What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant position at Positive Education Program?
Job purpose
The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Consultant supports early education sites serving young children and families to facilitate children’s healthy growth and development in partnership with childcare resource and referral agencies through effective program implementation of IECMH best practice and high-quality standards. IECMH implementation is a high priority, supporting and enhancing high quality programming and related administrative tasks, including data collection and reporting, screening/assessment, and intervention. The IECMH consultant should have stronger interpersonal skills, a passion for enhancing the social emotional development of young children, and the ability to compassionately work with families, early education staff, and additional community partners. The IECMH consultant will receive robust supervision and opportunities to collaborate with other mental health professionals across the state of Ohio. While this position will be hired and housed at Positive Education Programs, the scope of work will include close collaboration and partnership with the local Childcare Resource and Referral Agency and will involve travel to licensed early education facilities in the region.
Duties and responsibilities
1. IECMH Consultant
Qualifications
Direct reports
None.
The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Consultant supports early education sites serving young children and families to facilitate children’s healthy growth and development in partnership with childcare resource and referral agencies through effective program implementation of IECMH best practice and high-quality standards. IECMH implementation is a high priority, supporting and enhancing high quality programming and related administrative tasks, including data collection and reporting, screening/assessment, and intervention. The IECMH consultant should have stronger interpersonal skills, a passion for enhancing the social emotional development of young children, and the ability to compassionately work with families, early education staff, and additional community partners. The IECMH consultant will receive robust supervision and opportunities to collaborate with other mental health professionals across the state of Ohio. While this position will be hired and housed at Positive Education Programs, the scope of work will include close collaboration and partnership with the local Childcare Resource and Referral Agency and will involve travel to licensed early education facilities in the region.
Duties and responsibilities
1. IECMH Consultant
- Attend regular meetings with the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, observe and offer support to early learning classrooms, and provide resources to partners to promote social emotional development
- Develop relationships with early childhood providers in collaboration with Childcare Resource and Referral Agency
- Provide connections to mental health services and other community resources to support families, children, Childcare Resource and Referral Staff
- Attend all meetings and trainings as required
- Input, collect, and report data
- Collaborate with inter/intra agency service providers
- Demonstrate respect for other professional and disciplines
- Participate in cooperative efforts within and across PEP regions
- Articulate child/family needs and advocate on their behalf
- Assist Program Manager in promoting early childhood mental health
- Professional Development
- Maintain current licensure/credentialing by appropriate Ohio agency, practicing only within the scope of such licensure or certification
- Attend regularly scheduled supervision meetings
- Maintain CEU’s required by governing bodies and credentialing agencies
- Identify areas of needed growth and develop; yearly professional development plan
- Maintain Safety and Self-Care plan
- Professionalism
- Conduct self with appropriate professional appearance and demeanor
- Promote agency mission, values, and Sanctuary concepts, and comply with professional Code of Ethics
Qualifications
- ECMH credentialed with a minimum of bachelor’s degree in education, social work, counseling, early intervention, or other related mental health/social service program. Master’s degree and mental health license preferred.
- In lieu of licensure, candidates with a bachelors or masters in a relevant field along with relevant work experience would be accepted if they are willing to obtain QMHS.
- Candidates without ECHM credentials would be required to obtain credential during the course of employment.
- Knowledge and expertise in early childhood development – ages 0-8 years
- Knowledge and experience working with at-risk, diverse populations
- Knowledge and experience working within early childhood systems
- Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- Valid driver's license and transportation with appropriate insurance as outlined in the agency's Personnel Handbook.
- Satisfactory criminal records check as required by O.R.C. Section 2151.86
Direct reports
None.
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