HMG Childcare & Early Education Navigato

For over 50 years, MHMR has provided community-based services for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), mental health conditions, and substance use disorders, as well as babies and young children with developmental delays. MHMR employees use a person‑centered approach to fulfill the mission:
We Change Lives! Using innovative approaches, MHMR partners with community organizations to provide services and a hopeful future.

The average pay for this position is 24.03

As a Help Me Grow Childcare & Early Education Navigator, you will be active in the community to provide access and referral coordination to families related to their childcare, Pre‑K, and other resource needs. You will also work closely with a variety of childcare and early education entities to support their developmental screening practices and access to mental health consultation to support and strengthen nurturing environments.

You will provide individualized, trauma‑informed, culturally, and linguistically competent services based on high‑quality, evidence‑based practices for children and their families. As a Navigator, you will impact families, children, and teachers by promoting protective factors in families, classrooms, and the community.

Why join us: MHMR has proudly served Tarrant and adjacent county residents for over 50 years. As the second largest mental health community center in Texas, we are dedicated to serving adults and children living with mental illness, substance use disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities and delays and empowering them to improve their lives through an accessible, integrated, and comprehensive, and person‑centered system of care.

MHMR is a mission‑driven organization that fosters a culture of caring for employees and people we serve. Our mission statement is We Change Lives.

We CARE:

• We Provide Access to Services

Our values are based on the following beliefs:

• Respect for people who are active in planning their services
• Recovery is a life‑long process of better health
• Success as positive outcomes for each person
• Participation of people and their families in the process
• Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
• Safe, ethical, and cost‑effective services
• Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial and organizational fields
• Collaboration with other organizations for better services

Benefits: MHMR offers an excellent benefits package, that includes: retirement plan with company matching, generous PTO accrual, ten paid holidays, employee assistance programs, wellness programs, and more. MHMR is a participant in the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. We work diligently to provide excellent benefits to employees and their eligible dependents.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Defined

Education:

Adaptive Physical Education, Child Development, Child Life, Communication Disorders, Family Studies, Health, Human Development, Psychology, Social Work, Rehabilitative Counseling/Rehabilitative Services, Sociology, Special Education
Preferences: One (1) year Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) or related human services experience with children ages birth to 3 years old;
Spanish-speaking.
Substitutions: Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 9 hours of semester course credit relevant to early childhood intervention, including 3 hours of semester course credit in early childhood development or early childhood special education OR be registered as an Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) in the State of Texas prior to 9/1/2011 and maintain as verified by supervisor.
License/

Certifications:

Valid Texas Driver’s License, Eligible to be a credentialed Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) in the state of Texas

For a complete Job Description, detailed qualifications, or any other questions - please reach out to Recruiting.

MHMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MHMR prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, covered veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. This applies to all agency employment practices and decisions, including but not limited to, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, transferring, reassigning, promoting, demoting, compensation, benefits, terminating and other terms and conditions of employment.