Early Learning Center Mental Health Coordinator

Casa Central is seeking an organized, diligent mental health professional with a MSW or equilvalent. Experience in Early Childhood Education highly preferred. The Mental Health Coordinator manages, plans, implements, and evaluates comprehensive mental health services for children and their families enrolled in Casa Central's Home-basedand Center-Based Early Learning Programs. The Mental Health Coordinator will oversee a multidisciplinary team that supports children going through the mental health referral process. They will also perform routine mental health-related services to support the needs of children and families enrolled in the program. This position pays $68,000year and offers medical, vision and dental insurance, paid time off, 401K and other voluntary benefits.Position HighlightsResponsible for leading the Conscious Discipline Action Team, including coordination,training schedule, tracking, and monitoring of the implementation of the Conscious Discipline social emotional curriculum in both Early Head Start and Head Start programs.Supervises the Inclusion Aide position, including biweekly reflective supervision, creating aweekly classroom schedule, and supporting the classroom implementation ofindividualizations and interventions identified from support plans.Creates and maintains collaborative community partnership agreements with localcommunity-based mental health services programs to ensure families have access tomental health services in their local community for both parents and children.Coordinates with the Mental Health consultant, Inclusion and Disabilities Specialist and Disabilities coordinator to ensure Head StartEarly Head Start programs implement and adheres to the Head Start Performance Standards, state, and local requirements for Mental Health services.Supports the educators, and Inclusion and Disabilities Specialist with challenges that arise in the Mental Health area and helps implement improvement strategies, policies, procedures, etc. for staff, program, andor participants.Maintains detailed, accurate and up-to-date mental health classroom observations, staff consultations, and parent consultations. Ensures proper collection of data for mental health services portion of the PIR (Program Information Report) and other self-assessment pletes other adhoc tasks as assigned by the VP of Children's Services.For a full description of the Mental Health Coordinator role, please click here to find all job descriptions in alphabetical order. COVID-19 Vaccination Policy: Casa Central requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated by the first day of employment or be fully vaccinated within 60 days of hire date. Employee Rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act *Keywords: care, cook county jobs, jobs, caregivers, Chicago jobs, Non-profit, services, support, childcare, healthcare, case management, part-time, eldercare, full-time, caseworker, senior home care, human services, trainer, bilingual, social services, Application, Social workers, Child services, Community, Homecare, Teacher, Children, Caregiving, Coordinator, Seniors, Health, Care coordinator, senior care, Social Work, Program Coordinator, Elderly, Janitor, Marketing, Supervisor, Training Coordinator, High school diploma, College diploma, Adult services, child, adult wellness, seniors, home care aides, aide, personal helper, home healthcare, senior care, healthcare, homecare, health, elderly care, caregiving, senior living, assisted living, aging, home health aide. Equal Opportunity EmployerProtected VeteransIndividuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Created: 2025-02-16