Child First Mental Health and Developmental Clinician
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.
Responsibilities
- Provide Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: $60,000 to $69,000 for this full-time exempt position
- Generous paid time off and paid holidays
- Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- Life and Disability Insurance (company paid)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program and legal services support
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying employer
- Mileage reimbursement for all business travel.
- Training provided on the Child First Model and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
- Supervision for licensure
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
