Therapist, Infant and Early Childhood

About The Guidance Center:
As a recognized leader in our field, The Guidance Center provides a broad range of services that have helped children, adults and families unlock potential and build better lives since 1958. With 25 programs we offer treatment, prevention, growth and education services to more than 15,000 people annually. Together we: Nurture development. Foster resilience. Cultivate well-being.

This position offers a $3,000 sign-on bonus!

About the Role:
As an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist, you will be responsible for providing intensive home-based services to pregnant women and families with children aged from birth through 6 years old who meet criteria for the program. The therapist will provide a variety of services including parent-child psychotherapy, play therapy, developmental assessment and guidance, case management, classroom consultation, and provision of concrete services. Services are delivered in the home and community based on the needs of the individual family.

Location: Taylor, MI

Specific responsibilities include:
- Develop therapeutic relationships with families and their very young children.
- Assess the needs of the infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families
- Monitor child development using developmental assessments.
- Provide parent-child psychotherapy and play therapy.
- Crisis intervention; including crisis phone contacts.
- Provide parents with education and resources pertaining to child and family development.
- Parent education, coaching and training.
- Coordinate services with other professionals involved with the family.
- Advocate on behalf of children and their families to help them meet their needs.
- Assist families in scheduling evaluations as needed.
- Help identify and eliminate barriers to services.
- Assess client satisfaction with interventions.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with people and organizations in the community.
- Make referrals to Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services as needed.
- Participate in reflective supervision, team meetings, reflective case consultations and trainings.
- Complete clinical documentation in a timely manner consistent with policies and procedures of The Guidance Center.
- Develop, maintain, and review complete case records.
- Maintain flexible work schedules.
- Follow a professional code of ethics.
- Represent The Guidance Center in the community.
- Abide by the spirit and letter of the policies and procedures of The Guidance Center.
- Achieve productivity goals.
- Maintain a caseload as outlined in the Medicaid Home-Based service guidelines.
- Must provide evidence of 25 hours of program and/or position specific training on an annual basis.
- Other duties as assigned.

How to Apply:
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