Mental Health Clinician at Glenn County Office Of Education

Job Summary

Job Summary

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: • To independently provide assessment, diagnosis, counseling and psychotherapeutic treatment to children and young adults; • To provide educational consultation services to other staff; community agencies and the public; • Performs intensive casework services with children and adult clients or their relatives through individual or group therapy; • Participates in the intake process in the evaluation of problems presented and in the development of treatment plans with Mental Health and or other agencies as appropriate; • Gathers data relative to client’s personal, social and emotional history by interviewing client, relatives, friends, teachers, and employers; • Prepares case histories with particular emphasis upon psycho-social factors affecting the client; • Cooperates with other staff members and with community agencies in carrying out treatment plans; • Works as liaison to County Mental Health Agency and any other contractual agencies in the county; • Assists in development and negotiation of contracts with other agencies to provide services to the county; • Participates in interagency services planning with student team; • Interprets and explains to community groups the social and emotional factors pertaining to illness in order to provide a better understanding of the social aspects of environmental, emotional, and physical problems; • Interprets modern methods of treatment for emotional and environmental problems; • Prepares records and reports; • Prepares LEA Medi-Cal billing logs for all appropriate services; • Other duties as assigned; • Makes goal recommendations to the IEP meetings.

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