Child First Clinician

Easterseals PORT•New Bern, NC

6d•$60,000 - $69,000

About The Position

Voted Raleigh’s Best Nonprofit Organization and Raleigh’s Best Mental Health Services two years in a row! At Easterseals PORT Health (ESPH), our mission is rooted in empowering individuals and strengthening communities. We are seeking a passionate Child First Clinician to provide supportive, family-centered care for children and families impacted by mental health challenges in Carteret and Craven Counties, NC. Your Role in Our Mission The Child First Clinician partners with a Family Resource Partner to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention. Child First’s primary goal is to strengthen the caregiver-child relationship so that it serves both as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitates the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth. The Clinician uses trauma-informed CPP, a relationship-based, dyadic, parent-child treatment model, which focuses on the primary attachment relationships of the young child. Why Join Us? As a part of our mission, we help our team members embrace their potential, build resilience, and thrive! You will benefit from ongoing professional growth and development as you work alongside leaders of clinical excellence in mental health that care about your success. We also offer a full benefits package for benefits-eligible positions.

Requirements

Full or provisional license as an LCSW (A), LPC/LCMHC (A) or LMFT (A)
Minimum 3 years’ experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years).
Valid driver's license, good driving record and current auto insurance.

Responsibilities

Provide Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities.