Mental Health Professional, Early Childhood

About the role

We are seeking a Child First Mental Health Clinician to work with families in the Pueblo, Otero, Crowley, Bent Counties. New grads are welcome to apply! This is a fulltime salaried position with robust benefits including licensed supervision. Annual base salary range is $60,000-$75,000.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctoral level mental health provider (e.g., LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, clinical psychologist, other), required; licensed or license-eligible
• Experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years), for a minimum of three years
• Past CPP training is highly valued
• Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision
• Knowledge of relationship-based, psychodynamic intervention and early child development; parent-child relationships and attachment theory; effects of trauma and environmental risks on early childhood brain development, especially violence exposure, maternal depression, and substance abuse; and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness)
• Experience providing mental health assessment and consultation to early care and education sites
• Experience providing intervention within diverse home and community settings
• Able to speak a second language highly valued
• Highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible (including willingness to work non- traditional hours, including some evening hours as needed.)
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to communicate well verbally and in writing
• Comfortable with computers and experienced with Microsoft Word