CEIS Clinical Specialist
- Employer
- Alexandria City Public Schools
- Location
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Posted
- Jun 10, 2020
- Closes
- Oct 20, 2020
- Ref
- 1831
- Function
- School and Teaching
- Industry
- Education
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Description:
The Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Clinical Specialist provides highly advanced therapeutic & behavioral consultative services in a K-12 environment across the school division. This position will support division efforts to provide pre-referral interventions for students without disabilities through the MTSS process. The Clinical Specialist will provide expertise in the areas of mental health, trauma, developmental behaviors, and school-based interventions. The Clinical Specialist will provide high quality consultation to school-based providers by providing therapeutic guidance, treatment planning and modeling of therapeutic techniques.
Qualifications:
Education: PhD or PsyD degree in Psychology (Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Certificates & Licenses: Valid Virginia Department of Education license or Virginia Department of Health Professions license.
Minimum Qualifications:
Essential Functions:
Clearances:
WP
Primary Location:
Central Office
Salary Range:
Teachers and Other Licensed Staff Salary Scale (http://www.acps.k12.va.us/hr/compensation/)
Shift Type:
Full-Time
The Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) Clinical Specialist provides highly advanced therapeutic & behavioral consultative services in a K-12 environment across the school division. This position will support division efforts to provide pre-referral interventions for students without disabilities through the MTSS process. The Clinical Specialist will provide expertise in the areas of mental health, trauma, developmental behaviors, and school-based interventions. The Clinical Specialist will provide high quality consultation to school-based providers by providing therapeutic guidance, treatment planning and modeling of therapeutic techniques.
Qualifications:
Education: PhD or PsyD degree in Psychology (Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Certificates & Licenses: Valid Virginia Department of Education license or Virginia Department of Health Professions license.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Extensive knowledge and skills in behavioral strategies and evidence based interventions for children and adolescents.
- Extensive knowledge and skills in application of evidence-based strategies to enhance social skill development and emotion regulation within the school setting.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience programming for or working directly with clients in public or non-public school settings.
- Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology, School Psychology or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited university or LCSW credential.
Essential Functions:
- Provide consultative support to offer preventative strategies and interventions related to emotional and behavioral problems of students and provide ongoing support to school teams to resolve student behavior problems.
- Provide training and consultative support as an early intervening measure through the MTSS process to address concerns related to behavior.
- Collaborate with the Eligibility Specialist to support the pre-referral and MTSS process.
- Co-lead individual and group counseling as a model for school-based providers to select and ensure fidelity of evidence-based interventions that address the social-emotional needs of students and to support their success in school.
- Consult on treatment plans for counseling using a variety of research-supported theoretical approaches and techniques, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, short-term solution-focused therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, systems therapy, etc.
- Research resources and methods (e.g. intervention and treatment techniques, assessment tools and methods, community resources, etc.) for the purpose of determining the appropriate approach for addressing students' functional goals.
- Evaluate data and recommend specialized behavioral techniques or changes based on the interpretation of data.
- Analyze academic, personal, social and environmental conditions to better understand the variables that may impact the behavior of the learner.
- Assist and support building and division staff and parents in the development, implementation and monitoring of MTSS functional behavior assessments (FBA) and student support plans (SSP).
- Effectively communicate and maintain collaborative relationships with all stakeholders involved on a school-based team.
- Maintain knowledge of applicable laws and regulations at the federal, state and local level.
- Compile information from a variety of sources (e.g. teachers, nurse, probation officer, mental health agencies, other professionals, etc.) for the purpose of providing information, developing plans for services and/or making recommendations to MTSS teams.
Clearances:
- Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance.
- Tuberculosis Skin Test.
WP
Primary Location:
Central Office
Salary Range:
Teachers and Other Licensed Staff Salary Scale (http://www.acps.k12.va.us/hr/compensation/)
Shift Type:
Full-Time