Child First Mental Health and Developmental Clinician

Easterseals PORT Health•New Bern, NC

13d•$60,000 - $69,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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 Onslow County, NC and surrounding areas. This isn’t just a job — you will be influencing change and shaping futures in our shared mission of helping people reach their full potential. 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.

Requirements

Full or provisional license as an LCSW (A), LPC/LCMHC (A) or LMFT (A)
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.

Nice To Haves

Training provided on the Child First Model and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
Supervision for licensure

Responsibilities

Provide Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities.
Partner with a Family Resource Partner to engage families referred to the Child First home-based intervention.
Strengthen the caregiver-child relationship to serve as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitate the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth.
Utilize trauma-informed CPP, a relationship-based, dyadic, parent-child treatment model, focusing on the primary attachment relationships of the young child.