Social Service Provider 2, Licensed - Apex School-Based Therapist
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Position Title: Apex Therapist/SSP 2
Position Number:
Work Unit: Aspire Youth and Young Adults
County: Dougherty
Immediate Supervisor: Youth Services Coordinator
Qualification:
Master's Degree in Counseling or other related field
Full licensure (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, ECT) or associate licensure actively pursuing full licensure (LAPC, LAMFT, LMSW, ECT)
Special needs of population serviced:
Work requires the knowledge and skills necessary to provide direct services appropriate to youth ages 5-26 and their families.
Assigned duties include:
initial and ongoing assessments, individual, group, and family therapy, quality collaborative documentation, maintain all required trainings and certifications, attend staffings of youth, participate as a team player, attend stakeholders meetings and collaborate with other agencies for the benefit of the youth, attend any state meetings as needed, prior insurance authorization completion, maintain 50 % billable productivity.
Bloodborne Pathogen Category:
Employee performs assigned tasks which involve no exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material AND performance of category I tasks are not a condition of employment
(Category III).
Mandatory Training Category (Check One)
___ Administrative __X__Direct Care ____Medical
Performance Improvement
Aspire Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Services goal is to continually improve the delivery of service by improvement of consumer outcomes and satisfaction. All employees have a role in performance improvement and are expected to interact collaboratively with co-workers, and other contacts to provide consistent, high-quality, consumer focused services.
Age Related and Special Needs of Population Serviced
Work requires the knowledge and skills necessary to provide direct consumer services appropriate to youth ages 5-26 and their families.
Staff should be able to: (Define competency Areas)
- Customer Service – Ability to provide helpful, courteous, accessible, responsive, and knowledgeable service to all youth, families, and stakeholders served
- Accountability - Demonstrates knowledge of policies and procedures
- Accountability - Ability to complete all related professional development trainings initially and annually
- Accountability - Ability to keep all credentials and certificates up to date
- Accountability - Knowledge of and adherence KPI standards
- Accountability – Ability to maintain productivity standards set forth by agency
- Team Work and Cooperation - Ability to participate with fellow employees and community partners in a respectful and professional manner
- Results Orientation - Knowledgeable of EMR and able to complete agency and state required reports on word, excel, and other agency databases
- Results Orientation – Ability to complete all required assessments with youth and their families
- Results Orientation - Ability to complete documentation in a timely manner
- Results Orientation - Knowledgeable of insurance requirements and ability to complete insurance authorizations for services provided
- Judgment and Decision Making - Knowledgeable of eligibility requirements for core services, Apex, and other specialty programs for cross-referring and quality of care
- Judgment and Decision Making - Knowledge of intervention protocols in collaboration for school and community
Assigned Duties
DESCRIPTION OF WORK DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Type in or attach current description of duties. Employees are expected to perform their work in a competent and efficient manner. Include % of time)
- Provides initial and ongoing behavioral health assessments, individual, group, and family sessions on school campus (and in-clinic as needed)
- Completes all required supporting documentation within 24 hrs. from date of service
- Completes all required prior authorizations for insurance reimbursement
- Assists with the facilitation of tiered interventions for each school being served as needed
- Yearly Apex presentations
- Teacher Lunch and Learns
- Small Groups
- Climate Change Projects
- Classroom Guidance
- Mental Health Alliance Participation
- Trainings
- Maintains a 50 % productivity with 50% dedicated to non-billable time (authorizations, reports, discharges, meetings, etc.)
- Acts as a liaison between agency and contracted agencies
- Assists with all reporting submissions to DBHDD, DFCS, COE including:
- Monthly and quarterly monitoring reports
- Annual and final project evaluation reports
- Assists individual and family with whole health community linking to positively impact recovery:
- Afterschool program
- Tutoring
- Easter Seals
- Sports
- Mentoring program
- Nutritionist
- PCP
- Assist with attending community stakeholders as well as inner-agency meetings
- Family Connections
- School Meetings i.e. 504, RTI, IEP
- Acts as a liaison between youth, MH providers, and other youth serving stakeholders
- Establishing/strengthening partnerships with local schools, tutoring centers, SPED services, etc.
- Attends all required agency and DBHDD trainings
- Treats all with respect and dignity without preferential treatment
- Communicates accurate information in a professional and courteous manner that conveys a willingness to assist
- Uses appropriate, established chain of command
- Follows the office's established practices to adhere to special communication/correspondence, emails, etc. that are of a personnel (human resources) nature