Knox BRIDGES Master's Level Liaison

Help Others, Make a Difference, Save a Life.

Do you want to make a difference in people's lives every day?
Or help people navigate the tough spots in their life?
And do it all while working where your hard work is appreciated?

You have a lot of choices in where you work…make the decision to work where you are valued!

Join the McNabb Center Team as the Knox BRIDGES Master's Level Liaison program today!

• Conducts individual, family, and group counseling
• Provides advocacy, linkage, and referral services as needed
• Provides mental health assessments, as needed
• Participates in IEP and other school related meetings, as applicable.
• Maintains appropriate chart records
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and other agencies
• Conducts group sessions with children and/or parents.
• Interfaces professionally with school personnel and provides therapeutic support.
• Completes all documentation in a timely manner.
• Upholds center policy and procedures, and CARF standards.

• Serves as the primary clinician that provides counseling/liaison services to a pre-determined number of children/youth and families in the Knox County School (KCS) System.
• Clinician provides weekly individual and family psychotherapy to children and adolescents ages 4-21 with a mental health diagnosis.
• Clinician is to provide psycho-social assessments for clients and provides diagnosis and appropriate referrals for clients assessed, as needed.
• Clinician provides crisis intervention and emergency services as needed.
• Interfaces with the school system and other agencies to increase cooperation and consistency between home, school, and community.
• The Bridges Master's Level Liaison/ Counselor provides information and referral, agency linkage, advocacy, home visits, and follow-up services.
• Treatment modalities used by Master's level clinicians providing therapy services include but are not limited to:
  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Play Therapy.

• Job duties are primarily performed in the school setting, but services are also provided in the homes, community and office setting.
• This position is year-round, 40 hours per week and is not limited to the school schedule.

• Provides individual/family psychotherapy for children ages 4-21.
• Clinician is present and ready to begin session at the appointment time, every session.
• Clinician calls to reschedule any sessions that he/she will be unable to attend or that the consumer missed or canceled 100% of the time.
• Clinician communicates accurate and thorough information to outside agencies 100% of the time when clients need different or more appropriate care that HRMC cannot provide.
• Ensures therapy contacts are completed each month, according to program standards.
• Communicates to Team Leader in weekly supervision if referrals become low to ensure adequate and timely caseload assignments of clients on referral list
• Meet weekly with direct supervisor to discuss clinical and administrative concerns/changes.

• Clinician completes intakes and assessments within 5 business days of contact.
• Assessments will be completed in coordination with Assessment Team and Client Benefits as evidenced by communicating any issues concerning clients or assessment.
• Clinicians will provide intake coverage, as directed by Team Leader.

• Ensures all family/client participation in treatment planning as evidence by signatures on treatment plans.
• Create and implement treatment interventions that are reflected in progress note documentation based on the treatment plan goals
• Respond to all flags and e-mails within 2 business days
• Respond to all voice mails within 30 minutes
• If licensed, signing the non-licensed clinicians' treatment plans and being available for clinical consult
• Attend weekly/biweekly treatment teams with school personnel
• Attend monthly…