Behavioral Health, Behavioral Intervention, Coaching, Healthcare, Management Consulting, Plan Meetings, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Service Delivery, Teleconferencing
What You'll Do:
The Mental Health/Behavior Specialist conducts mental health activity under the guidance of the Mental Health Professional and Regional Manager working directly with Head Start and/or Early Head Start staff in an identified geographic area. This position works closely with staff to identify children's behavioral and mental health concerns and to implement program practices responsive to those concerns.
Mental Health Support:
- Participate in a one hour bi-weekly reflective supervision/consultation with the Mental Health Professional via phone conferencing;
- Provide reflective consultation to area teachers in a cluster format as determined by the Area Manager;
- Conduct mental health consultation activities: discuss identified children during case consultation with behaviors and mental health concerns and possible strategies for supporting their social-emotional health (to include any child scoring an 'area of concern' on the e-DECA screen);
- Respond to concerns about a child's mental health through observation of individual children in the classroom and/or in the home as requested via referral/request;
- Facilitate a Positive Behavior Support plan meeting with parents and staff, when appropriate;
- Conduct intake observation (in home and/or classroom) to determine Plan of Action;
- Engage families whenever possible as partners in the process of assessment and intervention;
- Facilitate referral to outside mental health services as needed;
- Communicate with the Regional Manager as necessary to support the position and its delivery of mental health services.
Classroom Support:
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Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency