CF Clinician

Wellmore Behavioral Health; Waterbury (CT); On-site; USD 63,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellmore Behavioral Health invites applications for a Clinician in Waterbury, CT. The role partners with a Care Coordinator to engage families in the Child First home-based program, focusing on strengthening caregiver-child relationships and fostering emotional, language, and cognitive development through CPP and related therapies.

Responsibilities include conducting assessments, formulating care plans, delivering home-based psychotherapy, and providing caregiver support.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctoral level licensed mental health provider in CT.
• Three years minimum psychotherapy experience with diverse families, including parent–child work; CPP training valued.
• Openness to reflective supervision and ongoing learning.
• Knowledge of relationship-based, psychodynamic approach and early child development.
• Experience with mental health assessment and consultation in early care/education settings.
• Experience with adults facing mental health, substance use, or cognitive challenges.
• Experience delivering intervention in diverse home/community settings.
• Strong commitment to Child First mission and flexibility for non-traditional hours.

Responsibilities

• Partner with families and Care Coordinator to complete comprehensive family assessments.
• Develop integrated clinical formulations and plans of care with family input.
• Provide home-based, relationship-focused psychotherapy using CPP and other evidence-based approaches.
• Support caregivers in understanding trauma impact on parenting and attachment.
• Provide crisis intervention and coordinate with Care Coordinator and Clinical Director.
• Conduct developmental and mental health assessments; consult with educational settings.
• Engage in reflective supervision and training activities; participate in meetings.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and complete administrative duties.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Relationship-based therapy

Reflective supervision

Cultural competence

Education

Master’s or Doctoral level mental health provider licensed in Connecticut

Tools

Standardized assessment tools

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Waterbury, CT 06702

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $62,593.10 - $72,141.20

POSITION TITLE: Clinician

PROGRAM: Child First Program

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Child First Mental Health and Developmental Clinician partners with a Care Coordinator to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention. Child First’s primary goal is to strengthen the caregiver-child relationship so that it serves both as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitates the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth. The Clinician uses trauma-informed CPP, a relationship-based, dyadic, parent-child treatment model, which focuses on the primary attachment relationships of the young child. The Clinician engages with the caregiver in a supportive, reflective, and exploratory manner which fosters protective, nurturing, and responsive parent-child relationship. The Clinician’s therapeutic intervention focuses on: (1) helping caregivers understand typical developmental challenges and expectations; 2) increasing caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior; 3) supporting caregivers’ problem solving; 4) helping caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and the caregiver response to the child. The Clinician also provides consultation to teachers in early care and education settings, as needed.

EXAMPLES OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with families and the Care Coordinator to complete comprehensive child and family assessments using interviews, observations, records, collateral information, and standardized tools.
• Develop integrated clinical formulations and individualized Child and Family Plans of Care in collaboration with the family and Care Coordinator.
• Provide home-based, relationship-focused psychotherapy to young children and caregivers using Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and other evidence-based interventions.
• Support caregivers in understanding the impact of their personal experiences, including trauma, on parenting and the parent-child relationship.
• Provide crisis intervention and collaborate with the Care Coordinator and Clinical Director to address urgent family needs.
• Conduct developmental and mental health assessments and provide consultation to early childhood providers and educational settings.
• Participate in reflective supervision, including the use of videotaping to support clinical growth and treatment quality.
• Actively participate in Child First trainings, learning collaboratives, team meetings, and required supervision.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation and complete other clinical and administrative duties as assigned.

QualificationsEDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Master’s or Doctoral level mental health provider (e.g., LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, clinical psychologist, other), licensed in Connecticut
• Experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years), for a minimum of three years. Past CPP training is highly valued.
• Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision.
• Knowledge of relationship-based, psychodynamic intervention and early child development; parent-child relationships and attachment theory; effects of trauma and environmental risks on early childhood brain development, especially violence exposure, maternal depression, and substance abuse; and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness).
• Experience providing mental health assessment and consultation to early care and education sites.
• Knowledge and experience working with adults with mental health, substance use, and cognitive challenges.
• Experience providing intervention within diverse home and community settings.
• Strong commitment to the vision, mission, and goals of Child First.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible (including wiliness to work non-traditional hours, including at least on evening).

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:

• Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and valid auto insurance; CPR and first-aid.