Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (Part-Time)

Morrison Child and Family Services•Portland, OR

9d•$70,200 - $84,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC) position is responsible for providing a broad range of mental health prevention services including infant/early childhood consultation, staff and parent training, and other mental health prevention and referral services in collaboration with selected early childhood and education sites and/or home visiting programs. The position involves implementation of evidenced based practice models, including The Georgetown Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation model and Early Childhood Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (EC-PBIS/Pyramid Model). For some projects, facilitation of Parent Education curriculums (e.g. The Incredible Years and Circle of Security Parenting) may be required.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology or related field.
Minimum of two years’ direct experience providing early childhood prevention-based services and/or mental health therapy to children and their families.
Experience in infant/early childhood mental health.
Experience with data collection and/or use of electronic record systems.
Able to work shift hours and days, as assigned. Position may require work outside of usual work hours on occasion.
Able to pass a comprehensive criminal history background investigation.
Hold a valid drivers’ license. Must be licensed in Oregon or Washington within 30 days of hire.
If driving personal vehicle, must maintain minimum auto insurance policy

Nice To Haves

Bilingual abilities, including the ability to speak, read, write, and translate documents in Spanish. Must clear a language proficiency test.
Licensure preferred (LPC, LCSW, LMFT).
Familiarity with early childhood social/emotional models and curriculums such as Circle of Security Parenting, The Incredible Years® and/or Early Childhood Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (EC-PBIS).
Understanding of DSM 5 Diagnostic Categories. Familiarity with Diagnostic Classifications of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0-5).
Experience in advertising/recruiting and facilitating early childhood workforce training and/or parent group curriculums.

Responsibilities

Provide multi-tiered mental health consultation services: child/family specific, classroom/home, and program-level supports.
Collaborate with early childhood care and education and/or home visiting staff/providers in responding to the social and emotional needs of young children.
Provide brief case management services and referrals to outside community based social services, healthcare providers, mental health treatment services, and early childhood special education providers as desired by family.
Participate in multidisciplinary collaboration meetings with project partners as requested.
Facilitate parent and child groups (Incredible Years, Circle of Security) with measurable fidelity, including video-taping, data collection and documentation and/or other fidelity related activities as needed. (assigned project dependent)
Adhere to the practice, and continued, implementation of the Sanctuary Model.
Assess/screen the social/emotional development of referred children.
Actively participate in regular reflective/ administrative individual and group supervision by preparing ahead of sessions questions to be pursued.
Meet productivity expectations regarding the number of clients served, consultation hours provided, and/or number of groups provided.
Collects/completes tasks for the evaluation of services specific to IECMHC services, groups, and EC-PBIS.
Is aware of Morrison Compliance Program including Compliance Officer, Compliance Standards of Conduct, and Employee Compliance Hotline. Understands Compliance Standards of Conduct and signs attestation document. Completes all assigned compliance, HIPAA, client privacy, and fraud, waste, and abuse training. Knows how to report any client privacy or fraud, waste, or abuse concerns.
Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization.
Other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of program/department.