• Job Description

  Req#: 2405
  Position Type:
  Administration/ Clinical Therapist/Mental Heath
  
  
  Date Posted:
  4/17/2025
  
  
  Location:
  All sites
  
  
  Date Available:
  07/01/2025
  
  
  Closing Date:
  05/01/2025; 4:00pm
  
  
  At least 3 years successful experience as a school counselor or therapist.
  Bilingual/Biliterate (Spanish)
  California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Counseling, School Psychology, or School Social Work
  Valid license through the California Department of Consumer Affairs: Board of Behavioral Science or Board of Psychology; or American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN) in any of the following areas:
  • Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
  • Licensed Psychologist
  Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP)
  Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
  Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
  Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
  Licensed Psychologist
  Consult and collaborate with general and special education personnel for students referred for or receiving mental health services.
  Conduct Mental Health Services assessments per district protocol for students with an IEP, write a summary report, and attend to Individual Education Plans to make recommendations.
  Consult and collaborate with Behavior Analysts and/or Behavioral Technicians in development of wrap-around team supports for chronically absent students.
  Develop and maintain mental/behavioral health programs in collaboration with the MTSS Intervention or Individual Education Plan team process.
  Make recommendations to MTSS and/or IEP teams for mental health counseling services to include developing appropriate measurable goals, providing progress report on student goals, collaborating with MTSS and/or Individual Education Plan team members regarding student progress.
  Attend Coordination of Services Team (COST), treatment team, wrap around team, or IEP team meetings, as appropriate, for specific student interventions or services.
  Provide services for students who have IEPs and demonstrate social-emotional, mental or behavioral health needs that impact their educational progress. These services include delivery of individual, group or family counseling services.
  Support District in supervision of monitoring student progress by school personnel, visit school facilities, attend school meetings, and advise District regarding additional services as needs rise.
  Provide information dissemination or professional development training to school staff regarding prevention and intervention activities and behavioral support systems.
  Travel from site to site and/or perform necessary home visits for the purpose of assessing, providing direct treatment, program monitoring, and/or collaboration.
  Consult with or attend meetings with county agencies, medical, or private care practioners to inform student supports.
  Uphold ethical and legal duties such as FERPA compliance, confidentiality, Education Code compliance, and/or HIPAA compliance in accordance with applicable licensure.
  Perform related duties as assigned.
  Exposure to bodily fluids, blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases
  Contact with dissatisfied or aggressive individuals (hitting, biting, scratching, spitting, throwing objects)
  Mountain View Whisman School District Human Resources Department	Job Title: Mental Health Specialist
  Classification: Certificated Management	Date Approved: 12/8/2022
  
  
  Compensation:
  2025-2026 = $122,943 - $151,203
  Qualifications:
  Education
  Required
  An earned master's degree or advanced degree of at least equivalent standard from an accredited college of university.
  
  Experience
  Desirable
  1. At least 3 years successful experience as a school counselor or therapist.
  2. Bilingual/Biliterate (Spanish)
  
  
  Credentials
  Required
  1. California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Counseling, School Psychology, or School Social Work
  or
  1. Valid license through the California Department of Consumer Affairs: Board of Behavioral Science or Board of Psychology; or American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN) in any of the following areas:
     • Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP)
     • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
     • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
     • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC)
     • Licensed Psychologist
  Position Description
  
  The Mental Health Specialist provides collaborative and consultation services to Multi-tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) and Individual Education Plan (IEP) teams, conducts evaluations to determine need for Educational Related Mental Health Services, and delivers individual, group, parent, and/or family counseling as determined by an assessment and/or the student's Individual Education Plan team. The Mental Health Specialist conducts in-class, out-of-class observations to gather data for assessment; and collaborates with teachers, as well as aids if applicable, to gain collateral information. The Mental Health Specialist consults with private sector clinical service providers. The Mental Health Specialist will assist MTSS and/or IEP teams in determining appropriate services, supports, and program components to address mental and/or behavioral health needs. The Mental Health Specialist is intended to support progress related to educational functioning and improve the student's access to the educational program.
  
  Duties & Responsibilities:
  Under the direction of the Director of Student Supports & Special Education, the Mental Health Specialist may be assigned to:
  • Consult and collaborate with general and special education personnel for students referred for or receiving mental health services.
  • Conduct Mental Health Services assessments per district protocol for students with an IEP, write a summary report, and attend to Individual Education Plans to make recommendations.
  • Consult and collaborate with Behavior Analysts and/or Behavioral Technicians in development of wrap-around team supports for chronically absent students.
  • Develop and maintain mental/behavioral health programs in collaboration with the MTSS Intervention or Individual Education Plan team process.
  • Make recommendations to MTSS and/or IEP teams for mental health counseling services to include developing appropriate measurable goals, providing progress report on student goals, collaborating with MTSS and/or Individual Education Plan team members regarding student progress.
  • Attend Coordination of Services Team (COST), treatment team, wrap around team, or IEP team meetings, as appropriate, for specific student interventions or services.
  • Provide services for students who have IEPs and demonstrate social-emotional, mental or behavioral health needs that impact their educational progress. These services include delivery of individual, group or family counseling services.
  • Support District in supervision of monitoring student progress by school personnel, visit school facilities, attend school meetings, and advise District regarding additional services as needs rise.
  • Provide information dissemination or professional development training to school staff regarding prevention and intervention activities and behavioral support systems.
  • Travel from site to site and/or perform necessary home visits for the purpose of assessing, providing direct treatment, program monitoring, and/or collaboration.
  • Consult with or attend meetings with county agencies, medical, or private care practioners to inform student supports.
  • Uphold ethical and legal duties such as FERPA compliance, confidentiality, Education Code compliance, and/or HIPAA compliance in accordance with applicable licensure.
  • Perform related duties as assigned.
  
  
  ADA Profile
  
  Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time; ability to sit, bend, kneel, perform grasping and handling motions and torso rotations on a continuous basis, lift, carry or move up to 50 lbs., ability to reach in all directions; adequate sight or corrected vision to read printed directions or instructions; hear and speak to communicate with co-workers, students and the public; dexterity of the hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment.
  Hazards:
  • Exposure to bodily fluids, blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases
  • Contact with dissatisfied or aggressive individuals (hitting, biting, scratching, spitting, throwing objects)
  
  
  Supervised by: Director of Student Supports & Special Education
  Evaluated by: Director of Student Supports & Special Education
  
  
  
  The Mountain View Whisman School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The Mountain View Whisman School District requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
  
  Questions or complaints of alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying, equity or Title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to Tara Vikjord at 650-526-3500, 1400 Montecito Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043 , or tvikjord@mvwsd.org.
  
  
  

• About the company

  Mountain View Whisman School District is a public school district located in Mountain View, California.

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