Early Childhood Care Coordination Team Lead

Early Childhood Care Coordination Team Lead

The Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida is looking for a candidate that has a can-do-attitude, is tenacious, energetic, hardworking, innovative, resourceful, and creative to join its Education Services Team.

Essential Duties and Qualifications:

 Provide direct support to childcare providers, their staff, and the public-at-large to carry out the Coalition’s initiatives through conferences, meetings and community events as requested

• Assist with identification and linkage for children in center-based, home-based, and community-based settings who would benefit from infant and early childhood mental health support.
• Complete and ensure completion of documentation requirements, including but not limited to clinical notes, assessments, intakes, and records requests within required timeframes.
• Assist in providing internal and external training.
• Promote classroom management and teacher practices using classroom observations, reflection, and consultations to address teacher and individual child needs and create physical and cultural environments that encourage mental health, positive social interactions, and emotional functioning. Promote classroom management and teacher practices through classroom observations,
• Conduct observations and consultations in centers, in office community, in home, and in virtual visiting settings to meet the client’s mental health and social-emotional needs.
• Oversee team of EC3 Program Specialists and provide regular guidance that includes discussion and feedback about referrals, case management, documentation, timeliness, deadlines, professionalism, and other performance expectations.
• Manage referral process including tracking and reporting for grant and community funders.
• Support and ensure that the quality of work meets clinical, program, organizational, productivity, confidentiality, mandated reporting and HIPPA standards.
• Attend supervision, training, and other meetings as required for the program with outside entities as required by the program.

 Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s in counseling, social work, psychology, related behavioral science field, or working toward a Bachelor’s in a related field.
• Experience leading staff, including giving constructive feedback, managing performance, and completing performance appraisals.
• At least two years of direct clinical service providing mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to children ages 0-5 and families is preferred.
• At least 2 years of clinical supervisory or program management experience using a reflective practice approach is preferred.

       Preferred

 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

 Background Checks

 Employment in this position is contingent upon obtaining and maintaining satisfactory:

 Verification of Required Education and/or Credentials

• Level II Background Check
• Drug Screen
• Valid Florida Driver License
• Valid Automobile Insurance – if applicable
• Access to Reliable Transportation – if applicable
• E-Verify
• High Speed Internet Access that can be maintained daily, with at least 50Mbps when working in a secure home location.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL   BE MADE FOR OTHERWISE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.

 Benefits Offered

Our compensation package includes the following options (these details are for information purposes and are subject to any policy or plan changes):  

 •   Eligibility for health and dental coverage, 401(k) plan and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms

•    Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance and short-term disability, subject to applicable waiting periods

•    Paid time off (PTO) earned on an accrual basis

•    Company-paid holidays

•    Eligibility to participate in the company incentive bonus program, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the incentive bonus plan document and approval by the Board of Directors

 Job offers are contingent upon any or all of the following: 

•     Completion of a satisfactory Level 2 background check

•     Passing a drug test

•     Satisfactory reference checks

•     Documentation of highest level of education completed

•     Completion of all onboarding documents including, but not limited to ELCNWF employment application and execution of an employment/noncompete/confidentiality agreement

Job Type:                                  Full-time

Closing Date:                             Open until filled

Salary Range:                            $22.00-$26.00 hourly

COVID-19 considerations:         Initial interviews may be conducted virtually.

Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace

Salary : $22 - $26