Community and School Mental Health Administrator

About the Company

Since 2018, Ravenswood City School District has been a proud partner of the Ravenswood Wellness Partnership (RWP), along with RWP lead agency, Children's Health Council. RWP is a collaborative of trusted mental health providers, community organizations, and schools working together to deliver culturally responsive, coordinated mental health care and support for youth in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park. RWP serves students and families furthest from opportunity, building a more equitable system of care. RCSD students, families, and staff have come to rely on RWP partners for essential behavioral health services that improve access, outcomes, mental health and wellbeing. As a systems-change initiative, the Ravenswood Wellness Partnership (RWP) aims to improve youth and family mental health by driving change at the individual, community, and systems levels—focused on coordination, capacity, and access. Key outcomes with direct impact on Ravenswood City School District (RCSD) students include :

• Mutual trust and lasting collaboration between RCSD and RWP partners
• Integration of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and regular Coordination of Services Team (COST) meetings
• Streamlined referral processes and improved coordination between the school district and mental health providers
• Implementation of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) to strengthen outcomes measurement and track student behavioral health needs. RCADS is a 47-item, youth self-report tool assessing anxiety, depression, and related conditions
• Launched the RWP Training Consortium to train emerging clinicians and provide site-based and outpatient therapy services for RCSD students
• Responsive community education and engagement efforts based on emerging needs

About the Role

The Mental Health Services Administrator, funded through the San Mateo County Office of Education United for Youth (U4Y) Initiative, will serve as a key liaison between Ravenswood City School District (RCSD) and the Ravenswood Wellness Partnership (RWP), a network of community-based youth and mental health organizations. This role will help ensure that the District's 1500+ TK-8 students and their families can access the care they need when and where they need it. This new role, contracted through Children's Health Council (CHC), will lead the coordination, implementation, and integration of the new Statewide Multi-Payer School-Linked Fee Schedule as directed by the RCSD, as well as developing other opportunities to remove cost barriers and ensure consistent access to care, throughout the school day and during out of school time. Adopting California's School-Linked Fee Schedule allows districts to sustainably fund onsite and school-linked mental health services by billing Medi-Cal and commercial insurers. This role will partner with RCSD and RWP to streamline referrals, strengthen partnerships, and increase access to culturally responsive, trauma-informed behavioral health supports. The Administrator will work within the District's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to ensure students receive the right interventions at the right time and will be an active member of the Coordination of Services Team (COST) to align mental health services with academic and social-emotional supports. The new role will lead the successful integration of the Ravenswood Wellness Partnership (RWP) and the Ravenswood City School District's adoption of school-linked services over a time-limited two-year period; ensuring adequate school-based behavioral health services for youth and families, efficient systems of care, and community resources and linkage for all RCSD students and families.

This is a Fixed Term – 2-year contract.

Responsibilities

Coordination & Partnership Building

Program Implementation & Integration

Data & Evaluation

Capacity Building

Position Requirements :

This position will work both on school campuses across the District and at CHC Ravenswood's East Palo Alto clinic. Reliable transportation is required, as is the ability to travel between sites during the school day.

Compensation :

Range : $100,000 to $107,000

Pay Type : Salaried

Equal Opportunity Employer :

CHC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to : recruiting@chconline.org