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The Early Childhood Council is Alamosa is hiring !
Through Colorado’s Nurturing Connections Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Program, we are seeking a fulltime Mental Health Consultant. Consultants serve as a resource for early childhood professionals and families by building adults’ knowledge, skills, and resources to support young children’s social and emotional development. Consultants also partner with adults to develop strategies for individual children who may be having difficulty adjusting in their care setting.
This relationship-centered work promotes equity and positive outcomes for young children and families by working to reduce disparities based on race, ethnicity, language, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status, while recognizing the historical role of race in persistent inequities.
Salary & Benefits:
$47,574–$50,571 annually • Generous paid time off • Flexible work schedule • Employer-paid dental and vision • Retirement
No health insurance benefit is available.
Qualified applicants must:
- Hold a master’s degree in a license-eligible mental health field, such as social work, psychology, or a related field, with a focus or experience in early childhood development.
- Have expertise in adult and child mental health theory, practice, and services; early childhood and child development; family systems; circumstances affecting children’s behavior and mental health; developmental science and milestones; consultative models of practice; and services available to children and families to alleviate family stress.
- Be endorsed, working toward endorsement, or have a plan to pursue the Endorsement for Culturally-Sensitive, Relationship Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health® and/or Early Childhood Mental Health® through the Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health (CoAIMH) or another Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health state association.
- Have completed, or have a plan for completing, the following required trainings/certifications:
- Climate of Healthy Interactions for Learning & Development (CHILD) Assessment
- CHILD Infant/Toddler (I/T) Addendum Training
- Devereux Early Childhood Assessment-Clinical (DECA-C) Assessment
- DC:0–5 Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood Training
- Mandated Reporter Training
Please send resume and cover letter to outreach@eccslv.org
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