Illinois Action for Children
Consultant, Infant Early CHLDHD Mental Health
Illinois Action for Children, Matteson, Illinois, United States, 60443
Consultant, Infant Early CHLDHD Mental Health
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Job Summary Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant will provide ongoing relationship-based mental health consultation, technical assistance, and referral services to early care and education providers and families they serve within a designated geographic area – Chicago and/or Cook County suburbs. The I/ECMHC will provide pertinent training to providers within these designated areas. The I/ECMHC will work collaboratively to promote infant early childhood mental health, social emotional development, children’s mental health, and the health of families with providers and communities. The work of the I/ECMHC is supported through reflective practice/supervision and in accordance with organizational standards. This incumbent will be expected to promote and adhere to the workplace core capabilities of: accountability, customer focus, continuous quality improvement (CQI), communication, competent people, and clear priorities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Provide mental health consultation and technical assistance upon request to childcare providers (both licensed and license-exempt) in a designated geographic area. Includes a minimum of 200 onsite consultative hours per year.
Focus of Consultation: Support to providers targeted at increased knowledge, building capacity to support children’s social-emotional development, working with families, and developing inclusive practices.
Establish and maintain ongoing supportive relationships with early care and education (ECE) providers/staff.
Work in partnership with providers to assess consultation needs (child-focused/classroom-focused/program-focused); develop and implement of consultative plan(s) that address targeted needs; build capacity of providers/programs regarding children’s social-emotional needs and development, and working with families. Aid with difficult situations and/or challenging children.
Provide mental health consultation regarding children with perceived social-emotional, behavioral, and/or developmental challenges, including assessment of child's needs, meeting(s) with parents and staff, and administration of assessment tools (as warranted).
Assist providers in implementing best practices in their program (as indicated) such as modifications to the environment program planning, enhancement of communication and relationships.
Respond in a timely manner to requests for service.
Maintain professional standards in all aspects of the consultative process. Ensure confidentiality of child, parent, and childcare provider information.
Encourage and model a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to working with children, families, and other caregivers.
Facilitate Referrals: As needed, assist providers and families with linkage to appropriate resources such as Early Intervention, school districts, and mental health agencies/providers.
Data Collection and Gathering to Meet Contract Deliverables.
Maintain all necessary data regarding referrals, responses to referrals, consultations, collaboration, collateral contacts, training evaluations, etc.
Timely reporting of all data in DTP.
Timely reporting of all data in ActionForce.
Provide 30 or more training/educational opportunities per year for ECE providers: Purpose of trainings is to increase knowledge base, scaffold and/or build capacity of early care and education providers regarding children’s social-emotional development and needs, working with families, fostering healthy development and pro-social behavior through relationships, identifying special needs, incorporating inclusive practices into ECE programs, etc.
Determine training needs based on provider feedback, identified needs and trends, work collaboratively with Caregivers Connections, program managers, director, and MHC staff team.
Design new professional development training materials or use existing training materials housed in the IECMHC PD library, that can be utilized to meet specific training needs.
All CCR&R training will comply with INCCRRA registry guidelines.
As required, present at professional local, state, and national conferences (as the need arises).
Participate in regularly scheduled reflective individual supervision sessions with designated Program Manager and reflective group supervision with Management Team (Program Managers and Director); participate in (4) quarterly statewide Caregiver Connections workdays, (3) in Bloomington, IL, (1) virtual.
Collaborate with Community Partner staff (in designated geographic area) regarding training on topics of children’s social-emotional development and mental health to ensure an integrated service delivery system for providers. Participate in community networking and interdisciplinary meetings that focus on practices, programs, and initiatives that promote and support young children’s mental health, social emotional development, strengthening families, violence, trauma prevention, and providers’ social emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Seek professional growth and development through conferences, workshops, presentations, cohorts, workgroups, and participation in collaborative initiatives and professional organizations related to the growing field of infant and early childhood mental health, especially as applied to ECE settings. Completing 15 hours of professional development per year.
Execute our workplace core capabilities of accountability, customer focus, continuous quality improvement (CQI), communication, competent people, and clear priorities.
The organization may assign other functions to the job at its discretion.
Qualification Requirements
Master’s degree in social work, psychology, early childhood development, or a related field.
Minimum of five years of direct practice experience in social services or the childcare and education field.
Knowledge of child development, understanding of family systems, child psychology, and the importance of relationship-based caregiving.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Valid driver’s license, and access to reliable personal transportation with insurance.
Other Skills And Abilities
Ability to discern and respect cultural diversity, and to respond appropriately within diverse audiences and constituencies.
Willingness and ability to travel (locally, statewide, and nationally) and able to work a flexible schedule.
Self-directed, able to work independently and as part of a team.
Excellent planning and organizational skills; able to prioritize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
Excellent writing, editing, speaking, and presentation skills.
Basic computer skills, with good working knowledge of word processing, presentation software tools, correspondence tools such as email, and able to accurately maintain electronic records.
Benefits Of Working At IAFC
Working with passionate team members that are driven by our Mission: Illinois Action for Children is a catalyst for organizing, developing, and supporting strong families and powerful communities where children matter most.
We strive to foster and implement a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion across our organization. We know it is not only critical to the success of diversity initiatives - but instrumental in creating an unbiased and inclusive workplace! It not only relates to the diverse clients we serve but also creates a positive employee experience.
We offer an extensive benefits package that adds value to your total compensation. Our benefits include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance plans with company contribution of 95% for single coverage
401(k) with company match
Generous PTO – first year-23 days, the second year-28 days, the third year and on-35 days
11 Paid Holidays and 1 Floating Holiday
Tuition Reimbursement
Flexible Spending Account
STD & LTD insurance
Company-paid Life Insurance
Location Matteson, Illinois - Hybrid
Illinois Action for Children is an EEO/M/F/V/D employer.
While we desire for this job posting to be comprehensive, all aspects of the position may be amended at any time at the discretion of IAFC including job duties, work location and/or work schedule.
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Job Summary Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant will provide ongoing relationship-based mental health consultation, technical assistance, and referral services to early care and education providers and families they serve within a designated geographic area – Chicago and/or Cook County suburbs. The I/ECMHC will provide pertinent training to providers within these designated areas. The I/ECMHC will work collaboratively to promote infant early childhood mental health, social emotional development, children’s mental health, and the health of families with providers and communities. The work of the I/ECMHC is supported through reflective practice/supervision and in accordance with organizational standards. This incumbent will be expected to promote and adhere to the workplace core capabilities of: accountability, customer focus, continuous quality improvement (CQI), communication, competent people, and clear priorities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Provide mental health consultation and technical assistance upon request to childcare providers (both licensed and license-exempt) in a designated geographic area. Includes a minimum of 200 onsite consultative hours per year.
Focus of Consultation: Support to providers targeted at increased knowledge, building capacity to support children’s social-emotional development, working with families, and developing inclusive practices.
Establish and maintain ongoing supportive relationships with early care and education (ECE) providers/staff.
Work in partnership with providers to assess consultation needs (child-focused/classroom-focused/program-focused); develop and implement of consultative plan(s) that address targeted needs; build capacity of providers/programs regarding children’s social-emotional needs and development, and working with families. Aid with difficult situations and/or challenging children.
Provide mental health consultation regarding children with perceived social-emotional, behavioral, and/or developmental challenges, including assessment of child's needs, meeting(s) with parents and staff, and administration of assessment tools (as warranted).
Assist providers in implementing best practices in their program (as indicated) such as modifications to the environment program planning, enhancement of communication and relationships.
Respond in a timely manner to requests for service.
Maintain professional standards in all aspects of the consultative process. Ensure confidentiality of child, parent, and childcare provider information.
Encourage and model a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to working with children, families, and other caregivers.
