District Mental Health Coordinator

District Mental Health Coordinator

The District Mental Health Coordinator serves as a partner to the Director of Positive School Climate and Culture, providing supervision and consultation to HPS's 31aa-funded mental health professionals and leading the district-wide implementation of mental health and suicide prevention priorities.

Roles and Responsibilities

Collaboration, Consultation & Coordination

• Ability to collaborate, consult, and provide supervision as necessary to other 31aa-funded general education mental health professionals across all HPS buildings
• Support district staff in navigating complex student mental health situations, including suicide risk assessment, trauma response, crisis response, and tiered intervention decisions
• Serve as a resource for building administrators managing student behavior, including school avoidance, rooted in trauma or mental health needs
• Facilitate cross-building collaboration among mental health professionals to promote shared practice, reduce isolation, and strengthen collective capacity

Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Implementation

• Lead district-wide implementation of mental health and suicide prevention priorities
• Ensure consistent activation of suicide prevention protocols and crisis response procedures across all buildings
• Support and strengthen building-level crisis response teams following critical incidents
• Monitor implementation fidelity and outcomes across buildings, reporting progress to the Director of Positive School Climate and Culture

Training & Capacity-Building

• Facilitate annual and ongoing training for counselors and mental health staff on HPS suicide prevention processes and protocols.
• Provide training for teachers and building staff on recognizing students in distress and responding appropriately when a student expresses suicidal ideation or self-harm
• Support new staff onboarding related to mental health protocols, referral pathways, and district expectations

Systems Support & Gap Analysis

• Partner with the Director of Positive School Climate and Culture to identify gaps in HPS mental health systems and strengthen Tier 2 and Tier 3 support identification and processing
• Coordinate universal screening data review and support building teams in using data to drive tiered support decisions
• Maintain current documentation of mental health supports, referral resources, and community partnerships across all buildings

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related clinical field.
• Must hold one of the following credentials: MSW, LPC, LLMSW, or equivalent licensure/certification recognized by the State of Michigan.
• Experience in school-based mental health settings preferred
• Demonstrated competency in suicide risk assessment, trauma-informed care, and coordinating crisis intervention.
• Experience working within a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework preferred.
• Demonstrated competency in trauma-informed care and crisis intervention.
• Experience with a diverse student and parent population.

Qualifications/Skills

• Ability to provide compassionate, empathic support to students, families, and school staff experiencing distress
• Strong clinical judgment and ability to navigate complex, multi-system mental health situations
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally across audiences (students, families, staff, administrators)
• Ability to build effective working relationships across buildings and with community partners
• Knowledge of current evidence-based practices in school mental health, suicide prevention, and trauma-informed care
• Ability to facilitate professional development and training for diverse staff audiences
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities across buildings with minimal supervision
• Proficient in problem-solving and data-informed decision-making
• Ability to operate standard office technology and maintain accurate records and documentation
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all District requirements and Board policies
• Regular, predictable attendance
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to coordinate hands, eyes, feet and limbs in performing semi-skilled movements such as operation of a computer keyboard, telephone, calculator and dictation equipment. The employee is occasionally required to exert light to medium physical effort in sedentary and light to medium work involving lifting, carrying, pushing, walking, standing, reaching with hands and arms, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distant vision and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Adaptability

The work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet. The work environment is normally indoors with controlled climate conditions. Occasionally, the employee may be required to be outdoors for a short period of time while travelling to a different location, and may therefore be subject to varying weather conditions, for purposes of accomplishing the essential functions of this job.

Terms

Salary is in accordance with the Non-Affiliated salary scale, depending upon experience. Other benefits will be established by the Board of Education in accordance with benefits offered to central office administration including full family medical and ancillary benefits (dental, vision & life insurance).