School Liaison/ Therapist $5K Signing Bonus - Superb Benefits!

If you are mission driven and want to help better the lives of families in our community, join our Team!

The School Liaison is responsible for building strong relationships with schools throughout the New Vista region by establishing, enhancing, maintaining and adapting engagement to create pipelines into care.

The School Liaison is a problem solver connected to school systems to holistically assess, link and / or provide direct clinical services through assessment, care, and treatment of children and youth in need of behavioral health services.

This role is innovative and finds ways to make the right level of care accessible to individuals and school communities.

The School Liaison is a positive team player that promotes a culture of inclusion and participation.

Required Education and Experience

• Master’s Degree in marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, psychology, social work or closely related field
• Licensure from Kentucky licensing board
• Valid driver’s license, reliable operating transportation, and proof of current auto insurance

Preferred Education and Experience

• Independent licensure from Kentucky licensing board
• Experience working with schools or youth services

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions :

• Promote New Vista’s services to schools throughout the region
• Identify school systems in need of partnerships and establish links to New Vista services
• Communicate and collaborate with schools in receiving, processing, and initiating referrals for clinical services to be provided within school, outpatient settings and in the community
• Create MOAs and business agreements with schools
• Operate as an ambassador of New Vista, connecting schools and community partners to services within the clinic as well as throughout the organization (e.

g. crisis, SUD, IDD, SMI, primary care and housing and employment services)

• When establishing relationships with schools, providing continuity of care when a school-based / child clinician leaves or as needed, provide direct clinical services for intake, screening, and referral services, deliver evidenced based counseling that provides effective and medically necessary treatment of children and families
• Manage situations involving client risk and provide clinical crisis services to de-escalate crisis situations and promote stability
• Continue to stay up-to-date with evidence based practices for children and transition age youth, acting as a resource to the organization
• Deliver services primarily in school setting or where necessary to meet client needs
• Utilize PCOMS in assessments and clinical treatment episodes
• Evaluate the effectiveness of New Vista’s presence within and connected to schools, creatively addressing barriers to identifying, linking and accessing appropriate level of care as well as creating programming that is financially sustainable
• Understand billing for CCBHC, Medicare and private insurance providers to inform strategy behind creating and maintaining school-based services
• Encourage collaboration and whole person care, facilitating appropriate referrals to services for therapy, psychiatric care, IDD needs, primary care, intensive SUD treatment as well as social determinant needs

While we welcome all to apply, there are some position specific background stipulations that must be met to comply with various regulatory and contractual requirements.

New Vista prohibits discrimination and harassment against any applicant, employee or contractor based on sex, race, color, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, working conditions, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, wage and salary administration, employee benefits and training.

It is also the company’s policy to prohibit all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, encouraged another to complain, participated in an investigation into such complaints, or opposed unlawful discrimination.