School-Based Mental Health Therapist

Job Description

School-Based Clinician / Mental Health Therapist

Western Youth Services is a leading expert in children’s mental health and wellness solutions. As a hub of children’s mental health in Orange County, we’ve been providing services and programs for our community for over 50 years. Our passionate and dedicated staff deliver services and programs that prevent, treat and heal our kids and families and increase their ability to live full and productive lives. If this sounds like you, and you meet the qualifications for this position, please send us your resume.

The Clinician / Mental Health Therapist provides direct school-based therapeutic services within a Medi-Cal program, including assessment, diagnosis, clinical treatment, case management, crisis intervention and care coordination. Services are delivered on school campuses and in the surrounding community to Western Youth Services clients.

Responsibilities :

• Provide clinical services to students on school campuses and in community settings as clinically appropriate.
• Conduct intake assessments, risk evaluations, treatment planning, and evidence-based interventions aligned with Medi-Cal guidelines.
• Meet all regulatory and agency requirements for documenting clinical services delivered within clinical care and resource coordination, ensuring compliance with school district policies.
• Maintain awareness of contract and program requirements; proactively prioritize time to meet or exceed program expectations.
• Effectively present information orally and in writing in one-on-one, small group and large group settings; respond appropriately to questions from students, parents, staff, and community partners.
• Teamwork is required specifically within a multidisciplinary team of school, mental health, and social service staff to ensure services are delivered in an effective, culturally sensitive, and collaborative manner.
• Ensure timely submission of documentation per agency expectations; and assessment / management of clinical risk.
• Travel required among schools in the district and within the community, as needed.
• This is a Direct Services Hours (DSH) producing position.

Minimum Qualifications :

Salary :

Benefits :

WYS offers a comprehensive employee benefits package including :

Western Youth Services’ Mission : Advancing awareness, cultivating success, and strengthening communities through integrated mental health services for children, youth, and families.

Western Youth Services (WYS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. WYS values and promotes a culture of inclusivity and belonging, one that embraces the contributions of richly diverse disciplines and perspectives of all employees and staff.