Bilingual Child First Mental Health and Developmental Clinician

Savio House • Denver, CO

7d • Remote

About The Position

The Child First model is an evidence-based, two-generation intervention that works with very vulnerable young children (prenatal through age 5 years) and their families, providing intensive, home-based services to decrease the incidence of serious mental health problems, developmental and learning disabilities, and abuse and neglect. Child First provides (1) a psychotherapeutic, dyadic intervention to strengthen the parent-child relationship, and (2) care coordination to connect the family to needed services and supports. Child First has been recognized as an evidence-based home visiting model by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program and rated “Effective” by the National Registry for Effective Programs and Practice (NREPP) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA).

Requirements

• MSW or other Masters in related counseling, psychology or related field.
• DORA registration ability, LCSW, LPC, LMFT or other licensure (Candidacy and NLC also accepted)
• Bilingual in Spanish

Responsibilities

• Partners with a Family Support Partner to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention.
• Uses trauma-informed CPP, a relationship-based, dyadic, parent-child treatment model, which focuses on the primary attachment relationships of the young child.
• Engages with both the caregiver and child in a supportive, reflective, and exploratory manner which fosters a protective, nurturing, and responsive parent-child relationship.
• Helps caregivers understand typical developmental challenges and expectations.
• Increases caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior.
• Supports caregivers’ problem solving.
• Helps caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and the caregiver response to the child.
• Provides consultation to teachers in early care and education settings, as needed.

Benefits

• 10 paid holidays
• Vacation at 6 months
• Sick time starts on first day of employment
• UHC Medical insurance, employer pays 90% of individual employee medical coverage
• Dental, Vision, Life, Pet Insurance, 403b, HSA, FSA
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employer Funded Retirement Plan
• CPR & First Aid Training
• Clinical training and supervision
• Professional Development
• Company issued cell phone
• Opportunity for performance increase at 1 year and annually thereafter

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level