Mental Health Professional / Mental Health Consultant (FT / PT)

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits :

• Payment assistance for licensure applications and fees once approved
• Public Loan Forgiveness
• Training in evidenced-based practices
• Flexible work schedule (ability to work weekends and evenings)
• Team Environment
• Full Robust Benefits package
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

Easterseals Blake Foundation is hiring for Mental Health Consultants in Southern Arizona. Mental health consultation is at the cutting edge of research, policy, and practice in early childhood social-emotional development, and was heavily featured at recent national Zero to Three Annual Conferences.

Mental Health Consultants provide services for children birth to 5 in the childcare setting centered around increasing childcare providers' capacity to meet the social-emotional needs of children in their care. Through a supportive, intentional relationship, consultants are able to partner with childcare providers around trying new behaviors which lead to best practices and better outcomes for young children.

This position requires traveling. Travel would be required weekly or bi-weekly to provide services in-person to the San Carlos. Hotel stays may be supported by the agency in whole or in part, depending on frequency and duration of travel, while funds are available. Company vehicles are available for use. Details are flexible and can be worked out upon application.

General Position Description : Supports young children's social and emotional health indirectly by strengthening the adult caregivers' capacity to foster children's healthy social and emotional development - early and before formalized intervention is needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Requirements

Regulatory

Skills / Job Knowledge / Abilities : Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all that reach out to the Department. Must be self-directed and be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Excellent customer service in stressful situations. Maintains a professional appearance, communications, and actions. Excellent interpersonal communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing. Independent judgment and discretion in setting daily priorities to complete tasks. Knowledge of adult learning principles and practices of multi-method instruction. Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships in the community. Knowledge of community resources and referrals in the community. Possess a high level of computer proficiency.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements (with or without accommodation) : Field position visiting different child care sites or home care providers. Will work in outside and inside environments, as needed. Daily travel to child care sites, home care provider sites, and / or meeting sites. Interacts with employees and members of the public daily. May lift normal office equipment and materials up to 25lbs. Visual acuity to read information from computer screens and form and assess children's and / or program participant's wellbeing. Able to speak clearly in conversations and general communications. Hearing ability for communication in persona, phone, and / or other electronic methods. Manual dexterity for typing and writing. Able to stoop, squat, reach, pull, push, stretch, ascend and descend stairs, stand and sit for long periods of time. May be required to work additional hours or days depending on circumstances.

Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have any questions, require assistance or reasonable accommodations while seeking employment, please contact the Human Resource Department at HR@blake.easterseals.com or call 520-327-1529.

Salary Description

$49,400-49,920 depending on education & experience