Bilingual Parent/Child Clinician

• Center for Early Relationship Support Programs - Conexiones Tempranas
• Waltham, MA, USA
• $67,000-$70,000
• Salary
• Full Time

Job Title: Bilingual Parent/Child Clinician

Program: CERS Clinical Programs

Reports to: Director of Trauma Resilience and Community Outreach

Position Summary:

The Center for Early Relationship Support (CERS), provides clinical and support services for children ages birth to five and their families. Our focus is on building strong and healthy relationships between young children and their caregivers. The Parent/Child Clinicians conduct assessments and determine a treatment plan utilizing evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions to achieve client-identified treatment goals. Clinicians work in the complex field of dyadic infant-parent mental health, requiring them to hold multiple developmental and ethical perspectives while delivering cutting-edge services. Services are provided in the client's home, community, Waltham Office or through telehealth. Clinicians often work in partnership with peer home visitors or family resource specialists (Case Managers) to ensure that concrete resource needs of clients are met, reducing stress on the parent-child relationship. The treatment will focus on issues of maternal self-efficacy, mood and affect regulation, and will support positive dyadic interactions and promote healthy infant and child development.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide evidenced-based and/or evidence-informed Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) interventions to pregnant women, new parents and their children birth to five years, focusing on supporting and strengthening the parent-child relationship.
• Attend to and ameliorate the impact of systemic vulnerabilities, racism, and oppression on families, colleagues, and systems.
• Conduct screenings and assessments with clients and children as required for program operations and funding.
• Facilitate parent psychoeducational groups utilizing evidenced-based curricula.
• Promote parental capacities for understanding and addressing the impact of trauma in their own and their children's lives.
• Build collaborative relationships with community providers to promote relationship-based practice and promote best practices for addressing trauma in young children.
• Participate in all program trainings, including Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Circle of Security-Parenting, Motivational Interviewing and Reflective Function.
• Maintain accurate record keeping in accordance with program guidelines, including data entry in the agency reporting system.
• Learn all data instruments and participate in data collection.
• Participate in weekly supervision.
• Participate as a member of the staff team in Waltham office.
• Represent JF&CS and CERS in community coalitions and meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.     

Educational/Experience Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Public Health or related field required.
• Experience working with young children or parent-child dyads.  Child-Parent Psychotherapy training/rostering preferred.
• Experience providing trauma-informed treatment.
• Must work effectively and comfortably with individuals and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point).
• Access to private transportation and willingness to travel to clients' homes required.

Position Highlights & Benefits

• Full-time, exempt position
• Annual salary range: $67,000-$70,000
  
• Can offer a hybrid schedule, requiring in-person participation in required meetings and travel to home and community settings for service provision
• Generous Paid Time Off policy including 20 vacation days per year / 2 personal days per year, 15 Sick days per year w/ carryover, Federal and some religious holidays
• Immediate eligibility for insurance and benefits, including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, & Voluntary Insurance options, Retirement Planning w/ Match, Pet Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Employee Assistance Wellness Benefits and more!

ABOUT JF&CS

For more than 150 years, Jewish Family & Children's Service has been helping individuals and families build a strong foundation for resilience and well-being. We intentionally serve and employ people of ALL faiths, backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

We have a strong culture of professional development, work-life balance, and promotion from within. 

JF&CS is an equal opportunity employer who serves and employs people of all cultures and faith traditions and highly values diversity, equity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all without regard for race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability.