Mental Health Coordinator Job Description

Titles: SEL Director, MH Coordinator

Summary:

More than ever we are recognizing the importance of integrating mental health supports and social emotional learning into our schools’ policies, procedures, and classrooms. Youth and adult anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation are on the rise at an alarming rate. With these struggles come bigger behavioral problems, less engagement, higher levels of absenteeism, and increased turnover of staff. An SEL and Mental Health Coordinator can help assess current strengths and areas of opportunity while collaborating with district and building level leaders to design and implement a comprehensive plan that will meet the unique needs of the district in question. 

Job Description: Collaborate with school leaders to create or strengthen a district-wide comprehensive mental health support system. Provide support, guidance, professional development, and resources to ensure social emotional learning and mental health supports benefit all students. 

Responsibilities: 

• Assist district and building leaders in planning, developing and implementing a comprehensive mental health system
• Guide the development of structures and supports that outline clear roles and responsibilities and referral process for tiered supports
• Ensure mental health systems and supports aligns with the district’s vision and mission
• Assist and facilitate staff professional development as it relates to social emotional learning and mental health supports
• Work with school leaders to build relationships with community partners to build student and staff supports
• Collaborate with a team to review school policies to ensure alignment with SEL and wellness goals. 

Scope: 

• Initial meeting and assessment with district/building level leaders
  • Audit of current practices, services, policies, and resources
  • Plan development
• Monthly minimum of one full day in each building
  • Professional development
  • Observations
  • Supporting MTSS team
  • Coaching
• Access to full library of videos and resources
• Monthly newsletter

My blogs that support this position:

• https://incompassinged.com/2020/06/05/10-ways-to-build-mental-health-systems-and-supports/
• https://incompassinged.com/2020/06/05/6-tips-to-a-healing-re-entry-plan-for-schools/

Tiffany is a licensed social worker, advanced mind body medicine practitioner, and is certified in Applied Educational Neuroscience through Butler University. She has worked as an early childhood education director, a school social worker, a director of school-based services for a community mental health center, and has provided clinical therapeutic services to youth, adults, and families. Tiffany has partnered with over twenty schools and youth and family serving agencies to provide professional development, mind body medicine skills groups, and supportive services. Her focus on healing centered engagement supports staff, students, and families alike in understanding the impact of stress, trauma, and adversity while working to heal individually and collectively. This work is foundational to student and staff success and well-being. 

Tiffany specializes in social and emotional learning, improving school culture and climate, applied educational neuroscience, developing MTSS for behavior, trauma-informed schools, mind-body medicine, teacher retention, and supporting students’ and teachers’ mental health.