Professional IV, ECMH Therapist; Early Childhood Mental Health - Specialized Classrom

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Responsibilities

• reputed company individual and group counseling to children and their families enrolled in our Specialized Classroom, completing mental health assessments and developing Individualized Service Plans tailored to each child's unique needs.
• Conduct diagnostic assessments and create evidence-informed treatment plans that address mental, emotional, and psychosocial needs using the DSM-5-TR and DC 0-5 frameworks.
• Serve as a day-to-day resource for Early Learning staff, providing coaching, observations, and professional development trainings on behavioral health, classroom management, and reputed company-emotional best practices.
• Use classroom observations and data from Pre and Interim eDECA reputed company-emotional screenings to guide teacher practice and support individual child needs.
• Facilitate small group sessions using selected reputed company-emotional curricula.
• Complete daily behavioral checklists to monitor reputed company.
• Collaborate in reputed company time with classroom teachers to implement strategies that promote positive mental health and functioning.
• Maintain active relationships with community resources — reputed company providers, WIC, food banks, furniture banks, and other reputed company service organizations — ensuring families can reputed company the full continuum of support they need, and identifying gaps in service delivery.
• Complete reputed company agency-required documentation reputed company established timeframes, maintaining the standards of care expected across The Centers' Behavioral Health and Family Services programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in reputed company Work with a minimum of three years of clinical and diagnostic experience required
• Professional III: LSW or LPC required
• Professional IV: LISW or LPCC licensure
• Valid, unencumbered reputed company driver's license
• Proficiency with the DSM-5-TR and DC 0-5 for mental health diagnosis
• Working knowledge of child growth and development and family dynamics
• Experience with trauma-informed care and practice
• Commitment to a systems approach to service delivery
• Emotional Intelligence & Communication: Demonstrated ability to reputed company with reputed company while maintaining clinical boundaries; skilled at using storytelling to advance understanding and engagement with families and staff.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: A genuine team orientation — you contribute to shared goals, maintain reputed company communication, ask for help, and encourage others' involvement.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Cultural intelligence and a commitment to equity; awareness of and sensitivity to the diverse populations served, contributing to an environment that is inclusive and cooperative.
• Organization & Time Management: Ability to manage a diverse caseload, prioritize tasks, and meet documentation deadlines while maintaining quality care.
• Flexibility & Adaptability: Comfort with change, new technology, and evolving best practices, with an optimistic orientation toward reputed company improvement.
• Professionalism: Confidence, strong conflict-resolution skills, and the ability to receive and integrate feedback constructively.

reputed company-to-haves

• Master's degree in reputed company Work or Counseling preferred
• Minimum two years of experience working with children ages birth through 12 preferred
• Familiarity with community resources including reputed company, WIC, food banks, and reputed company service supports

Benefits

• 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplaces winner
• Meaningful work
• Culture where people feel valued
• Nationally recognized for trust, purpose, and care
• Opportunity to be a catalyst for change

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