Mental Health Therapist

About the role

Skip-a-Long Childhood Centers, part of SAL Community Services, is the Quad Cities' leading provider of early childhood care and education. We aim to create a safe, secure, and supportive environment where children can thrive through play.

Responsibilities

• Engage meaningfully with children and families to discover strengths and scaffold their needs.
• Provide play-based intervention and consultation to children and families.
• Coach and support Skip-a-Long early care and education staff in innovative programming.
• Assess and respond to children’s and families’ complex needs using standardized tools and coordinated supports.
• Lead the development and support of a program evaluation framework.
• Stay current with best practices and provide guidance internally and externally.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Mental Health, or Counseling.
• An active Illinois License Clinical Social Work/Iowa Licensed Independent Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor/Iowa Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
• Minimum of two years of clinical experience providing mental health services to children and/or families in Early Childhood, Community Based, Social Service, or Family Support settings.

Qualifications

• Passing required background clearances.

Skills

Share a love for children and a passion for helping them learn, grow, and thrive; Enjoy following a routine, and welcome the in-the-moment changes that come with each day in childcare; Believe that early childhood education is the first step to a child's successful future; Be passionate about building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all; and Be professional, kind, and don't take yourself too seriously!

Benefits

• Paid time off and holidays.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) with employer contribution.
• Pet insurance.

Pay

BASE WAGE $30.59-$33.65 based on experience and education level.

Schedule

Full-time position.

Benefits and Perks

• Our entire compensation package includes paid time off and paid holidays;
• health, dental, and vision benefits;
• 401(k) with employer contribution;
• pet insurance.

About the Organization

SAL Community Services (SAL) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. Founded in 1970, we have a history of listening to the needs of our community and responding. We provide Support, Advocacy, and Learning in our communities—from childhood to adulthood.

EEO Statement

SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Location

Skip-a-Long Davenport

Exempt/Non-Exempt

Non-Exempt