Early Learning Center Mental Health Coordinator

Casa Central; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 68,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Early Learning Center Mental Health Coordinator to manage and implement comprehensive mental health services for children and families. This role involves overseeing a multidisciplinary team, ensuring adherence to performance standards, and fostering community partnerships for mental health access. The ideal candidate will have a Master of Social Work or equivalent, with a strong background in early childhood education. This position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, making it a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Time Off

401K

Voluntary Benefits

Qualifications

• Organized mental health professional with MSW or equivalent required.
• Experience in Early Childhood Education highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and evaluate mental health services for children and families.
• Oversee a multidisciplinary team for mental health referrals.
• Lead the implementation of social emotional curriculum.

Skills

Mental Health Services

Early Childhood Education

Team Management

Community Partnership Development

Education

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Equivalent Degree

Job description

Early Learning Center Mental Health Coordinator

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Description

Seeking an organized, diligent mental health professional with a MSW or equivalent. Experience in Early Childhood Education highly preferred. The Mental Health Coordinator manages, plans, implements, and evaluates comprehensive mental health services for children and their families enrolled in Casa Central's Home-based and Center-Based Early Learning Programs. The Mental Health Coordinator will oversee a multidisciplinary team that supports children going through the mental health referral process. They will also perform routine mental health-related services to support the needs of children and families enrolled in the program. This position offers an annually pay of $68,000, as well as medical, vision and dental insurance, paid time off, 401K and other voluntary benefits.

• Responsible for leading the Conscious Discipline Action Team, including coordination,training schedule, tracking, and monitoring of the implementation of the Conscious Discipline social emotional curriculum in both Early Head Start and Head Start programs.
• Supervises the Inclusion Aide position, including biweekly reflective supervision, creating aweekly classroom schedule, and supporting the classroom implementation ofindividualizations and interventions identified from support plans.
• Creates and maintains collaborative community partnership agreements with localcommunity-based mental health services programs to ensure families have access tomental health services in their local community for both parents and children.
• Coordinates with the Mental Health consultant, Inclusion and Disabilities Specialist and Disabilities coordinator to ensure Head Start/Early Head Start programs implement and adheres to the Head Start Performance Standards, state, and local requirements for Mental Health services.
• Supports the educators, and Inclusion and Disabilities Specialist with challenges that arise in the Mental Health area and helps implement improvement strategies, policies, procedures, etc. for staff, program, and/or participants.
• Maintains detailed, accurate and up-to-date mental health classroom observations, staff consultations, and parent consultations. Ensures proper collection of data for mental health services portion of the PIR (Program Information Report) and other self-assessment instruments.
• Completes other adhoc tasks as assigned by the VP of Children's Services.
  
  

Job Details

Description

Seeking an organized, diligent mental health professional with a MSW or equivalent. Experience in Early Childhood Education highly preferred. The Mental Health Coordinator manages, plans, implements, and evaluates comprehensive mental health services for children and their families enrolled in Casa Central's Home-based and Center-Based Early Learning Programs. The Mental Health Coordinator will oversee a multidisciplinary team that supports children going through the mental health referral process. They will also perform routine mental health-related services to support the needs of children and families enrolled in the program. This position offers an annually pay of $68,000, as well as medical, vision and dental insurance, paid time off, 401K and other voluntary benefits.

Position Highlights

• Responsible for leading the Conscious Discipline Action Team, including coordination,training schedule, tracking, and monitoring of the implementation of the Conscious Discipline social emotional curriculum in both Early Head Start and Head Start programs.
• Supervises the Inclusion Aide position, including biweekly reflective supervision, creating aweekly classroom schedule, and supporting the classroom implementation ofindividualizations and interventions identified from support plans.
• Creates and maintains collaborative community partnership agreements with localcommunity-based mental health services programs to ensure families have access tomental health services in their local community for both parents and children.
• Coordinates with the Mental Health consultant, Inclusion and Disabilities Specialist and Disabilities coordinator to ensure Head Start/Early Head Start programs implement and adheres to the Head Start Performance Standards, state, and local requirements for Mental Health services.
• Supports the educators, and Inclusion and Disabilities Specialist with challenges that arise in the Mental Health area and helps implement improvement strategies, policies, procedures, etc. for staff, program, and/or participants.
• Maintains detailed, accurate and up-to-date mental health classroom observations, staff consultations, and parent consultations. Ensures proper collection of data for mental health services portion of the PIR (Program Information Report) and other self-assessment instruments.
• Completes other adhoc tasks as assigned by the VP of Children's Services.
  
  

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