Mental Health Specialist

Position Type :

Student Support Services / Mental Health Specialist

Date Posted : 10 / 16 / 2025

Location : Lincoln Center

Date Available : 11 / 17 / 2025

Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools

Job Description

Job Title : Mental Health Specialist

Salary Schedule : According to placement on Mental Health Specialist Salary Schedule

Reports To : Building Level Administrator and Executive Director of Whole Child Services

Salary Grade :

Work Location : School Based Site-District Determined

FLSA Status :

Work Schedule : 10 month

Position Summary

The goal of this position is to advance school-based mental health awareness, quality prevention, intervention, evaluation and support. Build connections by collaborating with and providing technical assistance and training activities to school teams, families, teachers and staff.

Essential Duties

Coordinate with school teams to promote access to mental health care. Create and maintain such coordination through the standardization of a comprehensive mental health delivery of services by :

• Enhancing the school climate and broadly by promoting mental health wellness, early identification of needs.
• Creating space for family involvement and engagement Assisting in the identification and delivery of a range of evidence based prevention to intense interventions
• Developing program evaluation and data collection for efficacy and effectiveness of services
• Communicate extensively and provide consultation, mental health education and prevention information to staff, students, families and school community.
• Participate in school team meetings to develop relationships and awareness around trauma, emotional, social and behavioral needs.
• Conduct ongoing school need and readiness assessments,
• Assist and / or Conduct Crisis Intervention assessments
• Assist in identifying programming and services related to the mental health and well-being of all students.
• Knowledgeable of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Individual, Group, Family modalities and Mindfulness

Service Facilitation - Provide mental health related support services to school teams and leadership team to include :

Training and Professional Development

Education / Experience Requirements

Physical Requirements

Disclosure

This document provides descriptive information about the above Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School position. Work actually performed by incumbents in this position may vary. Although this document may be used for recruiting, staffing, or career planning, the information contained herein should only be used as a guideline or recommendation for the content of and qualifications for this position. An individual's ability to meet the qualifications and capabilities described in this document is not a guarantee of employment or promotion. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School reserves the right to make changes to this document as deemed necessary without providing advance written notice.

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