Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (Enhanced)

Job Overview :

Under the supervision of the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and Family Navigation Supervisor, the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (EMCH) provides support, education, and resources to PHLpreK Providers as it relates to early childhood mental health. The goals of early childhood mental health consultation are building collaborative relationships to reduce the number children expelled from childcare due to challenging behaviors, increase the understanding of social and emotional development and its impact on educational success, support childcare and families to use effective strategies that help young children with social emotional and behavioral concerns and link providers and families to resources. This position reports to the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and Family Navigation Supervisor.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Provide one-on-one, child-specific, technical assistance to PHLpreK providers in using the Pyramid Model and deliver interventions in settings that are implementing the PBIS model.
• Observe child and classroom environment and provide recommendations to promote healthy social and emotional development.
• Review screening data for PHLpreK enrolled children, identify red flags and work in conjunction with the Family Navigator to follow up with PHLpreK providers and families to refer children for evaluation.
• Deliver child-specific targeted social and emotional supports to promote self-regulation and other behaviors associated with positive outcomes for children 3-5.
• Coach practitioners and PHLpreK coaches to increase positive interactions with children and support the positive social emotional development of children in their classrooms.
• For children in Early Learning and childcare settings presenting with social emotional and behavioral concerns, conduct visits with the family in the home or community. These visits will support the family to implement and extend effective strategies to address social emotional and behavioral concerns in the home.
• Make recommendations for resources and make direct referrals for Preschool Early Intervention, Behavioral Health and other supports and services, per the procedure to be established, individually and in collaboration with the Early Childhood Education Navigator.
• Participate in the development of protocols and policies for enhanced early childhood mental health procedures for PHLpreK.
• Deliver professional development to support practitioners and coaches in increasing their understanding of early childhood development, developmental screening, positive relationships, positive social emotional development of their children, positive behavior management.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with other agencies addressing the mental health needs of young children.
• Support practitioners and parents to access community resources.
• Complete required paperwork and service documentation in case files and PHLpreK database.
• Enter ECMH related data and submit reports as requested by OCF, PHLpreK, and DBHIDS leadership.
• Participate in parent meetings at PHLpreK sites to discuss services and potential benefits to child and family.
• Participate in state and local meetings regarding issues of early childhood mental health.
• Engage in ongoing professional development that supports continuous quality improvement, relevant translation of research to practice, and knowledge of early childhood mental health practices.
• All other duties as assigned.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS :

The ECMH Consultant reports to and is supervised by the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and Family Navigation Supervisor.

SKILLS :

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT :

PHMC is and EOE and an E- Verify Employer

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