Early Childhood Mental Health Clinical Supervisor

A little about us… Kidango (kidango.org) is an early learning nonprofit committed to setting every child on a path to thrive in kindergarten and in life. We believe that all children can reach their full potential if they and their families have access to the right opportunities and resources. As the largest child care provider in the San Francisco Bay Area, we provide thousands of children, especially those from low-income families, with safe, healthy, nurturing environments and relationships. Through our policy work, we aim to take our expertise beyond the children and families that we serve, and drive change in early childhood education at the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to make sure all children have the social, emotional, and academic skills they need to learn, grow and realize their potential.

About The Role

The Clinical Supervisor holds clinical and administrative responsibilities within the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (ECMHC) program. The Clinical Supervisor provides and supports the provision of early childhood mental health consultation within Kidango early care and education centers across three Bay Area counties. The position includes providing reflection-based clinical supervision to a team of licensed and other eligible ECMHC consultants.

What You’ll Be Doing 

• Act as a critical leader on the team and work collaboratively with the vice president and clinical director in the day-to-day oversight of ECMHC services to staff, children and families.
• Learn, master and support the implementation of Kidango’s model of ECMHC and its underlining mental health perspective, theory of change, consultative stance, standards of practice, scope of activities, as well as programmatic processes and procedures.
• Establish and maintain strong collaborative relationships with staff across departments particularly with center staff served by the consultation team.
• Ensure the quality of work meets clinical, program, organizational, productivity, confidentiality, mandated reporting and HIPPA standards.
• Provide individual and group reflective supervision to consultation staff that is marked by atmosphere of reflection and collaboration. Support consultation staff’s in their provision of a multi-tiered consultative approach that includes system, program, center and child-level consultation.
• Provide regular programmatic guidance that includes discussion and feedback about referrals, case consultation, documentation, timeliness, deadlines, professionalism and other performance expectations.
• Provide oversight of consultation center assignments including staffing, communication and other consultative supports.
• Participates in Kidango’s Quarterly Grantee Health Service Advisory Committee Meetings (HSAC). Highlights Mental Health interventions and methods. Provides guidance on program goals.
• Enhance staff and family’s Trauma Informed Care knowledge and approaches.
• Attend monthly partner meetings with EHS-HS Sub-contractor, YMCA of the East Bay as EHS-HS Mental Health Content Specialist. Provide guidance of consultation model and ensure compliance of Mental Health Head Start Performance Standards (HSPPS).
• Manage and enter Mental Health PIR data into Grantee Child Plus Software.
• Contribute to the department’s data collection procedure and assist with data reporting. Support the development and implementation of program evaluation and outcome measurement procedures.
• Attend Policy Council Meetings and general Parent Meetings to provide resources to Kidango families.
• Manage the referral process for child-specific consultation and support consultants with caseload management.
• Manage the referral process including tracking and reporting for community-based therapeutic and other services, as needed.
• Maintain center assignment and provide direct consultation services with staff, children and families, as needed.
• Support or intervene with mental health or behavioral crisis as arise, including with situations related to mandated reporting and any suspected child abuse adhering to laws and regulations.
• Contribute to the department’s data collection procedure and assist with data reporting. Support the development and implementation of program evaluation and outcome measurement procedures.
• Assist with the delivery of trainings, as needed, on a range of early