Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (Part-Time)

Job Title: Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (Part-Time)
Job Type: Part - Time (32 hours/week (.8 FTE)Department/Program: IECMH Consultation Program Reports to: Infant & Early Childhood Program Supervisor and/or Program Manager Work location: Airport Business Center, Portland OR FLSA status: Exempt/Salaried Salary: 

• Unlicensed: $33.78/hr. - $35.83/hr. ($56,200/yr. - $59,600/yr.) 
  •  Bilingual : $36.82/hr. - $39.06/hr. ($61,200/yr. - $64,900/yr.) 
• Licensed: $34.94/hr. - $37.09/hr. ($58,100/yr. - $61,700/yr.) 
  • Bilingual : $38.09/hr. - $40.43/hr. ($63,300/yr. - $67,200/yr.) 

 Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:  

• Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing 
• Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others  
• Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams 
• Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible 
• Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it 
• Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture 
• Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves 

Job Summary:  The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC) position is responsible for providing a broad range of mental health prevention services including infant/early childhood consultation, staff and parent training, and other mental health prevention and referral services in collaboration with selected early childhood and education sites and/or home visiting programs.   The position involves implementation of evidenced based practice models, including The Georgetown Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation model and Early Childhood Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (EC-PBIS/Pyramid Model). For some projects, facilitation of Parent Education curriculums (e.g. The Incredible Years and Circle of Security Parenting) may be required.   Duties and Responsibilities 

• Provide multi-tiered mental health consultation services: child/family specific, classroom/home, and program-level supports. 
• Collaborate with early childhood care and education and/or home visiting staff/providers in responding to the social and emotional needs of young children. 
• Provide brief case management services and referrals to outside community based social services, healthcare providers, mental health treatment services, and early childhood special education providers as desired by family. 
• Participate in multidisciplinary collaboration meetings with project partners as requested. 
• Facilitate parent and child groups (Incredible Years, Circle of Security) with measurable fidelity, including video- taping, data collection and documentation and/or other fidelity related activities as needed. (assigned project dependent) 
• Adhere to the practice, and continued, implementation of the Sanctuary Model. 
• Assess/screen the social/emotional development of referred children.   
• Actively participate in regular reflective/ administrative individual and group supervision by preparing ahead of sessions questions to be pursued. 
• Meet productivity expectations regarding the number of clients served, consultation hours provided, and/or number of groups provided.  
• Collects/completes tasks for the evaluation of services specific to IECMHC services, groups, and EC-PBIS.   
• Is aware of Morrison Compliance Program including Compliance Officer, Compliance Standards of Conduct, and Employee Compliance Hotline. Understands Compliance Standards of Conduct and signs attestation document. Completes all assigned compliance, HIPAA, client privacy, and fraud, waste, and abuse training. Knows how to report any client privacy or fraud, waste, or abuse concerns.  
• Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.    
• Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization. 
• Other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of program/department. 

Competencies:  

• Understanding the integration of infant/early childhood development and mental health. Able to promote reflective capacity of early childhood providers to facilitate the healthy social and emotional development of children. 
• Knowledge of effective training and group facilitation skills; able to implement parent education/training models to fidelity. 
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations in a variety of environments, particularly early childhood care and education setting. Ability to exercise tact, discretion, and judgment in working with a variety of people. 
• Demonstrated skills in early childhood outreach, including varied and creative strategies to extend services to families. 
• Establishes and maintains effective collaborative relationships with assigned consultation sites, relevant child and family serving agencies within the community, and children and families within those environments. 
• Uses a variety of observation strategies, tools and recording techniques to gain insight into a child’s behavior and integrates information considering environmental contexts and available resources to assist and support staff and families to develop a plan that meets the child, family and center needs in an individually responsive manner. 
• Able to provide responsive care and hold each other and yourself accountable to all individuals within Morrison, our clients and our community stakeholders. 

Required Position Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology or related field. 
• Minimum of two years’ direct experience providing early childhood prevention-based services and/or mental health therapy to children and their families. 
• Experience in infant/early childhood mental health. 
• Experience with data collection and/or use of electronic record systems. 

Preferred Position Qualifications:  

• Bilingual abilities, including the ability to speak, read, write, and translate documents in Spanish. Must clear a language proficiency test.  
• Licensure preferred (LPC, LCSW, LMFT). 
• Familiarity with early childhood social/emotional models and curriculums such as Circle of Security Parenting, The Incredible Years® and/or Early Childhood Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (EC-PBIS). 
• Understanding of DSM 5 Diagnostic Categories.  Familiarity with Diagnostic Classifications of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0-5). 
• Experience in advertising/recruiting and facilitating early childhood workforce training and/or parent group curriculums. 

Other Requirements:  

• Able to work shift hours and days, as assigned. Position may require work outside of usual work hours on occasion. 
• Able to pass a comprehensive criminal history background investigation. 
• Hold a valid drivers’ license. Must be licensed in Oregon or Washington within 30 days of hire. 
• If driving personal vehicle, must maintain minimum auto insurance policy 

Working Conditions:   Environment: Work is done in clinical offices, community settings, including Morrison Residential, administration buildings, public locations, and social service sites. Breaks and meals are subject to interruption. Universal Precautions and remaining alert to the environment are critical to address the potential for violent behavior, exposure to disease, biohazards, noise, and contaminants.      Mental demands: Work assigned is diverse and may involve addressing new and unique circumstances. The work might be unpredictable and disrupts planned tasks, requiring flexible time management.      Physical demands: Ability to remain calm and emotionally available serving youth, adults and or families who have experienced trauma. Proficient with office equipment and physical movement. Ability to perform physical interventions if needed in accordance with program and training. Physical dexterity for reaching, stooping, and repetitive wrist and hand motions.     

All Morrison programs and services are accredited by The Joint Commission, a nationally recognized standard-setting and accreditation body for health care. Morrison is also certified as a trauma-informed organization by the Sanctuary Institute. Certification recognizes our dedication to providing a trauma-informed culture and environment for children, families and staff through implementing Sanctuary values, commitments, and tools.   

   We are an Affirmative Action Plan Employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.      In compliance with our Affirmative Action Plan, Morrison uses E-Verify to determine employment eligibility after an offer is accepted.     Applications will be reviewed as received.  Morrison reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any point during the posting period. Morrison employees are offered a variety of benefits including Medical, Vision, Dental, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employer-Paid Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).   For more information about us, please visit: Morrison Child & Family Services