Consultant- IECBH Clinical Consultant

Job Title:

Consultant- IECBH Clinical Consultant

Department:

Infant Early Childhood Behavioral Health

Reports to:

BHS SED Clinical Manager

FLSA:

Exempt

Division

Behavioral Health Services

Location

Hybrid

Business Unit

Behavioral Health Services

Grade level

Children's Center of Wayne County (TCC) The Children's Center, founded in 1929, provides evidence-based clinical therapy to children who deal with mental, behavioral, emotional, intellectual, and developmental health and educational challenges or may have experienced trauma.

School + Community-Based Partnerships: We partner with K-12 schools and community organizations that serve children to provide clinical therapy, counseling, psychological services, and psychiatric evaluations, treatment & interventions.

Child Welfare: In addition to the clinical therapy programs offered, The Children's Center places children in licensed foster homes, and supports them throughout their time in the child welfare system.

Child Well-being + Family Success: We operate an onsite family success center that promotes child-wellbeing and offers children and youth from all walks of life to access relevant mental health crisis prevention and child abuse and neglect prevention services.

Advocacy: We champion child and youth well-being for those experiencing poverty-related issues, those within the child welfare system, and those in need of evidence-based, clinical therapy.

TCC's mission is to help children and families shape their own futures. If as many children as possible, and their families can easily access comprehensive, evidence-based, clinical therapy that is integrated into and supports their everyday lives then, children will experience an improved quality of life where they have a true sense of agency and empowerment in their lives.

We embrace and demonstrate a set of Core Values as the foundation of our culture. They define how we do what we do, and what we value in our work with each other and our community. Daily demonstration of these values, in mindset and behavior, is required to be successful as a TCC team member.

• Dedicated-We are devoted, dedicated and always willing to pitch to accomplish our mission.
• Passionate-We are passionate about what we do and helping the people we serve.
• Accountable-We do what we say and accomplish all aspects of our responsibilities.
• Can Do Attitude- We approach our responsibilities with a positive attitude.
• Respectful- We always treat co-workers, donors, children and families with the utmost respect, courtesy, and patience.

Job Summary

The Infant Mental Health (IMH) Clinical Consultant provides expertise in early childhood mental health to support the social-emotional development and well-being of infants, toddlers, young children (ages 0–5), and their families. This role includes the clinical supervision consultation, coaching and training, of the Infant Early Childhood Behavioral Health clinicians.

Job Requirements

• Master's degree or higher in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related mental health field.
• Clinical license (LMSW, LMFT, LPC, etc.)
• Endorsement in Infant Mental Health (e.g., IECMH Endorsement).
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with children ages 0–5 and their families.
• Experience providing consultation or supervision in early childhood settings.
• Knowledge of early childhood development, attachment theory, trauma, and family systems.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.

Essential Functions

• Provide on-site clinical supervision and consultation to IECBH staff on issues related to infant and early childhood mental health.
• Offer professional development and training to early childhood professionals on topics such as attachment, self-regulation, behavior guidance, and mental health. Provide additional guidance with their workplan to obtain IMH Endorsement within the 2-year time frame of Waiver status. Provide written status of their progress.
• Collaborate with community partners.
• Participate in program evaluation and quality improvement efforts.

Leadership Functions

• Drive a positive workplace culture that demonstrates evidence of high accountability, inclusivity, and collaboration within the purview of this position.
• Lead a high-performing team of dedicated professionals, providing mentorship, routine supervision, and fostering a culture of high achievement and accountability amongst the team.
• Deploy resources efficiently and effectively toward organizational goals that align with TCC's strategic plan.
• Support and encourage the personal well-being of team members.
• Provide leadership in the coaching, motivation, training, and development of staff.
• Demonstrate a commitment to anti-racist practices, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Actively support and encourage creating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive administrative and service delivery environments.
• Ensure adherence to best practices, ethical standards, and compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Core and Leadership Competencies

• Critical and Strategic Thinking – Consistently identifies, gathers, and applies relevant information to their work; thinks strategically, considers future of the program/department, and executes the plan.
• People Management – Effectively manages and develops others.
• Communication – Use effective written and oral communication with internal staff, teams, and community served; demonstrates empathy and listening.
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders – Helps colleagues as needed, views responsibilities as shared.
• Adaptability – Adapts and responds to change effectively; proactively seeks opportunities to be supportive of change and serve our mission.
• Ownership and quality of work – Effectively manages own work, and work of teams when relevant, ensuring delivery of high-quality work.
• Change management – Effectively prepares for and guides teams through changes, both small and large.
• Decision-making – Effectively structures and facilitates decision-making processes; uses data to make decisions effectively and responsibly to improve organizational health and impact.
• Emotional awareness – Understands owns emotions and others' and responds with empathy.
• Develops & motivates others – Motivates others and supports their development through strong coaching and mentoring.
• Continuous improvement minded – Identifies strategies to improve organization's impact; weighs diverse inputs to inform strategies; sets course and drives implementation.
• Enterprise orientation – Effectively balances tradeoffs between financial sustainability and impact; has a future-oriented mindset for the organization that advances mission.

KPIs

• Caseload oversight- Meet weekly to complete Individual supervision with IECBH Staff
• Collaboration- Consultation with program leadership
• Staff Development-Conduct one training course or workshop a month.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.