Bilingual Mental Health Clinician- Infant Mental Health - License Preferred

Position Summary

Licensed Clinicians provide direct mental health clinical assessments and treatment to individuals with mental illness. Work with others in a clinical team environment to help individuals move toward recovery.

Team Specific Information

• Member of the Right Start for Infant Mental Health team, serving families with children aged birth to five years and pregnant individuals.
  • Offer comprehensive, trauma-informed, culturally proficient, relationship-based interventions including: Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy, Circle of Security-Parenting, Trauma-Focused CBT and other clinical interventions as necessary.
    • Serve families at the Dahlia Campus for Health and Well Being as well as in community locations.
      • Young children and families present with a broad range of infant mental health concerns, frequently having experienced trauma, abuse/neglect, removal from or loss of a primary caregiver, and exhibiting post-traumatic stress symptoms, behavioral challenges, depression, anxiety, and/or distressed/disordered parent-child relationships.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic mental health assessments of children ages 5 and under including assessing social-emotional functioning and parent-child relationship functioning.
  • Provide infant-parent, child-parent and family therapy services to children ages 0 to 5 and their caregivers.
    • Treatment modalities include Child Parent Psychotherapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy, Circle of Security-Parenting, and Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
  • Support caregivers regarding typical emotional development and provide developmental guidance regarding challenging behaviors.
  • Provide psycho-education and support groups for families/caregivers.
  • Congnorate services with community partners and providers to support positive behavioral health, and social/emotional development in very young children.
  • Coordinate services with community partners and providers to support positive behavioral health, and social/emotional development in very young children.
  • Provide case management services, including referral assistance, advocacy and support to families in accessing community resources.
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation consistent with agency standards.
  • Complete outcome measure assessments and other documentation to maintain compliance with Right Start for Colorado grant expectations.
  • Participate in team meetings, in-services and supervisory sessions as required.
  • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Master's Degree (or higher) in Psychology, Social Work, or other human service field. License preferred (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, Psychologist).
• Experience: At least three years' experience working with children ages 5 and younger and their caregivers in a mental health setting.

Requires regular use of computers and medical equipment. May involve occasional evening or weekend hours depending on patient needs or clinic schedule. Work environment can be fast-paced and emotionally demanding, requiring adaptability and resilience. Noise level is generally moderate but may vary during peak patient flow. Occasional travel between clinical sites.