Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

About the role

The Infant Toddler Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (ITECMH Consultant) will promote healthy growth in young children's social and emotional development by building the skills, knowledge and responsiveness of early care and education staff and connecting children and their families to needed services.

Responsibilities

• Provide culturally responsive consultation that reflects the philosophy of early childhood mental health consultation best practices
• Observe and assess strengths and challenges within the infant, toddler and early childhood settings as well as teacher/provider practices
• Aid infant, toddler and early childhood education staff in offering a prosocial learning environment by helping to develop and implement plans specific to each setting
• Administer developmental, social and emotional screening tools and help teacher/provider learn to administer whenever possible and appropriate
• Offer training and coaching in classroom management strategies to promote social-emotional development
• Develop and conduct training for staff, families and community members
• Facilitate referrals of children and families to community resources as needed and support parents in advocating for their children and navigating agencies/systems; build the capacity of programs/providers to handle this process
• Share resources on social-emotional development and learning
• Collaborate with owners/administrators on the development of inclusive policies for working with all children and families
• Collaborate with owners/administrators to implement effective policies and practices for self care strategies for staff
• Participate in all Infant Toddler Regional Network (ITRN) and ITECMH meetings and conference calls
• Participate in on-going professional development associated with this project and required by the Council
• Provide reports on activities and results on quarterly basis to the Council and as requested by ECLC and/or OCFS
• Participate in outreach events

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or other related counseling/mental health degree. Licensed or Licensed-eligible preferred
• Three to five years of experience working with children and/or families, and/or early childhood settings
• Working knowledge of infant and early childhood typical and atypical development, early childhood mental health, adverse childhood experiences, family systems
• Demonstrated experience with or attention to equity, inclusion and cultural humility
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to engage with diverse audiences, specifically racially, ethnically and socio-economically diverse communities
• Capacity to work independently within a flexible schedule and practice effective time management

Qualifications

• A valid driver's license and proof of insurance

SkillsCapacity to work collaboratively with a team of various professionals

Benefits

Technology and Data

• Participate in weekly data and evaluation support calls with outside partner to ensure consistent and accurate use of data collection
• Analyze data for quality improvement
• Maintain certification for all assessment tools
• Maintain confidentiality of all client protected health information and adhere to all HIPAA related policies and procedures

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD