Mental Health Specialist - Home Child Care Network

Mental Health Specialist - Home Child Care Network

$26.64-$29.29 per hour based on education level.

Full-Time

The Home Child Care Network, part of SAL Community Services, is the Quad Cities area’s leading provider of early childhood care and education. We provide a safe, secure and supportive environment centered on how playing can charge the mind of the children we care for.

As a Home Child Care Network (HCCN) Mental Health Specialist on our team, you will work with licensed, home child care providers. This means you’ll do things like:

• Conduct in-home observations to provide consultation, coaching and child development information related to social emotional development and mental health. Track all home visits in a home visiting report.
• Provide guidance to specialists and home child care providers on selecting, implementing, and interpreting social emotional screening and observations and findings.
• Meet with home child care providers to review observations to develop and implement plans.
• Meet with families to consult on child and family needs and create or follow-up on plans to support those needs.
• Collaborate with local agencies to assist families with resources as needed and effective ways to work with and support young children.

• Enjoy following a routine, and welcome the in-the-moment changes that come with early care and education;
• Enjoy making a difference in the community;
• Are passionate about building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all, and,
• Are professional, kind, and don’t take themselves too seriously!

Our entire compensation package includes paid time off and paid holidays; health, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) with employer contribution; and pet insurance. A full list of benefits is available on our website at salcommunityservices.org .

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. A full list of job responsibilities will be provided prior to an interview. This position must obtain required background clearances. Requests for reasonable accommodation as required under applicable law will be considered.

Required:

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related field. At least three years of experience is required in social work field working with families and children. Preferred:
In addition to required education and experience, experience working with children ages birth to 5, offering observations, interventions and referrals. Experience in presenting trainings on inclusion, equity, diversity, and or social emotional topics preferred but not required.

SAL Community Services (SAL) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities.

At SAL Community Services, we provide Support,Advocacy, andLearning in our communities—from childhood to adulthood. Our mission is to strengthen children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. Founded in 1970, we have a history of listening to the needs of our community and responding. We have grown from an organization focused on providing quality child care to low-income working families to one that meets a wide variety of needs, from early care and education to crisis assistance and stabilization services.

Today, SAL has a bi-state 17 county regional footprint from the Quad Cities to Central Illinois area. We advocate with and for the people we support, the communities we serve, and the solutions we champion, and we offer an inclusive, welcoming community for the people we serve—and our employees. Learn more on our website atwww.salcommunityservices.org/about-us .

SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions…