Social Emotional Support Specialist

4 days ago


Kansas City, Missouri, United States Cornerstones of Care Full time

Position Overview

Come work with Cornerstones of Care, a leading organization in early childhood mental health, as a Social Emotional Support Specialist - Early Education. This full-time position is part of an interdisciplinary team that provides mental health services to children, families, and center personnel.

Responsibilities

  • Support children, families, and center personnel in addressing personal, emotional, and social problems that interfere with development and school success.
  • Consult with and support professional development of agency staff and parents to increase knowledge of trauma-informed care through the Conscious Discipline model and principles of play therapy.
  • Provide individual and group services to provide structure, nurture, challenge, and engagement, inclusive of the child's teacher and/or caregiver's perspective of the child's need.
  • Provide both preventive skill building and responsive crisis behavior support within the classroom environment.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in human behavioral science with 30 semester or 45 quarter hours in development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, or therapeutic techniques.
  • At least one year of work experience in the Mental Health field with this population and familiar with implications of trauma, attachment, and diversity.
  • Bi-lingual in Spanish and trained in Conscious Discipline (will be trained).

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and 401K with employer match.
  • 9 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Away (unlimited Time Away for Salaried positions), or Paid Time Off (accrued PTO for all benefit-eligible team members).

Cornerstones of Care's Organizational Commitments

  • Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
  • Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
  • Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
  • Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
  • Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
  • Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
  • Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.


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