Mental Health Professional/ Mental Health Consultant (FT/PT)

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

General Position Description: Supports young children’s social and emotional health indirectly by strengthening the adult caregivers’ capacity to foster children’s healthy social and emotional development – early and before formalized intervention is needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acts as a resource regarding early childhood development, emphasizing emotional and behavioral health and the importance of the relationship between the participant and child/family.
• Completes technical assistance plans to support participants, children, and staff. Develops and implements a plan to deliver Technical Assistance, including a written agreement between Easterseals Blake Foundation, the recipient of Technical Assistance, and the Director or Program Administrator.
• Provides observations and recommendations regarding the social-emotional environment to assist in identifying children in need of support with behavioral, emotional, or developmental concerns. Develops intervention strategies utilizing a team approach to assist staff in developing positive behavior support strategies to promote optimal social-emotional development.
• Collaborates with childcare providers, families, directors, managers, and other team members to build their knowledge and skills to support the needs of children and families.
• Provides group and individual training on overall social and emotional wellness with specific topics related to child development, trauma-informed care, attachment, self-care, and other related topics. Ensures attendees complete evaluation forms for training and technical assistance sessions.
• Partners and supports early care and education providers to support ongoing communication with parents regarding mental health, behavioral, or developmental concerns of their children.
• Provides technical assistance in 3-hour increments to Group Homes, Child Care Centers, Home Based Providers, Tribal Nations, and Homeless Shelters holding a registration agreement with ADES.
• Submits accurate and complete reports as per program guidelines and according to program timelines.
• Adheres to EBF Core Values, the Codes of Ethics of National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the program’s Implementation Manual and Service Delivery Plan, and the funder’s Standards of Practice.
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy or a Master’s degree that leads toward licensure from the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners required. Master’s degrees in a related field (Education, Special Education, Child Development, etc.) may be considered with relevant experience. Experience working with children birth to twelve years and their families preferred. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Regulatory

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Current, unrestricted AZ driver’s license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3 years). Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass extensive criminal background checks.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a CPR and First Aid certification (Paid training).
• Abili