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Job Description
Position Type:
Paraprofessionals/Check & Connect Paraprofessional
Date Posted:
9/2/2025
Location:
Denfeld High School
Closing Date:
09/11/2025
Mental Health Practitioner - Check & Connect
Denfeld High School
40 hours per week/38 weeks per year
Starting Pay: $25.92-28.35/hr, increases with experience + Benefits
Join the Duluth Public Schools team, where we work to inspire every student to achieve their potential and prepare students to lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Summary:
Duluth Public Schools is seeking an individual to assist Assist administration, general education and special education teachers with meeting the educational, emotional, behavioral and skill-based needs of Check & Connect students.
Assist in implementing the academic and behavior plan goals, as documented in the Continual Learning Plan (CLP).under supervision of mental health professional.
Minimum Qualifications:- Must meet the qualifications of a mental health practitioner.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must have an associate degree and 6,000 hours of supervised experience in delivering clinical services in the treatment of mental illness for children and adolescents, OR a bachelor's degree and 2,000 hours of supervised experience in delivering clinical
services in the treatment of mental illness for children and adolescents.
- Meet pre-service and continuing education requirements as specified in MN Stat. 245.4871 and the rules of the Department of Human Services.
- CPR, first aid, and NCI.
- Allergies and allergic reactions.
- Children and adolescents with mental health and emotional disabilities.
- Basic knowledge to assist students with math, reading, science and other subject areas.
- Check & Connect Intervention Model
- Community resources available for parents, students and teachers, such as CAIR, Lutheran Social Services, and Talent Search and referral processes.
- Various cultural backgrounds, communities of color, promoting diversity, racism - anti racist work, and using such techniques as advocacy and staff development
- Administrative intervention techniques
- Integration policies and terminology
- Being a proactive and productive team player.
- Working with high-risk special needs and non-traditional students.
- Student behavior management and crisis intervention by implementing de-escalation techniques as determined by program training and mental health team.
- Ability to work with emotionally unstable students effectively.
- Ability to remain calm and control personal emotions in volatile situations.
- Written and verbal communication skills, including documenting the delivery of services in written progress reports.
- Excellent interpersonal and personal care skills.
- Using computers for instructional and data collection purposes.
- Handling safety issues according to the crisis plan developed by the mental health team.
- Ability to follow and implement the academic and treatment plan goals, as documented in the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Continual Learning Plan (CLP) under supervision of mental health and education professionals.
- Ability to interpret and follow the student policy handbook as determined appropriate by program team.
- Ability to participate with the construction of therapeutic activities and interventions that will lead to goal attainment.
- Ability to co-facilitate mental health groups.
Medical/Prescription Drug Plan with Health Reimbursement Arrangement- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of premium (FREE) + contributes $2,612.50 into HRA annually
- Family Coverage - District pays 75% of premium (25% employee contribution) + contributes $5,225.00 into HRA annually
- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of Basic premium (FREE)
- Family Coverage - District pays 25% of Premium
- District provides minimum of $50,000 of life insurance at no cost, employee may purchase supplemental life insurance
- District-provided at no cost to employee
- Employees may elect to contribute on a pre-tax basis to Health Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
- The District contributes 7.25% of your total salary in the Public Employees Retirement Association) pension plan.
- Employees may also elect to participate in Tax-Shelter Annuity options.
- Each bargaining unit contract defines time off provisions such as holidays, sick/personal leave, vacation, etc.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 218-336-8722 or email noncerthr@isd709.org
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Duluth Public Schools
Show moreDuluth, or Onigamiising in Ojibwe, is the seat of St. Louis County, the largest city in the northern two-thirds of Minnesota, and the fourth largest city in the state. It is located on the western tip of Lake Superior and its city limits encompass 67 square miles of land and nearly 50 square miles of water. It is part of the Twin Ports metropolitan statistical area which includes all of Wisconsin's Douglas County, and Minnesota's Carlton, Lake, and Saint Louis counties which boasts a population of 291,638, ranked as the 170th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
After years of building economic diversity, Duluth is growing into a robust regional economic, medical, aviation, higher education, outdoor recreation and arts center. Duluth has long been recognized as an innovative region that is supported by a wide variety of services and industries, including the largest, farthest inland freshwater port, the Port of Duluth-Superior.
The city also boasts a vibrant arts culture, home to art museums, theater, and numerous festivals throughout the year. It is the home of two colleges and a university whose local sports teams include nationally ranked and championship teams.
Duluth Public Schools offers an excellent, competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes medical, prescription drug, dental, life, and disability coverage. A pension plan, tax-sheltered annuities program, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health care savings plan and employee assistance program round out the district’s robust benefits program.
The district pays a significant portion of the premium for medical hospitalization, dental and prescription coverage for employees and dependents and offers Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) funding.
The district also has generous provisions for vacation, holidays, family and medical leave and other types of paid and unpaid leave. The district recently added Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth to our list of paid holidays.
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