School-Based Behavioral Health Clinician-Middle School (3656)

## Description
**PRIMARY DUTIES:**
**Direct Care**

• Diagnose and deliver goal-oriented interventions for anxiety, depression, trauma and stressor related disorders, adjustment disorders, ADHD and other behavioral health conditions as appropriate.
• Provide individual psychotherapy
• Offer group psychotherapy as needed and appropriate
• Provide appropriate clinical crisis intervention and safety planning as needed.
• Use standardized tools to guide care and measure outcomes.
• Coordinate access to medical pharmacotherapy as indicated
• Engage parents/guardians in care planning, progress updates, and family treatment when appropriate.

**Care Coordination & Compliance**

• Coordinate with Waco Family Medicine providers for medical social service referrals.
• Document services in electronic health record and meet all compliance standards.
• Adhere to all WFM compliance, HIPAA, child abuse reporting, and clinical risk management guidelines.

**Program Development & Outcomes**

• Track caseloads, service utilization, referral closures, and outcomes to contribute to program dashboards.
• Support grant and funding requirements as applicable.

**EXAMPLE MEASURES OF SUCCESS**

• **Access:**time-to-first-visit 10 school days.
• **Clinical:**5-point improvement on PHQ-A or GAD-7 for students with baseline elevation.
• **School Partnership:** Positive feedback from school staff on collaboration and communication; adherence to FERPA/HIPAA data-sharing agreements.

## Qualifications

**REPORTS TO:**PROJECT MANAGER, School-Based Services

**LOCATION:**Middle School campus in partnership with Waco Independent School District, with occasional work at Waco Family Medicine sites.

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**STATUS:**Full-Time, Exempt

**POSITION SUMMARY:**

The School-Linked Behavioral Health Clinician provides compassionate, evidence-based counseling and support for middle school students with Waco Family Medicine, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:**

**Required**

• Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, or related field.
• Active Texas license as LPC or LCSW required before hire.
• Strong skills in crisis intervention, short-term therapy, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

**Preferred**

• Experience providing therapy to children/adolescent
• Experience in school or community-based settings.
• Training in evidence-based practices for youth (e.g., CBT, TF-CBT, DBT skills).
• Bilingual (English/Spanish).

**SKILLS:**

• Strong knowledge of healthcare job markets, including physician and clinical staffing trends.
• Proven ability to source passive candidates through creative and proactive methods.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and HRIS systems; experience with Paycom a plus.
• Familiarity with FQHC requirements, HRSA guidelines, and loan repayment programs (NHSC, state loan repayment) preferred.

**COMPENSATION & BENEFITS**

• Competitive salary based on experience and licensure.
• Loan repayment eligibility through HRSA (NHSC/FQHC).
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, retirement match, PTO, and CEU support.
• Strong culture of collaboration, staff wellness, and mission-driven service

**PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:**

• Visual and auditory accuracy
• Shift length - 8 hours
• Indoor setting
• Continuous use of computer
• Long periods of sitting
• Frequent use of telephone
• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands
• Continuous conversational communication
• Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling, twisting and climbing
• Occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling of up to 25 lbs.
• Occasionally working in confined, noisy, dusty areas
• Frequent use of personal car
• Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions
• Memorize and retain instructions
• Read and interpret detailed specifications
• Mental competency
• Tobacco non-user
• Physical accommodations will be implemented where necessary and feasible