K-12 School Partnerships ProgramAt — Victor Community Support Services - West Sacramento
The K-12 School Partnerships Program, operates in partnership with Yolo County Mental Health, schools, and other service agencies. The program provides a range of services and supports for the children and families focused on reducing the likelihood that at-risk kids may escalate and need more intense services. Staff provide screening, staff support and training, and an efficient referral process that ensures a front-end preventative and individualized approach for referred students. Services are divided into 3-tiers with the lower risk students served in tiers 1 & 2. Tier 1 services consists of our outreach/engagement and psychoeducation services which increase awareness of available services, identify new trends that need to be addressed, and supports collaboration with school staff in identifying children/youth who would benefit from a higher level of mental health care. Tier 2 services offer an array of group intervention and treatment using evidence-based practices.
Screening tools, collaborative work with schools and other organizations, provide psychoeducation services to children, school staff, and parents/caregivers, will understand how to identify trends within a school system and develop a response to the changed needs (i.e. recommend a new group or intervention, flag a reoccurring issue on campus), group facilitation, how to recognize and identify students with greater mental health needs that need Tier 3 intervention, specific evidence-based practices for use with their population.
Students are provided with three different types of training experiences over their first month at Victor which include Online Relias Training, in personal clinical documentation training, and in vivo shadowing. Students also attend an intern onboarding meeting that is a scaled down version of our new hire orientation. 1. Online Relias trainings will be completed during the student intern’s downtime. Trainings include all site required trainings that clinical staff do, including those required by the county, and any relevant trainings to supplement the student intern’s learning (i.e., population specific trainings like 0-5, eating disorders, motivational interviewing, and any other trainings that support the student intern’s interest and learning needs.) Keep track of all trainings that are being provided to the student interns on a running agency training form (see appendix.) 2. In person clinical documentation trainings provided by either a Clinical Supervisor or a senior Clinician. This is a great opportunity for students to meet and interact with other staff as well as to begin building an intern community as these trainings are offered best in a group format with all interns starting at the same time and going through the trainings together. Inform students they can use the internship academic year to continue to observe sessions for continued growth and learning. 3. In vivo shadowing opportunities. Shadowing is a foundation of the student internship and Students must shadow as many staff members as possible,observing a variety of services (i.e., therapy, assessments, rehab services, med appts, etc.). It is incredibly helpful to allow the student intern to observe a variety of sessions during their initial training period and provides an opportunity for the visual/kinetic learners to learn about the role and the Victor system overall.
COVID vaccination is required.
| Type | Frequency | Amount | Explanation | Show to students? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stipend | monthly | Stipend is calculated based on the number of hours they commit to and is divided equally across the length of the internship. | Yes |