DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LCSW OR LPC (4615)

PRIMARY DUTIES

Clinical & Program Leadership

- Provide formal clinical and administrative supervision to the School-based Behavioral Health Clinician Lead and all school-based LCSW/LPC counselors across all assigned campuses

- In coordination with internal WFM teams, drive hiring, onboarding, performance evaluation, and, when necessary, corrective action for all school-based clinical staff

- Set and enforce clinical quality standards, treatment protocols, and documentation requirements across the service line

- Review and approve clinical workflows developed by the Clinician Lead; resolve escalated clinical or safety concerns

- Lead clinical risk management and crisis-response protocols across all campuses

- Provide or arrange board-approved clinical supervision toward licensure hours for associate-level staff, as applicable

Strategic & Operational Leadership

- Partner with program operations leadership on staffing plans, budget, scheduling, and campus readiness

- Lead planning and execution of the expansion into two additional high schools and four additional elementary schools, including staffing, workflow design, and timeline management

- Serve as the senior clinical point of contact with Waco ISD and other partner school districts

- Represent the school-based behavioral health service line in organizational, grant, and board-related reporting, as needed

Compliance & Outcomes

- Ensure the service lines compliance with HIPAA, FERPA, child abuse reporting, HRSA/FQHC requirements, and WFM policy

- Own program-level outcome tracking (caseloads, utilization, clinical outcomes, referral closures) and report results to the Chief Behavioral Health Officer

- Support grant and funding compliance and reporting for the school-based service line

People Development

- Build a culture of clinical excellence, accountability, and support across the school-based team

- Mentor and develop the Clinician Lead and other staff, including succession planning as the program scales

EXAMPLE MEASURES OF SUCCESS

- Staffing: all budgeted school-based clinician positions filled and onboarded on schedule ahead of high school and elementary school expansion

- Clinical Quality: documented, timely performance evaluations completed for 100% of school-based clinical staff

- Compliance: zero substantiated HIPAA, FERPA, or HRSA compliance findings related to the school-based service line

- Access: time-to-first-visit greater than or equal to 10 school days sustained across all campuses throughout expansion

- Team Stability: school-based clinical staff turnover held within organizational target during the expansion period

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

- Salary: Commensurate with experience and licensure

- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, retirement match, PTO, and CEU support

- Strong culture of collaboration, staff wellness, and mission-driven service

Qualifications

DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH – LCSW OR LPC

REPORTS TO: Chief Behavioral Health Officer

LOCATION: Primarily based at a Waco Family Medicine Central location, with regular travel to all school-based campuses and regular coordination with partner school districts.

STATUS: Full-Time, Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY

The Director of School-based Behavioral Health provides clinical and administrative leadership for Waco Family Medicines school-based behavioral health service line. This role has direct supervisory authority over the School-based Behavioral Health Clinician Lead and all school-based LCSW and LPC counselors, including hiring, performance management, and corrective action. The Director is accountable for clinical quality, compliance, staffing, and the planned growth of the service line. This role may carry a limited clinical caseload in coordination with WFM management; the primary function of this position is program and people leadership (Approximately 70% Administrative and 30% Clinical time). Waco Family Medicine is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required

- Master's degree in counseling, social work, or a related field

- Active, independent Texas licensure as an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or Licensed Psychologist with clinical psychology qualifications.

- Board-approved clinical supervisor credential (LCSW-S or LPC-S), or ability to obtain one within the first year of employment

- Minimum of five years of post-licensure clinical experience, including demonstrated experience directly supervising or managing licensed clinical staff (hiring, performance management, and corrective action)

- Strong knowledge of FERPA, HIPAA, child abuse reporting requirements

- Reliable transportation and ability to travel regularly across multiple school districts and campuses

Preferred

- Experience building, leading, or scaling a multi-site clinical program

- Experience operating within a Texas HRSA/FQHC compliance environment

- Experience providing board-approved clinical supervision toward licensure hours for associate-level clinicians

- Experience in school-based or community-based behavioral health settings.

- Bilingual (English/Spanish)

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

- Visual and auditory accuracy

- Shift length – 8 hours

- Indoor setting

- Continuous use of computer

- Long periods of sitting

- Frequent use of telephone

- Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands

- Continuous conversational communication

- Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling, twisting, and climbing

- Occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing, and pulling of up to 25 lbs

- Occasionally working in confined, noisy, dusty areas

- Frequent use of personal car, including regular travel between multiple school campuses

- Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions

- Memorize and retain instructions

- Read and interpret detailed specifications

- Mental competency

- Tobacco non-user

- Physical accommodations will be implemented where necessary and feasible