Team Lead of Early Childhood Services

NorthKey Community Care is seeking a Team Lead of Early Childhood Services who will be full-time on-site, Monday-Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, flexible as needed.  You MUST be independently licensed in KY. 

PERKS & PAY

• Salary: Independently licensed rate starts at $80K
• Potential for up to 12% annual contingency bonus
• Generous plan for paid time off (PTO) (Up to 16 days the first year)
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Individual and family insurance coverage: Various medical, vision, and dental plans to choose from
• HSA Employer match up to $1000, depending on the plan
• 401(k) with employer match
• Professional Development
• Potential eligibility for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

QUALIFICAIONS

• Minimum of a master's degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, licensed professional counselor, or other related field from an accredited school.
• Experience working with children and families with emotional problems.
• Licensure in Kentucky or Eligible; prefer an independent license.

JOB DUTIES

• To manage and lead all early childhood grants.
• To participate in community meetings regarding the early childhood population.
• To provide administrative support to early childhood therapists specific to grant performance outcomes.
• To work directly with childcare and preschool directors.
• To provide observations and consultations in childcare centers.
• To provide direct therapy services.
• Manage early childhood grants, including funding proposals, financial reporting, and report writing.
• Attend required meetings related to all grants.
• ·Develop and manage internal and external ECMH trainings.
• ·Introduce and support agency-wide assessment/treatment protocols based on best practice models for the early childhood population.
• ·Lead Strengthening Families implementation at both the agency and regional levels.
• ·Conduct bi-weekly staff meetings for Early Childhood Staff.
• ·Foster community planning and attend meeting groups, including Early Childhood Councils and grant meetings, and development of the RCFP model of care.
• ·Collaborate with other relevant agencies.
• ·Ensure representation of NorthKey at community events, including early childhood fairs and community baby showers, as relevant.
• Attend periodic regional consultation and supervision sessions conducted by a statewide early childhood mental health consultant.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings with Head Start and preschool directors each year after DECA pre- and post-tests.
• Prepare and submit periodic service reports and evaluation data to United Way, the state, Children’s Home of Cincinnati, and internally.
• ·Ensure monthly summaries are submitted to preschool directors in a timely fashion.
• ·Ensure provision of individual and classroom observations, including administering and scoring the DECA and/or DECA-C questionnaire. Ensure strategy meetings are held with parents and teachers.
• ·Enter data in the Gentrax system for state consults, CECC, and trainings.
• Attend and participate in relevant continuing education and in-service training to improve professional competency and clinical intervention skills.
• ·Accept appropriate case as assigned by Lead Manager.
• ·Perform clinical psychosocial evaluations promptly.
• ·Complete diagnostic evaluations and recommendations. Provide ongoing individual and family therapy. Employee will develop and perform psychosocial interventions, utilizing the most appropriate evidence-based practice(s) to address clients’ symptoms.
• Develop treatment plans for clientele related to their diagnoses and symptoms, utilizing discipline-informed theories and interventions.
• Involve family systems in treatment planning, working with the family system within discipline-informed models of treatment to facilitate meeting their children’s needs.
• Utilize therapeutic techniques that involve families and clientele, specifically integrating discipline-informed theories that will include educational, supportive clinical interpretation, and theory-based interventions.
• Maintain multi-disciplinary working relationships with clinicians and other related professionals in the community. This will include making appropriate referrals, sharing of clinical information within HIPAA guidelines, and providing clinically appropriate multi-disciplinary interventions and collaboration.
• Assist with the implementation of expanded services and work as part of a clinical team to provide expanded services under federal grant funding programs.
• Maintain flexible working hours to meet agency and client needs.
• Maintain professional work conduct and ethical confidentiality. Employee will be knowledgeable of ethics and code of conduct for the discipline(s) licensed by, following these in their daily job duties.
• Ensure that professional licensure is current at all times, regardless of grace periods extended by licensing boards.
• Contributes to a culture of safety and quality by using data to support decision-making, improve services, and ensure positive outcomes.

NORTHKEY COMMUNITY CARE - COMPANY OVERVIEW
Since 1966, NorthKey Community Care (NorthKey) has provided quality, evidence-based mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services to the Northern Kentucky region with the commitment to providing the right service, at the right time, and in the right place. With multiple convenient locations throughout the Northern Kentucky region (Kenton, Boone, Campbell, Grant, Carroll, Gallatin, Pendleton, and Owen counties), NorthKey offers a wide array of mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services unparalleled in the region.  Join our team to help us fulfill our mission of  Transforming Lives and Communities Through Excellence in Mental Health, Substance Use, and Developmental Disabilities Services!