HealthySteps Specialist

Community Healthcare Network; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Healthcare Network seeks a HealthySteps Specialist to work with the pediatric primary care team, providing interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with children ages 0-5. The role builds strong relationships with families and providers to support team-based, comprehensive care and to increase system efficiency, including home visits and community outreach.

A Master’s in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling is required, LMSW/LMHC licenses preferred, and CHN offers a

Qualifications

• Master’s in Social Work (MSW) or Master’s in Mental Health Counseling (MHC).
• LMSW or LMHC-LP licenses with minimum two years’ experience in parenting, child development, or related fields.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor with advanced experience in early childhood.

Responsibilities

• Provides interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with 0–5 year olds in a pediatric setting.
• Works with the care team to improve developmental and relational health outcomes.
• Conducts home visits as needed to support assessment and development.
• Facilitates parent/caregiver group sessions and maintains resource directories.
• Tracks referrals and coordinates transitions between CHN programs and community resources.
• Maintains a family-centered approach and supports CQI initiatives.

Skills

Team-based collaborative

Home visits

Community engagement

Family-centered approach

Education

Master’s in Social Work or MHC

LMSW or LMHC-LP license

LCSW or LMHC with advanced experience

Job description

Who We Are

Community Healthcare Network (CHN) is a not-for-profit organization providing more than 65,000 New Yorkers with primary and behavioral healthcare, dental, nutrition, wellness, and needed support services.

Who We Are

Community Healthcare Network (CHN) is a not-for-profit organization providing more than 65,000 New Yorkers with primary and behavioral healthcare, dental, nutrition, wellness, and needed support services.

Our network is made up of 14 federally qualified health centers throughout Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan, along with a fleet of mobile vans that bring health services to underserved people in need throughout New York City. We provide judgment-free, high-quality healthcare, without regard to race, religion, orientation, gender identity, immigration status or ability to pay. We turn no one away.

What We Offer

• Growth and development: Access to various healthcare professionals and benefits to deepen understanding and interest in the various disciplines involved in community health programming.
• Supportive Team culture: Be a part of an interdisciplinary environment where your ideas and work are valued and encouraged.
• Comprehensive benefits: Including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement plans, employee assistance programming and more.

Position Summary

The HealthySteps Specialist is an early childhood intervention specialist that works closely with the pediatric primary care team to provide interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with patients ages 0-5. The Healthy Steps Specialist builds strong relationships with families and providers to increase the efficiency of the medical system and support team-based, comprehensive care.

Duties And Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider; visits focus on monitoring development, social-emotional functioning, and relational health, and providing anticipatory guidance.
• Conducts home visits as needed for the assessment, care, and development of the child.
• Conducts consultations on a short-term basis for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep, positive parenting, pickyeating, etc.
• Facilitates parent/caregiver groups.
• Creates and maintains community resource directory/database.
• Provides referrals and tracks follow-up, as appropriate, to help families make successful connections to key resources within the community.
• Coordinates with Prenatal Coordinators to seamlessly transition pregnant people into CHN pediatric and HealthySteps care once child is born.
• Participates (when appropriate) in community-wide early childhood and/or mental health meetings.
• Engages in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives to ensure the Healthy Steps model is delivered with fidelity
• Collaborates with HealthySteps implementation team to implement all eight Core Components including universal screenings, making positive parenting and early learning guidance information available, and adjusting workflows for optimal efficiency
• Provides consultation and/or facilitates training to medical professionals and all practice staff re: early childhood development, early relational health/infant early childhood mental health, and trauma-informed practice
• Maintain intensive databases required to meet HealthySteps fidelity metrics, including both internal and external referrals.
• Collaborates with the HealthySteps Implementation Team to complete required annual site reporting to the HealthySteps National Office at ZERO TO THREE, which may include analysis of both external database files and EHR data reports.
• Tracks caseload to ensure capacity to deliver the HS services within the risk stratified service delivery model. This includes ensuring exit criteria are met and that families and children are elevated to higher levels of care or referred to community providers if needed.
• Utilizes a family and patient centered approach with every assessment, treatment, supervision, and case conferencing.
• Carries a limited caseload of behavioral health patients (about 15 scheduled per week) with emphasis on parents enrolled in HealthySteps.

Education & Experience Required

• Master’s in Social Work (MSW) or Master’s in Mental Health Counseling (MHC)
  • I - No license and no experience
  • II – Minimum of two (2) years’ experience with parenting, child development, social work, mental health counseling, psychology, early childhood education, or early intervention.
• Licensed Master Social Work (LMSW) or Licensed Mental Health Counselor-Limited Practice (LMHC-LP)
  • I – no experience
  • II – Minimum of two (2) years of experience with parenting, child development, social work, mental health counseling, psychology, early childhood education, or early intervention
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Mental Health Counselor
  • Plus advanced level of experience with parenting, child development, social work, mental health counseling, psychology, early childhood education, or early intervention.