Early Childhood Mental Health Manager

ESC group

Cincinnati (OH)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Hamilton County ESC Head Start in Cincinnati, Ohio seeks a Mental Health Manager to deliver early childhood mental health consultation to children, families, and staff. Responsibilities include classroom consultation, parent meetings, home visits, training, and coordinating referrals with community agencies to support Head Start standards.

The role covers data management, compliance with Head Start standards, and collaboration with multiple teams to promote student well-being and family

Qualifications

Minimum requirement of a 4-year degree in social work, child and family studies, psychology, or related mental health degree and appropriate licensure or certification; master's degree with licensure is highly desired.
Demonstrated knowledge of early childhood mental health, child mental health community resources, working with families in poverty, working with diverse populations, and the impacts of early childhood trauma.
Experience formulating and writing assessments and supports plans for young children and their families.
Willingness to embrace the Positive Behavior Intervention and Support model, and understand the tiered level of supports needed to implement the model throughout all classrooms.
Sound understanding of universal design of early childhood classrooms.
Ability to interact with and manage physically active young children, including sitting on the floor, providing physical assistance, guiding, pursuing, and withstanding sudden movements.
Knowledge of the Child Find requirement for LEAs under IDEA desired.

Responsibilities

1. General Classroom Observations, Consultation, and Coaching: Schedule classroom observation and consultation visits at a frequency based upon the needs of the classroom and program, or as assigned by supervisor or designee.
2. General Classroom Observations, Consultation, and Coaching: Facilitate knowledge and understanding of the relationship between child development, social-emotional development, and mental health.
3. General Classroom Observations, Consultation, and Coaching: Provide guidance and model developmentally appropriate activities for children and effective ways to work with and support young children.
4. General Classroom Observations, Consultation, and Coaching: Provide written and oral observations and strengths-based feedback to staff after each visit.
5. General Classroom Observations, Consultation, and Coaching: Assist and support the implementation of the Positive Behavior Support model into the Head Start classrooms.
2. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Conduct informal, play-based observations and review developmental, behavioral, and social-emotional screenings as assigned by supervisor or designee.
3. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Conduct developmental, behavioral, and/or social emotional assessments as assigned.
4. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Build family and child self-esteem by drawing on cultural strengths to influence child rearing skills and foster positive family interactions.
5. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Meet with classroom team to review observations and, if needed, facilitate the development and implementation of classroom strategies to support children.
6. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Manage and support child transitions between classrooms and programs, when applicable.
7. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Meet with families of referred children to consult on the child and family mental health wellness and create or follow-up on individualized plans to support these needs in coordination with the assigned Head Start Family Support Worker and/or other classroom team members.
8. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Work with the parent and team to determine appropriate child and family referrals to community services and/or school districts, as needed.
9. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Maintain a file system to manage referrals made, in process, follow-up needed, and completed.
10. Individualized Child- and Family-Centered Screening, Observations and Consultation: Maintain confidential records and enter mental health data in Child Plus.
3. Home Visiting: Conduct home visits to support the mental health wellness of the families and children.
4. Staff Training: Support, coordinate, and provide staff training related to social-emotional and mental health issues through formal trainings, team meetings, written communications, and ad hoc conversations.
5. Staff Training: Supervise and support social work students in field placement by provide training related to child development, interventions, and the work culture within the field of social work.
6. Parent Training: Increase parent awareness of social-emotional development, early childhood mental health, and community resources.
7. Parent Training: Coordinate, facilitate, and/or assist with parent events, including recruitment.
8. Other: Active participation in multidisciplinary team meetings for assigned classroom teams and additional classrooms as assigned by supervisor, to discuss child and family strengths and needs and develop supports.
9. Other: Enter educational, disability, and mental health data in Child Plus for assigned team meetings.
10. Other: Assist in the development and implementation of mental health program and policies and procedures.
11. Other: Builds and supports relationships with community mental health professionals, including resources within the school districts.
12. Other: Participate in regularly scheduled Mental Health Staff meetings and manager meetings
13. Other: Support the recruitment of children into Early Head Start and Head Start.
14. Other: Contribute to federal, state, and local reporting requirements.