School-Based Senior Clinician-East Harlem, NY

The Home for Little Wanderer's Wediko NY program is seeking a School-Based Senior Clinician at the William Paca School in East Harlem, NY.

Job Summary

The School-Based Senior Clinician at P.S. 155, The William Paca School, is responsible for providing clinical consultation and counseling services. The School-Based Clinician is responsible for direct services, including outreach and coordination, as well as all reporting needed for billing, evaluation and clinical purposes. The Clinician may clinically supervise assigned MSW and other graduate level interns, if Sifi certified.

The School-Based Senior Clinician follows the NYC DOE school year calendar, is a full-time (40 hours per week) 10-month (September to June) position and is supervised by the Site Manager and Program Manager. Upon completion of the academic school year, and based on needs of the organization, the Senior School-Based Clinician may be moved to a different site the following school year. The salary is $55,000-$64,000.

• How You'll Be Making a Difference
• Supports school-based programming and planning of services.
• Provides direct school-based services, clinical consultation, crisis counseling, assessments and community-based resource referrals.
• Coordinates and provides individual and group counseling.
• Sits in on IEP, parent, and other school meetings for students on caseload, in effort to provide wrap-around services, with Site Manager and School Administrator’s approval.
• Completes weekly required documentation in a timely manner for billing, evaluation, and clinical purposes.
• Plans and facilitates milieu services in common spaces, such as classroom, cafeteria, and afterschool push-ins.
• Provides outreach to students and their families, including phone calls and written correspondence for students that are struggling in school.
• Serves as a Success Mentor, and provides attendance supports and interventions for students struggling with attendance.
• Completes weekly Success Mentoring logs.
• Facilitates communication between students, families, and school staff.
• Serves as part of school teams, such as Attendance, Counseling, and others, as identified by Site Manager.
• Attends and facilitates school meetings as requested.
• Provides staff professional development workshops, as identified by Site Manager, Program Manager, and / or school administrators.