licensure (LICSW, LCSW, LMHC) preferred. Ability to sit for clinical licensure required.
- Experience working with adolescents with mental health needs. Additional experience, working with clients with autism is preferred.
- Experience providing family therapy and collaborating with families and outpatient treatment teams to develop and coordinate treatment plans preferred.
- A strong understanding of the varied presentations, interventions, and treatment needs of adolescents with emotional disabilities, psychiatric symptoms, trauma histories, and learning challenges is essential.
- Knowledge of IEP implementation and special education rights is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work with DBT, CBT, CPS (Ross Greene) and Solution Based Therapies preferred.
- Candidates should be comfortable working in a fast paced, collaborative, creative, and flexible environment. Demonstration of these skills through work experience is essential.
- Candidates must have strong communication, organizational, and written skills for interacting with students, staff, colleagues, families, communities and collaterals at large.
- At JRI, you will learn to provide physical interventions and verbal de-escalations to provide the safest therapeutic atmosphere for our students!
- Background and driving record checks will be performed.
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Salary : $50,000 - $75,000