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About the Role
The Dalton School seeks a full-time High School Psychologist or Master Level Clinician for a leave replacement position to provide clinical counseling and consultation supporting the mental health and well-being of high school students.
Responsibilities
- Provide short-term individual counseling to high school students for social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health concerns.
- Conduct clinical and risk assessments, respond to mental health crises, and develop safety plans.
- Develop and implement short-term interventions and coping strategies.
- Support students with issues including anxiety, depression, stress, relationships, identity development, family concerns, substance use, and grief.
- Determine when additional evaluation or higher levels of care are needed and facilitate referrals.
- Maintain clinical boundaries, confidentiality, and documentation.
- Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the High School Clinical Team to coordinate support.
- Communicate with outside therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other providers.
- Coordinate school-based and community-based mental health services and ensure continuity of care.
- Participate in multidisciplinary case consultations and provide clinical expertise.
- Review clinical evaluations and communicate findings and recommendations to school professionals.
- Collaborate with the Learning Support Team to implement recommendations.
- Participate in student support meetings and identify students needing intervention or referral.
- Provide clinical consultation to parents/guardians regarding adolescent mental health and development.
- Assist families in understanding and responding to mental health or behavioral concerns.
- Provide referrals and resources to outside clinicians and community services.
- Facilitate communication among students, families, school professionals, and outside providers.
- Maintain timely, accurate, and clinically appropriate documentation in the school’s database.
- Maintain student confidentiality while communicating necessary information for safety and care coordination.
Requirements
- Must have a doctoral degree in a mental health field and current clinical licensure.
- Demonstrated clinical experience providing counseling or psychotherapy to adolescents; experience with high school-aged students required.
- Experience with clinical assessment, risk assessment, crisis intervention, and/or care coordination preferred.
- Experience working in a school, particularly an independent school setting, strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of adolescent development and contemporary mental health concerns.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Sound clinical judgment, strong professional boundaries, and ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Commitment to supporting students within an inclusive school community.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without needing sponsorship.
Skills
- Clinical counseling
- Consultation
- Mental health support
- Emotional well-being
- Healthy development
- Clinical assessment
- Risk assessment
- Crisis intervention
- Safety planning
- Intervention strategies
- Coping strategies
- Referral facilitation
- Documentation
- Confidentiality
- Care coordination
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Communication
- Organizational skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Clinical judgment
- Adolescent development
Location
- Manhattan, NY
- In-person
Work Type
- Full-time
- Leave replacement
- In-person
Experience Level
- Commensurate with experience
Education Level
- Doctoral degree in a mental health field (Psy.D., Ph.D., Ed.D.)
- Master Level Clinician (LCSW, LPC)
Salary/Compensations
- $63,000 - $77,000
About the Company
- The Dalton School is a progressive K-12 gender-inclusive school in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, recognized as one of the preeminent independent day schools in the nation.
- Known for its child-centered approach and an exceptional, inspiring faculty, Dalton enrolls over 1,300 students with approximately 350 faculty and staff.
- Guided by the Dalton Plan, the foundation of a Dalton education, our faculty meets each student’s evolving needs, interests, and abilities.
- Dalton challenges each student to develop intellectual independence, creativity, curiosity, and a sense of responsibility toward others both within the School and in the broader community.
Equal Opportunity
- The Dalton School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, ethnic origin, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by applicable law in the administration of our educational policies, hiring policies, admissions policies, financial aid programs, athletics, and other school-administered programs.