Circle Preschool Program

The Mental Health Clinician participates as part of the Circle Preschool therapeutic team of staff through providing and sustaining mental health services for assigned clients enrolled in the preschool and their families. These services include providing therapeutic social skills support in the classroom setting, conducting assessments for children and families enrolled in the CPP, provision of play therapy for children and/ or family therapy for caregivers, coordination of therapeutic services for children and caregivers, case coordination with other providers involved with the child and/or family, and all necessary clinical documentation. Additional duties may include the coordination of volunteer meetings with the Program Director and the Clinical Coordinator, conducting program evaluations, assisting with supervision of VCU interns and other duties assigned by the Clinical Coordinator. The Mental Health Clinician reports to the Clinical Coordinator, however the clinician will function as an active team member within the Circle Pre-school Program interdisciplinary team approach. This position is for 20 hours a week.

Greater Richmond SCAN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SCAN does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or ability.

Major Responsibilities:

• ­ Co-facilitate classroom support with the therapeutic team by providing trauma –informed interventions, crisis support in the classroom and consultation regarding clinical issues within the classroom. Provide therapeutic interventions and strategies for classroom staff to assist children with trauma-based or other related behaviors secondary to the client’s social and emotional functioning level.
• ­ The MHC must demonstrate expertise in the diagnosis and mental health treatment of young children and caregivers with a particular focus on developmental trauma and attachment-related issues. This will include individual psychotherapy for children and caregivers, group psycho-educational therapy, and family therapy.
• ­ Provide clinical case management services to children and their families through coordinating/collaborating with professionals, attending multi-disciplinary team meetings, participating in advocating for services and needs for the child and family within structured agency meetings and maintaining clinical records, progress reports and conference reports in a timely, well written and clinically sound manner.
• ­ Complete other tasks as assigned by the Clinical Coordinator or the Program Director.
• ­ Perform other duties and special projects as assigned to enhance the services of GRSCAN’s Circle Preschool Program and Early Childhood Services for children who have experienced trauma within our local community.

The CPP Mental Health Clinician must possess a minimum of a Master's degree in social work or other related human service field and be eligible for supervision towards licensure or have completed licensure (e.g., LCSW, LPC). Previous experience with children who have been exposed to domestic violence, experienced neglect, physical, sexual, and emotional trauma during early childhood development, as well as children who display attachment, neurological and other secondary presenting symptoms of early childhood disorders. The clinician will possess skills in family engagement, an understanding of cultural diversity and family system stressors as well as community systems. In addition, the Clinician should have experience with a multi-disciplinary setting in a school /or preschool preferred.

• Retirement Plan

• YMCA corporate membership available