Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

Are you a provider who has experience working with young children? Work as an Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant supporting the capacity of teachers, caregivers, and families to enhance the social-emotional health of children in childcare, school, and home settings. Engage in creative and collaborative prevention work within a strengths-based and relationship-focused framework. Extensive training and supervision are provided to learn this evidence-informed model.

Work is almost exclusively conducted during daytime hours when centers and schools are open. Consultants will possess skills that include a knowledge of early childhood development, coupled with an understanding of family dynamics and relationship building on an individual/family, provider, and community level.

• Promote young children's social-emotional development
• Reduce challenging behaviors before they accelerate
• Strengthen adult resilience and capacity
• Foster trauma-informed, inclusive early learning environments

This is a licensed clinical role where your skills create meaningful change – with less paperwork and more relational impact.

• Proven Model, Enhanced for Maine – ECE Consultation for Maine continues the strong foundation of IECMHC and makes it even better tailored to Maine's communities and workforce.
• Strong Team, Strong Support – You'll be part of a team that values reflective supervision, statewide training, and peer collaboration.
• Less Paperwork, More Impact – Focus on relationships and consultation instead of traditional clinical documentation and paperwork.
• Local Roots, Statewide Reach – You'll work with in your county while contributing to Maine's statewide consultant network.

LCSW, LCPC, LMFT. LMSW-cc and/or LCPC-c can be considered, but due to this position being a consult role, supervised clinical hours to count toward independent licensure are not available. Candidates with a Master's Degree in Education or Early Childhood Education who hold a valid license as a teacher in the State of Maine and have relevant work experience/training, but do not have clinical licensure, may also be considered.

Salary for conditionally licensed ECCs and Master's Level Certified Teachers ranges from $66,000 to $70,200, based on experience.

Salary for independently licensed ECCs ranges from $68,250 to $72,450, based on experience.

Must be able to pass background checks including DMV, CPS, APS, and criminal checks.