What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist position at Marillac St.Vincent Family Services Inc?
JOB TITLE: Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist STATUS: Full Time
ORGANIZATION: Marillac St. Vincent Family Services
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt
DIVISION: Program and Services
DEPARTMENT: Support Services
DIRECT SUPERVISOR: Senior Director of Support Services
DIRECTLY SUPERVISES: None
Mission
Marillac St. Vincent Family Services strengthens and amplifies the voices of marginalized communities in the Vincentian spirit of service through education and programs tailored to foster thriving families and sustainable communities in Chicago.
Core Values
Our employees commit themselves as individuals to live out the core values of integrity, excellence, creativity, advocacy, respect and empowerment in our daily work, as we serve the needs of others.
Integrity - Acting with transparency, humility and honesty
Excellence - Providing quality care with compassion
Creativity - Being continuously resourceful and inventive
Advocacy - Supporting the cause of those who lack resources for a reasonable quality of life
Respect - Recognizing our own value and upholding the dignity and value of all people
Empowerment - Providing skills and resources to achieve full human development
General Summary
The Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist (I-ECMHT) is responsible to provide infant/early childhood mental health therapy to support Marillac St. Vincent staff, children and families. The I-ECMHT will provide a broad range of services, including infant/early childhood mental health therapy in classrooms; training and coaching staff; screening, assessment and referral services; providing parent trainings. The I-ECMHT will collect data, maintain records, and support compliance in all facets of Federal and State regulations.
Responsibilities:
- General Classroom Observation, and Coaching (40%)
- Conduct classrooms observations by visit each classroom at least once per month.
- Provide child development information related to social-emotional development and mental health.
- Provide guidance to staff on selecting, implementing, and interpreting social-emotional screening and assessment tools and findings.
- Provide guidance and model developmentally appropriate activities for children and effective ways to work and support young children.
- Provide written and oral observations and strengths-based feedback to classrooms on an annual basis.
- Meet with classroom teams to review classroom observations. Develop and implement plans as needed.
- Staff Training (10%)
- Coordinate and provide staff trainings related to social-emotional and mental health issues at least one quarterly.
quarter.
- Parent Training (5%)
- Coordinate and facilitate parent training at least one per year.
- Work with Family Support Service team to recruit participants for the training.
- Individualized child and Family-centered observation & consultation (20%)
- Conduct observations and assessment of individual children as assigned or referred for consultation.
- Meet with family (parent/guardian) to consult on child and family needs. Create or follow up on plans to support these needs.
- Individual child screening, assessment, and referral (5%)
- Conduct standardized developmental, behavioral, social-emotional screens and assessments for individual children as assigned or referred for consultation.
- Provide child and family referral and follow up to community services.
- Other (20%)
- Complete relevant Mental Health and Wellness activities documentation and data entry in the data management system.
- Attend to interdisciplinary team meetings and case staffing with Family Support Services staff, Education teams, parent-educators doulas, youth workers, Speech-pathologies, art therapist, nurse, diverse learners’ team to coordinate support plans for parents/guardians or clients.
Knowledge
- Demonstrated understanding of infant and early childhood mental health.
- Demonstrated understanding of differences in mental health services and concepts across cultures.
- Demonstrated knowledge of child mental health services system.
- Demonstrated experience with clinical documentation.
- Experience formulating and writing assessments and support plans, preferably for young children. Experience with evidence-based practices and curricula to promote early childhood mental health is desirable, e.g., Incredible Years, Parents as Teachers.
- Knowledge of Head Start is desirable.
Education & Training
- Master’s Degree required, preferably in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related field.
- Clinical license, and/or Certification LCSW (licensed clinical social worker), LPC (licensed professional counselor), or LMHC (licensed mental health counselor) required or obtained within 12 months of hire.
- Minimum of 2 years direct experience in a mental health setting providing prevention services
- and/or mental health therapy to children and families.
- Bilingual/bicultural English--‐Spanish preferred.
Other Requirements
- Ability to manage physically active children ages 3 to 5.
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 to 25 pounds.
- Must have valid driver’s license and auto insurance when the position requires an employee to operate a motor vehicle in connection with executing the position’s responsibilities, which include driving to and/or from any agency function.
Screenings:
- The applicant must submit to a criminal background check and a child abuse and neglect screening and maintain a cleared status throughout employment.
- The applicant must submit to and pass a TB and health screen, including MMR and Tdap immunizations upon hire and update TB/physicals as required by the licensing standards. Additional Requirements:
- Regular travel locally and occasional travel to other locations in the state.
