Early Childhood Clinician I

Family Service Association; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

The Early Childhood Clinician I at Family Service provides support and services to Head Start programs and families, integrating a whole-child approach across classroom, office, home, or community settings.

This 40-hour-per-week role (Mon-Fri) offers a pay rate of $40,000 annually. The clinician collaborates with educational staff and families and is required to maintain licensure while delivering culturally sensitive care.

Qualifications

• Requires Master’s degree in Psychology, Behavioral Health, Social Work, or related behavioral science field.
• Full licensure as LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LMSW or other professional licensure.
• At least two (2) years post‑Master’s degree experience in clinical behavioral science or related field.
• Understands cultural differences and is sensitive to implications of culture for service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and services to organizational early childhood programs including Head Start.
• Collaborate with educational staff and families to deliver prevention, early intervention, and treatment services.
• Work across classroom, office, home, or community settings to support child mental health and well-being.
• Ensure care is delivered with a whole-child and family approach while respecting cultural differences.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Cultural sensitivity

EHR systems

Education

Master's degree in Psychology/Behavioral Health/Social Work

State licensure as LPC/LCSW/LMFT/LMSW

2+ years post-Master’s experience

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Job description

Voted one of the Top 25 Places to Work in 2015 by San Antonio Express News!

Family service has been empowering individuals and families to transform their lives and strengthen their community since 1903. We hold ourselves accountable for our actions and meeting the needs of a fast-paced ever changing world. We strive for excellence at all times. We are responsible and responsive to goals set agency wide and always treat ourselves and others with respect.

Job Description

The Early Childhood Clinician I (hereafter referred EC Clinician I) provides support and services to organizational early childhood programs including Head Start. The EC Clinician I works closely with educational staff and staff who work closely with families providing an array of services along the continuum of child mental health primary prevention, early intervention and treatment, and integrates a whole child and family approach with the understanding that families, classrooms and other early childhood settings have a significant impact on the well-being and social/emotional development of a young child. Services may be provided in classroom, office, home, or other community settings.

Hours: Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, hours may vary

Pay Rate:$40,000 Annually

Qualifications

Required:

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Behavioral Health, Social Work, or other related behavioral science field.
• Full licensure as an LPC, LCSW and/or an LMFT, LMSW or other professional licensure currently issued by the appropriate state agency.
• At least two (2) years post-Master’s degree experience in clinical behavioral science or in a related clinical social work field.
• Understands cultural differences and is sensitive to the implications of culture for service delivery.

Preferred:

• Fluency in English and Spanish (read, write, speak) desirable.
• Experience using computer-based client data systems.
• Early childhood (education, childcare, mental health) experience preferred.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. For more detailed information on the agency and the posting please visit http://www.family-service.org/employment.htm