Jewish Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

About the role

The Early Childhood Consultant provides assessments, referrals, behavioral health counseling and intervention, and consultation services to assigned children and their families. Services primarily take place in Early Childhood Centers, Jewish Day Schools, and occasionally in the child's home and community.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral health consultation services or intervention based on client assessed needs.
• Provide referred families and individuals with mental health assessment services or consultation assessment as needed.
• Interview clients to obtain information pertinent to establishing and maintaining effective client records and service plans. Gather information in a timely and systemic manner that will enable ongoing diagnosis, assessment, and treatment planning.
• Develop and maintain strengths-focused, professional alignment, and engagement with families.
• Develop focused, measurable and achievable service plans/case plans that are consistent with the family's identified needs and cultural assessment.
• Guide clients and families in developing skills that will enhance and improve family functioning in areas that include, but are not limited to, interpersonal relationships, anger management, coping, etc.
• Absorb clients and families with monitoring and managing symptoms related to social, emotional, and behavioral symptomatology.
• Form and maintain collaborative working relationships within the Early Childhood Center, Jewish Day School, and with natural supports, collateral professionals and/or agencies concerning individual cases.
• Absorb and advocate on behalf of clients and families to secure needed resources, services and supports.
• Maintain a professional posture with clients and families that reflects courtesy, respect and the highest ethical standards.
• Complete all required documentation completely, accurately, legibly and within specified timeframes and consistent with contractual obligations.
• Provide childcare supportive services to client and childcare staff as needed and requested by parents and center administrators.
• Secure supervisory signatures per licensing guidelines and agency policy/procedure.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work required.
• Valid LSW required.

Qualifications

• Core Expertise: Possess skill, knowledge and abilities to perform the essential duties of their role; keeps knowledge up to date.
• Independent Judgment: Demonstrate ability to perform job responsibilities with a high degree of initiative and independent judgment.
• Cultural Competency: Demonstrate awareness, sensitivity and skills in working professionally with diverse individuals, groups and communities who represent various cultural and personal background and characteristics.
• Interpersonal Communication: Communicate clearly using verbal, nonverbal, and written skills in a professional context; demonstrates clear understanding and use of professional language.
• Professional & Ethical Conduct: Adhere to professional values such as honesty, personal responsibility, and accountability; Applies ethical concepts within scope of work and adheres to Agency policies and procedures.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Function effectively as a member of a professional team that includes employees, clients and family members.
• Problem Solving & Decision Making: Recognize problems and responds appropriately; gathers information and sorts through it to identify and address root cause issues; makes timely decisions.
• Service Orientation: Anticipate, recognize, and meet the needs of others, whether they are clients or not.
• Technical Proficiency: Demonstrate competence in utilizing Agency computer systems and software as required to perform essential job functions.

Skills

• Experience: Consultation with Children aged 0-5 and their families.
• Other: N/A

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and Rx plans, including a zero-cost option.
• Wellness program including free preventative care.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• 100% paid parental leave for childbirth, adoption, and foster care, plus comprehensive fertility and IVF support.
• 50% tuition reduction at Case Western Reserve University for the MSW program.
• 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match.
• Pet insurance.
• Employer paid life insurance and long-term disability.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Support for continuing education and credential renewal.
• Ancillary benefits including: dental, vision, voluntary life, short term disability, hospital indemnity, accident, critical illness.
• Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care.

Pay

This position can be full or part time. Starting salary is $52,000/year for dependent license and $55,000/year for independent license.

Schedule

This position can be full or part time.