Child First Mental Health and Developmental Clinician

About the role

The Child First Clinician partners with a Family Resource Partner to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention. Child First’s primary goal is to strengthen the caregiver-child relationship so that it serves both as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitates the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth. The Clinician uses trauma-informed CPP, a relationship-based, dyadic, parent-child treatment model, which focuses on the primary attachment relationships of the young child.

Responsibilities

• Provide Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities.
• Engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention.
• Work with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years).

Requirements

• Full or provisional license as an LCSW (A), LPC/LCMHC (A) or LMFT (A).
• Experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years).
• Valid driver's license, good driving record and current auto insurance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $60,000 to $69,000 for this full-time exempt position.
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays.
• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits.
• Life and Disability Insurance (company paid).
• 403(b) Retirement Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program and legal services support.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying employer.
• Mileage reimbursement for all business travel.
• Training provided on the Child First Model and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).
• Supervision for licensure.

What We’re Looking For

To join our team, you must provide Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities. We also require: Full or provisional license as an LCSW (A), LPC/LCMHC (A) or LMFT (A); Experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years); Valid driver's license, good driving record and current auto insurance.

How to Apply

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