Master's Level Early Childhood Clinician | Per Diem

Our Open • Roslindale, MA

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Early Childhood @ Home for Little Wanderers is seeking a Per Diem Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) Clinician. This role involves partnering with families and professionals to promote optimal emotional health for young children (0-7) and the adults who care for them. The Center provides a variety of ECMH direct care services and consultation partnerships, working with children, parents/caregivers, and professionals to build strong social-emotional foundations. Services are delivered in various settings including a child-friendly clinic, homes, early education sites, shelters, and community spaces. The Per Diem ECMH Clinician is expected to be autonomous, clinically competent, proactive, independent, and capable of thinking outside the box. While the work environment is collaborative and supportive, the per diem schedule offers reduced opportunities for peer and leadership engagement. The ideal candidate can manage cases from referral to close with limited support, utilizing their ECMH expertise. While full engagement with the team is welcome but not required, candidates are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, nurture coworker relationships, and seek the level of team engagement that aligns with their career goals.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work, mental health or related discipline
• Prior experience engaging children 0-7 (could include volunteer, intern, lived-experience, etc.)
• Excellent cultural curiosity, sensitivity, and responsivity
• Strong capacity for self-reflection
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Office, with the ability to learn new software applications
• Ability to travel (via personal transportation or public transit) to meet programmatic and client needs regularly and intermittently

Nice To Haves

• Ability to provide services in a second language; Identified need for Spanish and/or Haitian Creole fluency.
• Massachusetts licensure (LICSW, LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT)

Responsibilities

• Provide insurance-reimbursable promotion, prevention, and intervention early childhood mental health services, including individual, dyadic, family, and group therapy, along with collateral consultations and care coordination.
• Deliver services that are holistic, family-centered, trauma-responsive, and evidence-informed.
• Engage families, assess child's needs, and provide age-appropriate diagnosis incorporating relationships, family values, cultural norms, and developmental/educational needs using standardized tools and best practices.
• Support caregivers with meeting their own goals and mental health needs through facilitated referrals and family therapy.
• Attend to families in crisis by facilitating access to crisis and emergency services for children and adults.
• Build and maintain a caseload sufficient to meet per diem productivity goals.
• Facilitate referrals for services, supports, and resources from internal and external community-based providers.
• Support families experiencing systemic barriers (including racism, poverty, immigration status, and multi-system involvement) to child and family mental health and wellness.
• Attend meetings, make phone calls, complete forms, research, follow-up, develop partnerships, and advocate with internal and external providers to promote coordinated, high quality, and equitable service experiences.
• Independently differentiate between insurance billable and non-reimbursable activities.
• Develop and document treatment plans utilizing modalities consistent with program goals and client needs, including therapeutic play, expressive arts, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based practices.
• Ensure documentation meets utilization review and quality assurance standards (timely submission, completeness, quality, etc.).
• Independently document work with strong attention to insurance requirements for billable activities.
• Actively participate in training and learning opportunities for personal and professional growth, as assigned by supervisor and program director.
• Actively participate in supervision and meetings including individual, group, and team constellations, as assigned by supervisor and program director.
• Consult with supervisor and peers about successes, challenges, threats, and opportunities.
• Center family voice and choice in all phases of service delivery.
• Demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and The Home’s becoming an anti-racist institution.

Benefits

• $60 per hour for time spent on insurance-reimbursed activities (this rate covers time spent outside of reimbursable activities, which is not paid separately)
• $20 per hour for time spent on required training and meetings, as assigned by a supervisor or program director

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level