Crossroads Health provides a continuum of quality life-changing behavioral health and specialized chemical dependency treatment services to children, adolescents, young adults, adults and families. As a leader in the behavioral health field, we offer a vast array of programs and services that evaluate, educate, strengthen and support thousands of children, adults and their families each year.
Our Early Childhood Services (ECS) center is looking for a licensed Early Childhood Prevention Specialist. The Early Childhood Prevention Specialist role is primarily responsible to providing consultation services in family homes, classroom environments, and other community-based settings. Their role also provides prevention, education, early intervention and consultation services targeting children, parents and community services. County-wide travel expected.
More specifically, the primary responsibilities include:

• Assessing clients' development, psychological and psychiatric needs in order to develop intervention plans and make appropriate referrals.
• Providing prevention, education, early intervention and consultation services which target children, parents, and community partners.
• Providing families with information and guidance in the development of a service plan for their clients.
• Functioning as both advocate for clients as well as point of contact for other regional resources necessary.
• Performing crisis intervention activities as necessary.

Position requirements include:

• Bachelor's Degree with a Counseling, Social Work or Education degree required.
• License required: LPC, LSW or Teaching License required.
• Prevention or early childhood mental health credentials, or willingness to acquire.
• Experience with child and family development; infant mental health.
• Experience with ability to manage young children with emotional/behavioral concerns required.
• Experienced in community organizing and/or team building; experienced with consulting with early childhood educational systems.
• Able to participate 2 evenings a week.
• Acceptable driving record (4 points or less), reliable transportation, and carry automobile insurance with minimum liability limits of $100,000/$300,000 and property damage $50,000.

Our Organization is committed to equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender/sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniform service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.