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Early Childhood Licensed Mental Health Therapist (CONTRACT)
(ECMHT) is responsible for providing mental health consultation support to Head Staff, children and families.
Department:
Head Start
Pay Grade:
Negotiable
Job Description:
Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist (ECMHT) is responsible for providing mental health consultation support to Head Staff, children and families. The ECMHT, will provide a broad range of services, including early childhood mental health service in classrooms; providing training to parents and staff; screenings; evaluations; assessments; and referral services. The ECMHT will also collect data, maintain records, and support compliance in all facets of the Head Start Performance Standards and State regulations.
Duites:
- Provide child development information related to social-emotional development and mental health.
- Provide guidance to staff on selecting, implementing, and interpreting social-emotional screening and assessment tools and findings.
- Provide written and oral observations and strength-based feedback to classrooms in the areas of social, emotional, and behavior skills that are related to the performance standards.
- Collect data and update records and enter notes in children’s files.
- Provide therapeutic art services to children, services includes one-to-one, small groups, or full inclusion in the classroom.
- Record daily, quarterly, and the end of the year reports on children receiving services to be shared with parents.
- Support, coordinate, and provide staff training related to social-emotional and mental health issues at least once per quarter.
- Coordinate and facilitate parent trainings.
- Conduct observations and assessments of individual children as assigned or referred for consultation.
- Meet with families to consult on child and family needs and create or follow-up on plans to support these needs.
- Conduct standardized developmental, behavioral, and/or social-emotional screens and assessments for individual children as assigned or referred for consultation.
- Provide child and family referral and follow-up to community services.
- Participate in regular supervision with Disabilities/Mental Health Coordinator and Head Start Director.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree required, preferably in Psychology, Counseling, or related field.
- Current Clinical licensed mental health professional (LPC, LPC-A, LCSW, LMSW)
- Minimum of 2 years direct experience in a mental health setting providing preventions services and/or mental health therapy to children and families.
- Must pass a sex offender and thorough background check.
- Must pass a drug/alcohol test
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Demonstrate understanding of early childhood mental health.
- Demonstrate understanding of differences in mental health services and concepts across cultures.
- Demonstrate experience with clinical documentation formulation and writing assessments, and supports plans, preferably in young children.
- Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with staff and families
- Partner with providers as a member of a diverse team.
- Lead and facilitate trainings.
- Conduct standardized screens and assessments, preferably for young children.
- Use results of screens and assessments to guide work with families, set goals, and develop individualized plans.
- Lead and conduct EDT and IEP meetings.
- Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Organize tasks and manage time effectively.
Working Conditions:
- Ability to manage physically active children ages 3 to 5, including guiding, pursuing, and withstanding sudden movements.
- Must maintain a high level of confidentiality.
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
- Must have valid Driver’s License.
- Maintain First Aid and CPR certification
- Must pass background check.