What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Based Team Leader position at Porter-Starke Services, Inc.?
The School Based Team Leader will provide direction, leadership and supervision to School-Based Support Specialists to facilitate the implementation of consistently high-quality, evidence-based, direct clinical services to students in schools. The Team Leader will also provide direct care as case management services that assist School-Based clients and their families by locating, coordinating, and monitoring necessary services. Services vary with individual needs, and include school-based services, support in skills training, activities of daily living, crisis intervention; coordination of entrance into or discharge planning from other psychiatric facilities, home-based services, and emergency services.
Benefits
Must demonstrate knowledge of the following:
Benefits
- 401k with 20% company matching
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Company paid life insurance
- Company paid long term disability
- Optional insurances (short term disability)
- HSA/FSA accounts
- Tuition assistance $5250 annually
- Education reimbursement $200/month
- Generous PTO
- 11 paid holidays
- Employee discounts (YMCA)
- Competitive wages
- Employee referral program
- Casual Friday's
- Employee recognition events & anniversary gifts
- Free wellness screenings
- Provides direction and leadership to School-Based Support Specialists to facilitate the implementation of consistently high-quality direct clinical services
- Assists staff to conceptualize patient needs from a whole-person care perspective (i.e., behavioral health, substance use disorders, physical health/primary care needs)
- Assists treatment team to improve patient experience of care by utilizing data (quantitative and qualitative) to inform changes to service delivery system. This could also be in collaboration with other funding resources (e.g., grants from local, State, and federal entities)
- Provides administrative oversight to team including reviewing documentation, assisting with implementation of plans of action resulting from coaching plans, training new staff, and monitoring productivity. Collaborates with leadership team to inform the creation of evaluations, Performance Improvement Plans, Coaching Plans, and other administrative tasks
- Provides case management services and in-home oversight
- Provides education in skills training
- Provides appropriate therapeutic interventions and crisis interventions
- Provides documentation of interventions per department standards and completes electronic medical record documentation as required
- Initiates, monitors and updates clients' treatment plans per department standards, and in cooperation with the treatment team
- Assists clients in meeting their treatment goals
- Provides appropriate discharge planning and transition to aftercare services.
- Drives and transports clients when needed
- Works in a team setting to manage a caseload consisting of individuals receiving case management and/or skills training & development services
- Connects clients to available community resources and acts as an advocate for clients
- Coordinates care with internal and external providers
- Provides ongoing guidance and support to team in the provision of ongoing quality care of clients
- Supports the staff utilization of evidence-based practices with individual and group interventions
- Collaborates with treatment team to increase patient engagement in treatment as evidenced by consistent attendance at weekly team meetings, staffings, clinical supervision, and with community partners
- Performs other duties as assigned
Must demonstrate knowledge of the following:
- Communication styles that generate a positive work environment
- Therapeutic interventions for seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents
- Signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders
- Locating, coordinating and accessing appropriate services and resources for clients and their families
- Criteria for enrollment and appropriate regulations to assist clients in maintaining compliance with program guidelines
- Formulation of treatment plans, ability to monitor progress, and ability to modify plans to meet client needs
- Behavior disorders, parenting skills, treatment interventions, and crisis intervention/
- Assessing the physical and behavioral health needs of seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents
- Communicating encouragement, support and a “can do” attitude to staff and clients
- Creating a positive work environment and providing leadership to staff
- Ability to document interventions
- Building and maintaining therapeutic rapport with assigned clients
- Providing education in activities of daily living for clients
- Assisting clients and families in accessing resources, such as Medicaid, Social Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), food stamps, and others
- Assisting clients and families with medication compliance through self-administering psychotropic medications, or assisted administration
- Advocating for client's needs
- Ability to engage with consumers individually or in group setting
- Typing and basic computer usage
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology or related human services discipline is required
- Two years’ experience working in mental health or related discipline required
- Supervision experience preferred
- Successful completion of OBHP (Other Behavioral Health Professional) educational requirements is required within 2 weeks of hire date
- CPI (organization will provide if needed)
- CPR (organization will provide if needed)
Salary : $5,250