Mental Health Coordinator
Company: Easter Seals South Florida Inc
Location: Miami
Posted on: May 9, 2024
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Job Description:
Position Summary:Provide direct guidelines and implement program
practices which promote the healthy social and emotional
development of all children, including children with disabilities.
Incumbent in this position utilize an early childhood mental health
consultation model that strengthens program and classroom
practices; delivering a comprehensive mental health services to
children and families according to the Head Start/Early Head Start
performance standards and any other regulatory bodies.Duties and
Responsibilities.Provide clinical guidance to teachers and families
regarding how to design and implement program practices which are
responsive to the identified social, emotional, and behavioral
mental health concerns using the children results from
developmental, sensory, and behavioral screenings.Conduct general
classroom observations as needed, and individual classroom
observations as needed with parental consent.Assist the classroom
staff in implementing strategies which include the universal
promotion of healthy social and emotional development for all
children utilizing the recommendations from selected assessment
instruments.Ensure that child mental health activities are
integrated into curriculum and lesson plans.Conduct timely
follow-up on referrals of children with mental health concerns
through observations, teacher/parent interviews, multidisciplinary
team meetings, strategies, distributing educational information and
referrals for therapy services.Work in partnership with the
disabilities coordinator to help teaching staff to identify and
work with children with disabilities who may also have social,
emotional, or behavioral concerns.Work collaboratively with
behavioral service team in the areas of child behavior management
and family crisis intervention.Works in collaboration and
professionally as part of multidisciplinary team, monitors mental
health services: tracks referrals, follow-up, evaluations,
re-evaluations.Regularly oversee family service workers
documentation for mental health services compliance and informs
Center Director/Lead Teacher of any issues or follow-up items.Works
with families in a supportive manner throughout the diagnostic,
referral, and transition processes.Ensure timely follow up of
monitoring reports and provide feedback on recommendations as
needed.Document all actions taken in response to Mental Health
referrals in Child Plus and any other required format in a timely
manner.Complete timely and accurate Child Plus reports and other
required reports and provide recommendations, as
applicable.Participates in annual Head Start Program
Self-Assessment.Facilitates educational trainings/workshops on
mental health topics for teachers and/or families.Coordinate
trainings by community agencies and behavioral Services for Mental
Health topics and parenting education resources.Adheres to all
regulatory guidelines including Easter Seals Policies & Procedures,
Head Start /Early Head Start performance standards, and other
regulatory bodies as applicable.Maintain Affiliation Agreements for
community agencies that provide Mental Health and Disabilities
services for children at the Centers.Attends all required or
requested meetings and trainingsEducational Requirements:Masters
degree and licensure as Mental Health Counselor, Mental Health
Family Therapist, or Clinical Social Worker.Minimum of 1 year of
clinical experience working with young children and their
familiesKnowledge of Head Start/Early Head Start Performance
standards is preferred.Bilingual or trilingual preferred (English,
Spanish, Creole)Other:Work a flexible schedule as required.Other
related duties as necessary to ensure the smooth running and
efficiency of Easter Seals South Florida as a whole.Successful
completion of background process which includes: Local background
check, Level 2 clearance (FBI, FDLE), clear TB test, medical
clearance, drug test and reference checks.Adhere to the use of
Universal Health & Safety Precautions as applicable Physical
Demands:Ability to travel to all centers and meeting/training
locationsAbility to detect unsafe situations by sight or sound at
Centers, when necessary.Ability to move quickly to intervene in
unsafe situations.by Jobble
Keywords: Easter Seals South Florida Inc, Miramar , Mental Health Coordinator, Healthcare , Miami, Florida
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