Mental Health Clinical Supervisor

The WISD's Mission is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can. 

The WISD’s Vision is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

SUMMARY:

The Mental Health Clinical Supervisor (General Education) is a grant-funded position assigned to provide coordination of and direct clinical supervision of a team of social work providers to a multidisciplinary team of mental health staff and interns.  The position will provide service coordination activities, including case assignment and management, reflective supervision, evaluation, and other duties of a supervisory nature. 
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
• Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
• Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
• Serves as a professional team lead worker within the WISD general education clinical team. 
• Provides consultation to community and school partners, as well as potential partners.
• Coordinates with team leadership to provide team consultation visits.
• Provides feedback on and recommendations of appropriate delivery of treatment modalities.
• Helps with orientation and coordination of trainings for new team members.
• Coordinates educational opportunities, training for health care professionals as it relates to specific needs of the vulnerable populations being served.
• Represents the agency to the community, other WISD departments, outside agencies, families of students, and other interested parties in such a way that an understanding of students’ needs are fostered.
• Manages and provides oversight of service logging, billing and reporting.
• Prepares and participates in the collection of data and information on services. 
• Provides in-service training for other WISD employees. 
• Serves as a resource for other department employees by providing consultation and training.
• Participates in the planning and presentation of workshops, meetings and conferences. 
• Enters data timely into required systems, maintains data bases, prepares spreadsheets and reports.
• Prepares information, correspondence and other written materials using word processing software.
• Consults with the Case Coordinator providing a supportive and interpretive liaison service among parents, school personnel and students.
• Provides materials and consultant services to the parents and educational staff so they may better understand and appreciate the nature and degree of mental health diagnosis.
• Utilizes DSM-5 criteria to accurately provide guidance in the evaluation and diagnosis of persons with psychiatric disorders.
• Maintains familiarity with FBA (Functional Behavior Assessments/ Positive Behavior Intervention Plans) creation and implementation
• Organizes information and presents cogent descriptions or symptoms, history, and functioning of persons seeking services with ability to support decisions about diagnosis and treatment recommendations, both orally and in written form.
• Adheres to assigned Districts’ health and safety rules, policies and procedures.
• Supports WISD vision and mission to enhance achievement for all students.
• Supports a team-based approach to problem solving.
• Performs such other tasks as may from time to time be assigned by the supervisor.
• Maintains regular predictable attendance.
• PERFORMS OTHER RELATED DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

 
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides clinical supervision to other employees within the general education clinical team.

 QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Alternative requirements that may be appropriate and acceptable to the Board of Education may be considered.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Master’s degree in social work - required.
• Two years of clinical experience PLUS a State of Michigan Licensed Master’s in Social Work (LMSW).
• Four years of school-based social work and or school based mental health experience.
• Experience in working to support MTSS frameworks.
• Possesses experience and understanding of behavioral and cognitive techniques and psycho therapeutic treatment interventions.
• Possesses experience and understanding of a clinician’s role in a team environment.
• Supervisory experience - preferred.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

 
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Eligible for temporary or full approval as school clinician through the MDE.
• Must hold a valid license through the Michigan Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

 
LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Demonstrates ability to read, analyze and interpret information including periodicals and professional journals.
• Demonstrates ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of educators, parents, students and the general public.

 
TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Demonstrates ability to integrate technology into the everyday workflow is necessary.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and Apple software and devices.
• Demonstrates ability to use video conferencing (e.g. Zoom, Teams).
• Demonstrates ability to use computer technology for research, data management, communications, and other instruction.
• Demonstrates ability to select and administer appropriate assessment tools and interpret results of assessment.
• Possesses knowledge of New World.

 
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Demonstrates ability to apply the concepts of basic math, algebra and geometry consistent with the duties of this position.

 
REASONING ABILITY:

• Demonstrates a high proficiency in areas of reasoning, problem solving, organizational dynamics and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrates ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Demonstrates ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Demonstrated knowledge of common mental health conditions, substance abuse conditions, and mental health treatments/supports. Demonstrates ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

 
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

• Demonstrates ability to work with elementary and secondary students.
• Demonstrates ability to build rapport with others and to serve diverse publics.
• Demonstrates ability to take initiative, work well with others as a collaborative team member and exhibit good communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively and collaboratively with other departments, agencies and individuals.
• Demonstrates ability to work creatively and skillfully with students.
• Works cooperatively and communicates with Districts and constituent district staff, students and parents/guardians.
• Possesses the skills and desire to work in a collaborative team with others.
• Demonstrates ability to take the initiative in working with students, staff and parents/guardians.

 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as books and teaching material or when assisting in student interventions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision and the ability to adjust focus. The ability to travel to other buildings is required. The position requires the individual to sometimes work irregular or extended work hours and meet multiple demands from several people. The ability to travel to other buildings is required.
 
ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The noise level in the work environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day. The employee is frequently required to interact with the public and other staff.  The employee is directly responsible for the safety and well-being of students.  The employee is exposed to infections at a greater risk than the average person. Occasionally the employee may be required to be outdoors for a short period of time, and therefore subject to varying weather conditions, for purposes of accomplishing the essential functions of this job.
 
FUNCTIONS OF POSITION DESCRIPTION:
This position description has been prepared to define the general duties of the position, provide examples of work and to detail the required knowledge, skills and ability as well as the acceptable experience and training for the position.  The description is not intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the duties of employees under supervision.  The WISD retains and reserves any and all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any portion of this description in its sole judgment. This position description is not a contract for employment.

The WISD is an equal opportunity employer, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
 

TERMS: 

Contract, salary and other employment conditions to be established by the Board of Education as reflected in the Non-Affiliated Staff Manual. Starting salary ranging 210-Dat (dependent upon experience) from $94,067 - $115,608

Washtenaw Intermediate School District is a drug-free workplace.

It is the policy and commitment of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, height, weight, familial status, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any legally protected characteristic, in its educational programs, activities, admissions, or employment policies in accordance with Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, executive order 11246 as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and all other pertinent state and Federal regulations.