What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Intervention Mental Health Specialist position at Eliot?
Employment Type: Full-Time
Eliot EI is in search of a Master's level Mental Health Specialist interested in making a difference for children and families.
Eliot’s Early Intervention Program helps children from birth to three years of age who have developmental delays or disabilities. Serving young children and their families in Everett, Malden, Medford, our Early Intervention specialists provide community based therapeutic intervention utilizing a coaching model with parents and caregivers. Eliot EI specialists will participate in screenings, assessments, center and home visits, child and parent groups, and will provide service coordination for families along with consultation regarding clinical and developmental issues.
Responsibilities:
- Identify, screen, and evaluate performance of children using standard measures.
- Provide intervention in the areas of cognition, psychosocial development, and family systems issues.
- Provide transdisciplinary service to families and children enrolled in the program.
- Develop and ensure follow-up to treatment goals in the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP). Plans are developed in accordance with the requirements of the funding source, sound clinical practice, and in collaboration with the family.
- Utilize a team approach to treatment planning and service delivery with other staff members, family members, physicians, and agencies.
- Generate assessment reports, IFSP’s, progress notes, and insurance verification reports within established timelines.
- Provide in-service training to other team members within areas of expertise.
- Maintain client records in accordance with DPH and ECHS protocols.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in either Counseling Psychology or Developmental Psychology or Educational Psychology.
- Experience in infancy/early childhood preferred.
- Meets third party and Department of Public Health, Early Intervention Program regulations criteria.
- Must have good clinical documentation skills and be able to meet deadlines.
- Computer literacy and skill in the use of computers and related software applications.
- Must have valid drivers license and reliable transportation to travel to and with families in order to provide services in natural environments.
Schedule: M-F, 9am-5pm
Location: Medford, Malden, Everett.
Salary: $55,000
Bilingual Capability Welcome. 6% pay differential for bilingual candidates in needed language areas.
Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.
Salary : $55,000
