Mental Health Clinician (Early Intervention)

Duties

• Demonstrates competence in interpreting results of screening and evaluation in terms of the child’s functional capabilities with an emphasis on self-help skills, fine and gross motor development, mobility, sensory integration, behavior, play and oral-motor functioning and explains results to families in a mindful manner incorporating health literacy.
• Creates adaptation of the environment for infants or toddlers and selects, designs and fabricates assistive devices to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills with respect to the family’s culture and traditions.
• Develops and implements appropriate treatment plan (IFSP) with the family and EI team.
• Actively includes family throughout the entire evaluation/assessment and IFSP process.
• Works as member of a team to gather and organize information from multiple sources to plan an individualized evaluation/assessment and IFSP.
• Conducts home visits to evaluate a child’s living conditions and patterns of parent-child interactions.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1-year related experience working with infants and toddlers from birth to age 5.
• One of the following state licenses: Psychology - Licensed by the Board of Psychology: Rhode Island Department of Health
  Social Work - Licensed by the Board of Social Work Examiners: Rhode Island Department of Health
  Mental Health Counselor - Licensed as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor by the Board of Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists Rhode Island Department of Health
• Commitment to ongoing professional growth. Employees of Early Intervention are required to obtain twenty hours of training a year, in addition or in correlation with the requirements for your professional certification.
• Valid pediatric CPR and First Aid certification.
• Able to provide reliable transportation to meet job needs as well as proof of a current driver’s license.
• Able to get to the child’s level, climb stairs, deal with weather conditions, lift, bending and squatting.