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Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

Community Action Planning Council

Watertown, NY

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$24–$26 Per Hour
SKILLS
Child Development, Childcare, Coaching, Driver's License, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Management Strategy, People Management, Philosophy, Problem Solving Skills, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Special Education, Staff Training, Team Player, Technical Support, Training/Teaching
LOCATION
Watertown, NY
POSTED
14 days ago
JOB TITLE: Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT: Child Care Resource Center JOB LOCATION: 518 Davidson Street POSITION GRADE: 7 WORK HOURS PER WEEK: 35 EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-time Regular Non-Exempt SALARY: $24.00-$26/hour, commensurate with experience JOB SUMMARY: The Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC) will promote young childrens social and emotional development by building confidence, competencies, and skills of caregivers, early care and education staff and systems. The IECMHC will provide a broad range of services focusing on supporting the relationships between children ages birth-5 years and the caregivers in their lives. Services include but are not limited to classroom and programmatic assessments, and consultation cycles to teaching staff, center directors, childcare providers, and caregivers. Guidance and project model structure is carried out in partnership with Child Care Solutions, the Early Care and Learning Council and NYS OCFS. Overall, the goal of the IECMHC project is to utilize a collaborative, reflective and problem-solving approach, to reduce challenging behaviors, increase pro-social behaviors, impact occurrences of expulsions and suspensions in early care and education settings and improve the greater early-education culture. THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. Offer consultation that reflects and respects the philosophy of early childhood mental health practices, the assigned program, and that is culturally responsive to the child, the caregiver, and the early care and education setting. 2. Assess strengths and challenges within the infant and early childhood setting/environment, as well as teacher/provider practice. 3. Support infant and early childhood staff in creating a prosocial learning environment, that is emotionally safe, responsive, and growth promoting by co-developing and implementing classroom plans, specifically designed for each classroom. 4. Share resources for social-emotional learning in early care and education environments. 5. Guide use of developmental, social and emotional screening tools. 6. Support infant and early childhood staff with classroom management strategies to promote the social-emotional development for children in their care. 7. Develop and conduct a continuum of training, technical assistance and coaching support for providers, caregivers, and community members. 8. Maintain participation, service and evaluation records per agency and funder standards. REQUIRED EDUCATION: Minimum - Masters Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or other related fields including but not limited to: Early Childhood/Special Education, Human Services/Family Development, Child Life Specialist, Child Development CERTIFICATES OR LICENSES: Valid drivers license required. REQUIRED WORK EXPERIENCE: Minimum - Three to Five years of experience working with children and/or families, and/or early childhood settings, or related experience. Preferred - demonstrated experience in an early childhood program, early intervention, or early childhood mental health program.

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