Facilitate Referrals: As needed, assist providers and families with linkage to appropriate resources such as Early Intervention, school districts, and mental health agencies/providers.
Data Collection and Gathering to Meet Contract Deliverables.
Maintain all necessary data regarding referrals, responses to referrals, consultations, collaboration, collateral contacts, training evaluations, etc.
Timely reporting of all data in DTP.
Timely reporting of all data in ActionForce.
Provide 30 or more training/educational opportunities per year for ECE providers: Purpose of trainings is to increase knowledge base, scaffold and/or build capacity of early care and education providers regarding children’s social-emotional development and needs, working with families, fostering healthy development and pro-social behavior through relationships, identifying special needs, incorporating inclusive practices into ECE programs, etc.
Determine training needs based on provider feedback, identified needs and trends, work collaboratively with Caregivers Connections, program managers, director, and MHC staff team.
Design new professional development training materials or use existing training materials housed in the IECMHC PD library, that can be utilized to meet specific training needs.
All CCR&R training will comply with INCCRRA registry guidelines.
As required, present at professional local, state, and national conferences (as the need arises).
Participate in regularly scheduled reflective individual supervision sessions with designated Program Manager and reflective group supervision with Management Team (Program Managers and Director); participate in (4) quarterly statewide Caregiver Connections workdays, (3) in Bloomington, IL, (1) virtual.
Collaborate with Community Partner staff (in designated geographic area) regarding training on topics of children’s social-emotional development and mental health to ensure an integrated service delivery system for providers. Participate in community networking and interdisciplinary meetings that focus on practices, programs, and initiatives that promote and support young children’s mental health, social emotional development, strengthening families, violence, trauma prevention, and providers’ social emotional wellbeing and mental health.
Seek professional growth and development through conferences, workshops, presentations, cohorts, workgroups, and participation in collaborative initiatives and professional organizations related to the growing field of infant and early childhood mental health, especially as applied to ECE settings. Completing 15 hours of professional development per year.
Execute our workplace core capabilities of accountability, customer focus, continuous quality improvement (CQI), communication, competent people, and clear priorities.
The organization may assign other functions to the job at its discretion.
Qualification Requirements
Master’s degree in social work, psychology, early childhood development, or a related field.
Minimum of five years of direct practice experience in social services or the childcare and education field.
Knowledge of child development, understanding of family systems, child psychology, and the importance of relationship-based caregiving.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Valid driver’s license, and access to reliable personal transportation with insurance.
Other Skills And Abilities
Ability to discern and respect cultural diversity, and to respond appropriately within diverse audiences and constituencies.
Willingness and ability to travel (locally, statewide, and nationally) and able to work a flexible schedule.
Self-directed, able to work independently and as part of a team.
Excellent planning and organizational skills; able to prioritize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
Excellent writing, editing, speaking, and presentation skills.
Basic computer skills, with good working knowledge of word processing, presentation software tools, correspondence tools such as email, and able to accurately maintain electronic records.
Benefits Of Working At IAFC
Working with passionate team members that are driven by our Mission: Illinois Action for Children is a catalyst for organizing, developing, and supporting strong families and powerful communities where children matter most.
We strive to foster and implement a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion across our organization. We know it is not only critical to the success of diversity initiatives - but instrumental in creating an unbiased and inclusive workplace! It not only relates to the diverse clients we serve but also creates a positive employee experience.
We offer an extensive benefits package that adds value to your total compensation. Our benefits include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance plans with company contribution of 95% for single coverage
401(k) with company match
Generous PTO – first year-23 days, the second year-28 days, the third year and on-35 days
11 Paid Holidays and 1 Floating Holiday
Tuition Reimbursement
Flexible Spending Account
STD & LTD insurance
Company-paid Life Insurance
Location Matteson, Illinois - Hybrid
Illinois Action for Children is an EEO/M/F/V/D employer.
While we desire for this job posting to be comprehensive, all aspects of the position may be amended at any time at the discretion of IAFC including job duties, work location and/or work schedule.
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