Mental Health Consultant (Infant & Early Childhood)

Job Title:  Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

Department/Program: Prevention & Foster Care Services, Early Childhood Program

Reports to: Infant & Early Childhood Program Director

Work location: Airport Business Center

FLSA status: Exempt/salaried

• Unlicensed 
• $32.48/hr. - $34.46/hr. (Bilingual Spanish) $35.41/hr. - $37.56/hr. 
• Licensed  
• $33.60/hr. - $35.66/hr. (Bilingual Spanish) $36.62/hr. - $38.87/hr. 

• Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing 
• Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others  
• Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams 
• Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible 
• Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it 
• Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture 
• Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves 

Job Summary:

The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant is responsible for providing a broad range of mental health prevention services including infant/early childhood consultation, staff and parent training and support group, and other mental health prevention and referral services to identified children and their families to selected early childhood and education sites. The position involves implementation of evidenced based practice models, including The Georgetown Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation model, Early Childhood Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (EC-PBIS/Pyramid Model), and The Incredible Years.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provide prevention services to children, their families, and early childhood education staff using infant/early childhood mental health consultation strategies, Early Childhood Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (EC-PBIS)/Pyramid Model practices, and Incredible Years or Circle of Security group curriculums.
• Provide as necessary referral and consultation services to outside community based social services, healthcare providers, mental health treatment services, and early childhood special education providers.
• Facilitate parent and child groups (Incredible Years, Circle of Security) with measurable fidelity, including video- taping, data collection and documentation and/or other fidelity related activities as needed.
• Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.    
• Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization. 
• Other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of program/department.

Competencies: 

• Knowledge of Infant & Early Childhood Development and ability to teach and train others in a reflective capacity to promote early childhood development.
• Knowledge of effective training and group facilitation skills; able to implement parent education/training models to fidelity.
• Establishes and maintains effective collaborative relationships with assigned consultation sites, relevant child and family serving agencies within the community, and children and families within those environments.
• Uses a variety of observation strategies, tools and recording technique