Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist 

Full-time (20 or more billable clinical hours weekly)

Pay: Dependent on qualifications and caseload, $70,000-$100,000

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Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

• Professional development assistance

• Clinical supervision for pre-licensed and licensed clinicians

• Commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work 

• Engaged employer and team with ample opportunities for dialogue around the mission and growth of the agency

• Supportive team that will participate in your development

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Work Setting:

• In person

• Office

• Virtual/Telehealth (limited)

• Community

• In clients’ home

 

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree: Social work, Counseling, or another behavioral health discipline from an accredited college or university is required. 

• Interest in evidence-based interventions and practices with young children. (Training opportunities for Child Parent Psychotherapy and Circle of Security Parenting).

• If completing in home sessions: Valid driver’s license and driving record that meets with agency insurability requirements. 

• Willingness to obtain full licensure. 

• Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision. 

• Highly organized, self-motivated, team oriented, reliable and flexible (including willingness to work non-traditional hours, including occasional evenings and weekends.)

• Individuals who identify as queer, trans, non-binary, Black, Indigenous, people of color, disabled, parents, are/have been system-impacted, are immigrants, and anyone who has experienced systemic oppression and/or gender-based violence are encouraged to apply.

 

Responsibilities:

The Willow Collective’s primary goal is to strengthen the caregiver-child relationship so that it serves both as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitates the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth. We are interested in hearing from clinicians with a strong interest in the parent-young child bond, and are willing to train the right applicant.

 

• The Clinician engages with both the caregiver and child in a supportive, reflective, and exploratory manner which fosters a protective, nurturing, and responsive parent-child relationship.

• The Clinician’s therapeutic intervention focuses on: 1) helping caregivers understand typical developmental challenges and expectations; 2) increasing caregivers’ ability to reflect on the meaning and feelings motivating a child’s behavior; 3) supporting caregivers’ problem-solving; and 4) helping caregivers understand the psychodynamic relationship between parental feelings, history, and the caregiver response to the child.

• Engage with community partners (e.g.., Department of Human Services, Larimer County Jail, etc.) in the collaborative process (i.e., gather information from interviews, observations of interactions and play, reviewed records, collateral sources, and standardized measures).

• Help the caregiver gain insight regarding their personal history (including trauma history), feelings for the child, and current parenting practices.

• Avert crisis situations by assisting the family in times of urgent need (e.g., risk of harm to child or caregivers, pending child removal), in consultation with Clinical Supervisor.

• Provide mental health and developmental assessment and consultation within early care and education settings and to other early childhood providers

• Embrace using videotaping to enhance therapeutic work with families and reflective supervision (when necessary)

• Engage in weekly/bi-weekly individual, team, and group reflective clinical supervision with Clinical Supervisor.

• Engage actively in all in-person training, distance learning curriculum, and specialty training when offered. 

• Keep all appropriate documentation for clinical accountability and reimbursement.

• Participate in other clinical and administrative activities as appropriate.

• Other duties may be assigned at the discretion of leadership.

 

How to Apply:

Submit resume and letter of interest to contact@willowcollectivefoco.com.