Duties and Responsibilities:
· Implement all aspects of the delivery of the SJB model of early childhood mental health consultation services to staff, children and families that includes system, program, center and child-level consultation to support child care.
· Establish and maintain strong collaborative and professional relationships with children and families with mental health concerns, challenging behaviors and individual developmental differences.
· Develop and/or facilitate trainings on a range of early childhood mental health topics for consultation as part of consultation support.
· Cultivate positive and inclusive learning environments.
· Provide intervention with mental health or behavioral crisis as they arise while adhering to laws and regulation. Situations may be related to mandated reporting and suspected child abuse.
Health and Safety:
· Ensure that mandated reporting laws and regulations are followed appropriately.
· Ensure the health and welfare of staff and children is maintained at all times.
· Mandated to report suspected child abuse.
· Ensure staff understand and follow agency procedures and reporting requirements related to health and safety standards.
· Report safety hazards and injuries immediately and ensure proper paperwork is competed in a timely manner.
Skills and Abilities:
· Demonstrate understanding of early childhood mental health consultation as building the mental health capacities of teachers, staff, families and others who care for young children and utilize the principles of the consultative stance in the oversight and implementation of the program.
· Ability to support the mental health of infants, young children and the adults who care for them.
· Understand and embrace multidisciplinary approach for working with young children, families and other caregivers and staff.
· Communicate respectfully and maintain effective relationships with all staff, partnering agencies and other stakeholders.
· Ability to exercise good judgment clinically, legally, and ethically and willing to consult with supervisor as needed.
Education and Experience:
· Clinical licensure as a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), Licenses Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Psychologist in California.
· At least three (3) years of previous experience working with young children 0-5 and their families as a mental health clinician or other clinical role specializing in psychotherapeutic work with young children and their families.
· At least one (1) year previous experience working with children with IEP’s and determining the required accommodations for their needs.
· Knowledge of early development and work experience in group settings for children.
· Experience with assessment of young children’s social and emotional functioning.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
· Requires an employee, on a regular basis to use the following visually: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to judge distances.
· Requires an employee to use their hearing on a regular basis to: respond quickly to sounds, recognize alarms, and receive detailed information through oral communication.
· Requires an employee to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities on a regular basis.
· Requires an employee to drive a vehicle to conduct work on a regular basis.
· Requires an employee to work indoors in a noisy environment on a regular basis.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $92,085.00 - $111,422.85 per year
Application Question(s):
- How many years of Mental Health experience do you have?
- Do you speak any other languages? If so, what language(s)?
- Are you willing to travel to multiple centers in one day?
- Do you have a BBS License?
- Are you a CA licensed LCSW, LMFT, LPCC or a Psychologist in CA?
- How many years of experience do you have working with preschool children 0-5 years old and their families?
Education:
Work Location: In person