Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist

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. We have an exciting opportunity for an Early Childhood Outpatient Therapist to join our Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health team of talented professionals. We have a market-based compensation structure. The estimated salary for this position will vary based on a candidate's transferable work experience and qualifications. Salary ranges start at $52,026.00 per year. The range provided is just one component of total compensation including a comprehensive benefit package of affordable medical plans, employer paid dental, vision and long-term disability, 401(K), flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent, paid time off, 11 paid holidays. The Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist is responsible for providing outpatient services to children 4 to 6 years old and their caregivers who meet criteria for the program. The therapist will provide a variety of services including developmental screening and assessment, developmental guidance, relationship focused child-parent therapy, play therapy, and linking and coordinating of community resources and services. Other responsibilities include: - Develop therapeutic relationships with caregivers and their young children.- Assess the needs of young children (primarily 4-6 years) and their caregivers.- Monitor child development using developmental assessments.- Provide relationship focused child-parent therapy and play therapy.- Crisis intervention; including crisis phone contacts.- Provide parents with education and resources pertaining to child and family development.- Coordinate services with other professionals involved with the family.- Advocate on behalf of young children and their families to help 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.- 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 expected caseload.- Must provide evidence of 25 hours of program and/or position specific training on an annual basis to obtain and maintain CMHP and QEIP Credentialing. - Other duties as assigned. Requirements: {bind="html: Job.Requirements"}To qualify for this position, you will need the following: Candidates must have a Masters in Social Work, Psychology, or mental health related field from an accredited program and the corresponding State of Michigan Licensure (LLMSW, LMSW, TLLP, LP, LLPC, LPC). Candidates without a state license can be considered but must obtain state licensure (LLMSW, TLLP, LLPC, LMSW, LLP, and LPC) within a 60-day training period beginning on the date of hire, this period may be extended by up to an additional 60-d: