Coastal Horizons

Family Resource Partner

Coastal Horizons

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Fayetteville • North Carolina • United States

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About the role

  • Partner with a Mental Health and Developmental Clinician to support families referred to Child First
  • Work collaboratively with the family to connect the child and family with desired, community-based services and supports
  • Enhance caregiver executive functioning skills (e.g., planning, organizing, managing time, focusing attention, regulating emotions, reflecting on progress)
  • Engage the caregiver-child dyad in activities to strengthen the attachment relationship
  • Decrease the toxic stress in the home environment and enhance opportunities for optimal child development
  • Utilize therapeutic interventions focusing on helping the caregiver to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child's behavior
  • Provide psychoeducation regarding child development
  • Utilize Abecedarian techniques to promote healthy attachment and development of the child
  • Provide the family with interactive, growth-promoting play experiences
  • Engage in weekly individual, team, and group reflective clinical supervision with Coordinator
  • Track completion of all assessments and enter in the appropriate database
  • Keep all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement
  • Maintain schedule and complete tasks to achieve home visiting Benchmarks and meet Accreditation standards
  • Provide mental health and developmental assessment and consultation within early care and education settings and to other early childhood providers
  • Participate in other clinical and administrative activities as appropriate

Requirements

  • Completion of Bachelors Degree, within Human Service field preferred
  • Meets requirements under 10A NCAC 27G.0104 as a Qualified Professional for Mental Health
  • Experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally diverse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years), for a minimum of three years is highly valued
  • Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision
  • Knowledge of relationship-based, psychodynamic intervention and early child development; parent-child relationships and attachment theory; effects of trauma and environmental risks on early childhood brain development, especially violence exposure, maternal depression, and substance abuse; and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness).
  • Experience providing mental health assessment and consultation to early care and education sites
  • Knowledge and experience working with adults with mental health, substance use, and cognitive challenges
  • Experience providing intervention within diverse home and community settings
  • Ability to speak a second language (Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, other), highly valued.
  • Strong commitment to the vision, mission, and goals of Child First.
  • Highly organized, self-motivated, reliable, and flexible (including willingness to work non-traditional hours, including at least one evening).
  • Able to work as part of a team.
  • Able to communicate well verbally and in writing.
  • Comfortable with computers and experienced with Word and Excel.
  • Reliable vehicle and appropriate insurance for home visits.
  • Must have a valid drivers license and be able to work in community settings.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Educational loan repayment programs & Career growth
  • Retirement savings plan/401K
  • Paid time off programs, rollover hours, 14 paid holidays
  • Employee engagement activities, resource groups, and diversity events
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
mental health assessmentplay therapypsychodynamic interventionchild developmentattachment theorytrauma effectscommunity-level risk factorsintervention strategiescognitive challengesreflective clinical supervision
Soft Skills
self-reflectionopenness to learningteam collaborationstrong communicationorganizationself-motivationreliabilityflexibilitycapacity for empathycommitment to mission
Certifications
Bachelors Degree in Human ServicesQualified Professional for Mental Health