HealthySteps Specialist

About the role

The HealthySteps Specialist is an early child development expert who will join the pediatric primary care team to provide interventions, referrals, and follow‑up for families with patients ages 0‑3. The specialist builds strong relationships with families and providers to increase the efficiency of the medical system and support team‑based comprehensive care.

Responsibilities

• Promotes HealthySteps within the practice to families and providers.
• Conducts team‑based well‑child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider, focusing on monitoring development, social‑emotional functioning, relational health, and providing anticipatory guidance.
• Conducts short‑term consultations for development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep, positive parenting, picky eating, etc.
• Maintains a child development support line, responding to and tracking call requests within the designated response time.
• Participates in reflective supervision meetings.
• May facilitate parent/caregiver groups.
• Will participate in other activities related to the HealthySteps Program as necessary.
• Any other reasonable requests from management.

Requirements

Skills/Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting.
• Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships with patients and other members of the care team.
• Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders, when appropriate.
• Ability to effectively engage patients in a therapeutic relationship, when appropriate.
• Ability to work with patients by telephone as well as in person.
• Working knowledge of evidence‑based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders, when appropriate (e.g., motivational interviewing, problem‑solving treatment, behavioral activation).
• Basic knowledge of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders within the appropriate scope of practice.

Education/Experience

• Experience in social work, mental health counseling, or similar work.
• Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders.
• Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders.
• Experience with evidence‑based counseling techniques.
• Specialized training and licensure to provide brief psychosocial interventions such as problem‑solving treatment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychology or a human services field preferred; an associate degree with at least two years of direct experience in the human services field will also be considered.

Pay

Salary: $62,303.20