Mental Health Professional

Description

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth 1100 Adams Ave | Audubon, PA 19403
(610) 277-3715 | jobs@TheLincolnCenter.com

JOB DESCRIPTION: LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Title: Licensed Mental Health Professional
FLSA: Exempt

Reports To: Chief Clinical Officer
Organization Summary:
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (“TLC”) is a human services nonprofit organization serving 
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Vermont, New York, and Wisconsin. Founded 
in 1970 and incorporated in 1983, TLC is one of the region’s longest-serving nonprofit 
organizations, providing alternative education, coaching, and counseling services to public school 
students and their families. For more information, please visit https://TheLincolnCenter.com.

Position Summary:  The Licensed Mental Health Professional will be responsible for working 
collaboratively with Birmingham City Schools (BCS) to provide comprehensive mental health services, 
including assessment, individual and group therapy, linkages to psychiatric services, and case 
management.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

•  Promote early identification and intervention for students experiencing mental health 
challenges.
•  Perform assessments using universal screening tools to identify students’ strengths, mental 
health concerns, behavioral issues, and their appropriateness for services.
•  Develop a comprehensive individualized treatment plan that addresses students' holistic 
needs
•  Provide individual and group therapy.
•  Provide therapy for students identified with autism.
•  Provide therapy for students with contraindicating diagnoses.
•  Connect students with psychiatric services for medication management and/or psychiatric care as 
necessary.
•  Support school staff in addressing students’ behavioral challenges.
•  Connect students and their families to community resources and supportive services as 
necessary.
•  Crisis prevention, intervention, and response in partnerships with schools’ crisis response 
teams.
•  Provide professional development, learning, consultation, and coaching services for licensed and 
certified mental health staff and school staff, as requested.
•  Work with building administrators, counseling staff, and parents to meet student educational and 
social-emotional needs.
•  Enhance student academic achievement, attendance, and overall success through mental health 
interventions using ongoing data collection and progress monitoring.
•  Provide aftercare services for students who have returned to school following 
treatment.
•  Participate in student meetings, including IEP, 504, PST, and Class 3 Hearings, as requested by 
BCS.
Skills:  •  Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
•  Ability to work effectively on a multi-disciplinary school team
•  Ability to communicate clearly with school leadership and staff, as well as students
•  Ability to maintain appropriate confidential records and reports.

Education and Experience:

•  Master's degree from an accredited school of social work, school counseling, counseling, or 
related program.
•  Licensed in the state of Alabama as a Professional Counselor (PC), Independent Clinical Social 
Worker (LICSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or a similar professional license.
•  A minimum of three years of experience providing mental health therapeutic services.
•  Trained as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).
•  Trained in the provision of therapy for youth identified with autism.
•  Trained in the provision of therapy for youth with contraindicating diagnoses.
•  Experience providing direct services to students.
•  Experience working collaboratively with school leadership and staff to address students’ mental 
and behavioral health.
•  Experience with family outreach and engagement.
•  Experience with crisis intervention.

Work Environment: School settings
Work Hours: This is a 10-month, full-time position.

Travel: Travel is occasional, between schools.
EEO Statement:  TLC is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and does not 
discriminate on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to, race, age, color, 
religion, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental 
disability, veteran
status, or any other basis recognized by federal, state or local law.
 

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