Child First Mental Health and Developmental Clinician

Description

Join Savio House's Child First team!

The Child First model is an evidence-based, two-generation intervention that works with very vulnerable young children (prenatal through age 5 years) and their families, providing intensive, home-based services to decrease the incidence of serious mental health problems, developmental and learning disabilities, and abuse and neglect. Child First provides (1) a psychotherapeutic, dyadic intervention to strengthen the parent-child relationship, and (2) care coordination to connect the family to needed services and supports. Child First has been recognized as an evidence-based home visiting model by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program and rated “Effective” by the National Registry for Effective Programs and Practice (NREPP) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA).

Salary:

Starting with candidacy (LPCC, SWC, MFTC): $58,660

Starting Licensed (LCSW, LPC, LMFT): $61,660

Starting MA Bilingual: $63,660-$66,660

** Supervision towards professional licenses provided in this role

Summary of Position

The Child First Mental Health and Developmental Clinician partners with a Family Support Partner to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention. Child First’s primary goal is to strengthen the caregiver-child relationship so that it serves both as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitates the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth. The Clinician uses trauma-informed CPP, a relationship-based, dyadic, parent-child treatment model, which focuses on the primary attachment relationships of the young child. The Clinician engages with both the caregiver and child in a supportive, reflective, and exploratory manner which fosters a protective, nurturing, and responsive parent-child relationship.

The Clinician’s therapeutic intervention focuses on:

1) helping caregivers understand typical developmental challenges and expectations;

2) increasing caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior;

3) supporting caregivers’ problem solving; and

4) helping caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and the caregiver response to the child. The Clinician also provides consultation to teachers in early care and education settings, as needed.

Savio offers a fun and challenging work environment, competitive salary and excellent benefits, including:

• 10 paid holidays
• Vacation at 6 months
• Sick time starts on first day of employment
• Kaiser Medical insurance, employer pays 90% of individual employee medical coverage
• Dental, Vision, Life, Pet Insurance, 403b, HSA, FSA
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employer Funded Retirement Plan
• CPR & First Aid Training
• Clinical training and supervision
• Professional Development
• Company issued cell phone
• Opportunity for performance increase at 1 year and annually thereafter

Requirements

Minimum: MSW or other Masters in related counseling, psychology or related field.

• DORA registration ability, LCSW, LPC, LMFT or other licensure (Candidacy and NLC also accepted)