NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
BUHLER, Kan. — If you have mental health training and experience, but are looking for just a few hours while your kids are at school, Buhler USD 313 would like to talk with you.
"We have a position open right now that we have not had any applicants for," said USD 313 Superintendent Cindy Couchman. "It is a unique position. It's called a mental health liaison. It's through a grant that we got through the State Department of Education and through the legislature that supports mental health. What this person would do is be a liaison between our counselors and families and Horizons Mental Health, which comes in to our buildings and works."
This is a person to have the time to make the connections between those kids who counselors believe need extra help and the people from Horizons who can provide it.
"Horizons comes in our buildings right now for counseling sessions," Couchman said. "They would then talk to our counselors about referrals of students who maybe need a little bit more, following up with those families and connecting them with resources at Horizons. It is only right now a 15 hour a week job that we're looking at it's a lot of flexibility, about three hours a day. If you are somebody that says, hey I could do that, I've got some experience with working with counselors or any of those fields. We're looking for somebody with a Bachelor's."
Applications must be received online from the district website at www.usd313.org.