What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Specialist, Early Intervention(EI) position at Eliot?
Employment Type: Full-Time
Together we can make a difference.
Eliot is committed to employee growth & retention by offering a comprehensive total rewards package including but not limited to:
- 75% Company Contribution to Medical and Dental Insurance
- 12 Paid Holidays, 15 to 20 Vacation Days Annually, 12 Sick Days Annually
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
- 100% Company-Paid Life & Accidental Death Insurance
- 100% Company Paid Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- $3000 Employee Referral Bonus
- $3000 Annual Tuition/Professional Development Reimbursement
- Opportunities for growth internally within our 100 programs across Massachusetts
- Comprehensive Staff Orientation, Training Programs & Professional Development Assistance
- FSA, Dependent Care, transportation reimbursement
Eliot EI is in search of a Master's level Mental Health Specialist (Bilingual preferred) 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: MA level $55,000.00
Bilingual Capability Preferred & 6% pay differential for bilingual candidates
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 : $3,000 - $55,000
