Mental Health and Developmental Clinician

Paragon•Centennial, CO

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Paragon Behavioral Health Connections is a comprehensive behavioral health organization dedicated to positively impacting individuals and families through compassionate, client-centered care. We aim to deliver personalized care that uplifts clients and builds supportive connections within communities. Through community-based or in-home services, and digital solutions, we meet clients where they are physically and emotionally to provide the right support at the right time. Serving communities across Colorado, we offer equitable and creative "one-stop" behavioral health services, including in-home mental health and substance use treatment, crisis stabilization, early childhood support, intensive outpatient programs, assertive community treatment, medication management, and wrap-around support. Our vision is to empower individuals and families with complex needs to overcome challenges, build essential skills, and access resources for long-term well-being. Our programming includes intensive care management, Crisis Stabilization, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Child First for young children and caregivers, integrated co-occurring Intensive Outpatient treatment, individual and family therapy, medication management (including MAT), peer support, supported employment/housing, and holistic recovery services.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Clinical Psychology, or related field (required).
Within one month of employment must obtain a preliminary clinical license (Provisional: LPCC, LSW, LMFTC, etc. or Fully Licensed: LPC, LCSW, LMFT).
All licenses must stay up to date and valid during employment.
Experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years), for a minimum of three years.
Experience providing mental health assessment and consultation to early care and education sites.
Knowledge and experience working with adults with mental health, substance use, and cognitive challenges.
Experience providing intervention within diverse home and community settings.
Bilingual (Spanish) preferred, depending on location.
Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, willingness to travel to homes/communities.
Requires living in or near the location of the posting.
Remains ethical and eligible to apply for a National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) to be able to provide clinical services under Medicaid.
Strong written and oral communication skills via phone and face-to-face.
Understand HIPAA, protected health information, and confidentiality.
Knowledge of relationship-based, psychodynamic intervention and early child development; parent-child relationships and attachment theory; effects of trauma and environmental risks on early childhood brain development, especially violence exposure, maternal depression, and substance abuse; and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness).
Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision.
Strong commitment to the vision, mission, and goals of Child First.
Highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible (including willingness to work non-traditional hours, including at least one evening).
Able to work as part of a team.
Comfortable with computers and experience with Word and Excel.
Proven ability to work with a high level of independence, maintain confidentiality, prioritize assignments, and manage time effectively.
Strong conflict resolution skills.
Be committed to building trust and engagement with individuals and families from diverse backgrounds.
Demonstrates rational decision-making skills.
Demonstrate sensitivity and acceptance of individual experiences.
Knowledge of parenting skills, childhood developmental stages, and similar.

Nice To Haves

Past CPP training is highly valued.

Responsibilities

Engage with the Child First family and the Family Support Partner in the collaborative family assessment process (i.e., gather information from interviews, observations of interactions and play, reviewed records, collateral sources, and standardized measures).
Use all available information to develop a thoughtful, well-integrated clinical formulation and Child and Family Plan of Care, in partnership with the Family Support Partner and family.
Provide Child First home-based psychotherapeutic intervention with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy (CPP) and other modalities.
Help the caregiver gain insight regarding their personal history (including trauma history), feelings for the child, and current parenting practices.
Avert crisis situations by assisting the family in times of urgent need (e.g., risk of harm to child or caregivers, pending child removal), in consultation with the Family Support Partner and Clinical Supervisor.
Provide mental health and developmental assessment and consultation within early care and education settings and to other early childhood providers.
Embrace using videotaping to enhance therapeutic work with families and reflective supervision.
Engage in weekly individual, Team, and group reflective clinical supervision with Clinical Supervisor.
Engage actively in all aspects of the Child First Learning Collaborative, including in-person trainings, distance learning curriculum, and specialty trainings.
Keep all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement.
Participate in other clinical and administrative activities as appropriate.
As the clinical lead, you will be responsible for overseeing and motivating a multi-disciplinary team while managing your team’s day-to-day operations.
Ensuring employees have proper training and providing any additional training if needed.
Other duties may be assigned at the discretion of leadership.