Early Childhood Clinician

Program: HELP One Building A | 273 Snediker Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 

What You’ll Do

The Early Childhood Clinicians will serve families with children headed by young adults aged 18 to 25 years old. You’ll have overall responsibility for completing psycho-social assessments for children with special needs, individual and group counseling, crisis interventions, and children’s therapeutic services. Additionally, you’ll develop and monitor linkages with external providers of mental health, substance abuse, and other therapeutic services. The goal is to promote healthy social-emotional development, prevent mental health crises, and address challenging behaviors for young children. In addition to building the confidence and capacity of adults to best support young children. The Early Childhood Clinician (ECC) will also provide developmentally appropriate home-based and community child development services, coordinate parent/family involvement with parent provider conference workshops and activities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manages a caseload of families and conducts home visits.

• Coordinates parent/family involvement with Parent Provider conference workshops and activities.

• Provides individual and group vocational counseling to assist parents in achieving their vocational and career goals.

• Develops and maintains a wide range of community-based resources to provide training.

• Takes some program-wide responsibilities that may include annual events, parent/child groups, etc.

• Develops consistent, stable, and supportive relationships with families and children.

• Be part of a team in assessing family needs and child's developmental status.

• Be part of a team in developing an individualized family/child plan addressing family and child needs.

• Utilizes a person-centered approach and motivational interviewing to provide assistance to residents to meet their prioritized needs.

• Provides appropriate services to families/children based on the individualized family plan.

• Completes Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals which are aligned with grade-level content standards for all children with disabilities.

• Work closely with families on specific issues and difficulties those individual families are experiencing.

• Provide families with appropriate referrals and follow up with families and service providers on referrals.

• Provides workshops to families and staff.

• Assists in developing the Parent Council and other parent support groups.

• Maintains proper documentation on families and children.

• Participate in internal and external case conferences.

• Other duties as requested by the supervisor to fulfill job responsibilities.

You’re a great fit for this role if you have:

• Master's degree in social work, mental health counseling, education, or related fields.

• Knowledge of child development.

• Knowledge of childcare-related skills and techniques.

• Observant, patient, and detail-oriented.

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.

• Excellent time management skills.

• Computer literacy to maintain and manage case records.

• Ability to set goals and work towards their completion.

• Sound judgement, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to multitask.

• Ability to motivate residents to follow service plans.

• Ability to work efficaciously and cooperatively with groups and individuals.

• Spanish Speaking not preferred, but a plus.