Early Childhood Clinician (52886)

RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP•New York, NY

2d•$70,000 - $75,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Early Childhood Clinician will serve individuals and/or families with children headed by young adults ages 18 to 25 years old. They will have overall responsibility of completing assessments of social and health needs for children with special needs, individual and group counseling, crisis interventions, and providing linkages to children’s therapeutic services. The goal is to promote healthy social-emotional development, prevent mental health crises, and address challenging behaviors for young children.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in social work, psychology, or related human services field required.
At least 2-3 years of relevant social service experience, particularly in child development services
Trained in child development, mandated reporting, and family dynamics
Trained in harm reduction and housing first services approaches
Experience with evidence-based practices and/or evidence-informed services including, but not limited to: Positive Youth Development, Recovery-Oriented and Trauma-Informed Case Management, Critical Time Intervention
Ability to problem solve and work independently
Must be able to travel and work evening and weekend hours
Commitment to RiseBoro’s mission of unleashing the potential of communities to thrive, no matter the odds

Nice To Haves

Dynamic, able to multi-task, problem solve, and work independently
Team player and willing to work with a diverse population

Responsibilities

Manage a caseload of families and conducts home visits
Coordinate parent/family involvement with Parent Provider conference workshops and activities
Provides individual and group vocational counseling to assist parents in achieving their vocational and career goals
Conduct 1-on-1 sessions with tenants to ensure successful completion of service plan goals; empower tenants to utilize their strengths to meet any barriers to goal completion
Develop and maintain a wide range of community-based resources to provide training
Develop and monitor linkages with external providers of mental health, substance abuse, and other therapeutic services
Provide developmentally appropriate home-based and community child development services, coordinate parent/family involvement with parent provider conference workshops and activities
Take some program-wide responsibilities that may include annual events, parent/child groups, etc.
Develop consistent, stable, and supportive relationships with families and children
Be part of a team in assessing family needs and child developmental status
Be part of a team in developing an individualized family/child plan addressing family and child needs
Prepare and maintain up to date records and tenant files, outcomes, including tenants’ personal and eligibility information, records of services provided, and all relevant correspondence
Utilize person-centered approach and motivational interviewing to help residents to meet their prioritized needs
Provide appropriate services to families/children based on the individualized family plan
Complete Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals which are aligned with grade level content standards for all children with disabilities
Work closely with families on specific issues and difficulties those individual families are experiencing
Provide families with appropriate referrals and follow-up with families and service providers on referrals
Provide workshops to families and staff and develop parent support groups as determined together with clients
Participate in internal and external case conferences
Advocate for resources for children and model for parents and families how to self-advocate
Other duties as requested by supervisor to fulfill job responsibilities