PURPOSE
Every day, we prove that the smartest investments are made in children. At Invest in Kids, we bring research-based, proven programs into communities across Colorado. Our efforts focus on the specific needs of children living in under-resourced communities, whose families are experiencing poverty, with the hope of seeing every child in Colorado thrive.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Clinical Consultant provides oversight and management of the clinical implementation of the Child First Colorado program. The position provides direct clinical, reflective, and administrative consultation to Child First affiliate agencies in Colorado, ensuring quality enhancement and model fidelity, conducting trainings in collaboration with the National Service
Office for Child First and Nurse-Family Partnership (NSO).
The Clinical Consultant reports to the Program Director. This position works closely with multiple departments across the NSO in support of Child First implementation and engages in cross-departmental collaboration at Invest in Kids in support of the organization’s approach to service provision.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Reflective Clinical and Programmatic Consultation
· Provides individual reflective supervision and consultation to Child First affiliate agency Clinical Supervisors, and group reflective clinical consultation to Child First staff at each of the Colorado Child First affiliate agencies in accordance with NSO guidelines.
· Provide ongoing, biweekly technical assistance and support to affiliate agency Clinical Supervisors in Colorado, and ad hoc consultation as needed.
· Conduct monthly Child First Colorado Clinical Supervisor Network Meetings focused on both clinical and management issues.
Quality Enhancement and Model Fidelity
· Using expertise in the Child First Comprehensive Clinical Record (CFCR) provides guidance on scheduling, documenting and data reporting for both practice and outcome elements in the Child First Comprehensive Clinical Record and Assessment Scoring Database.
· Collaborates with the NSO’s Data & Quality Enhancement (DQE) teams to monitor quality ofclinical interventions, collection and analysis of data, and fidelity of implementation of the Child First model, as it is delivered and expanded in Colorado.
· Review Colorado Child First Benchmarks (implementation process) and work with affiliate agency Clinical Supervisors to enhance outcomes.
· Review Child First assessment outcomes and completion report quarterly and work with affiliate agency Clinical Supervisors to target areas needing enhancement, including more training or consultation.
· Provide ongoing assistance to Child First affiliate agencies to improve performance and assist them to meet standards for Child First accreditation.
Training Provision
· Actively participate in planning and implementation of Child First training – including Child First Learning Collaborative and Distance Learning, working in close collaboration with the National Training Senior Manager at the NSO, and other clinical staff.
· Assist affiliate agency Clinical Supervisors in mastering Child First model components and facilitate collaborative learning.
· Provide further training to Child First affiliate agencies as needed. This is designed to support clinical/care coordination practice and fidelity to the Child First model.
· Identify local expert faculty who can collaborate and contribute to Learning Collaborative sessions as needed.
Workforce Development
· Support recruitment and retention efforts of staff across the Child First network in Colorado.
· Assist site Clinical Supervisors in building and maintaining cohesive, supportive, and respectful relationships among their staff.
Ongoing Training/Supervision
· Commit to travel, as needed, for in-person training in the Child First model with the NSO, to facilitate close collaboration.
· Complete all Child First training (Learning Collaborative, Distance Learning, Child-Parent-Psychotherapy, Child First Comprehensive Clinical Record, Circles of Security Parenting and DC:0-5) rapidly, upon employment in this role, if not already trained.
o Fulfill all requirements and become nationally rostered in CPP, if not already
accomplished.
· Participate in professional development opportunities for personal growth, in consultation with the Child First National Clinical Training Director and/or other external consultants as needed.
· Maintain contact with the NSO, including weekly Clinical-Training Department Meetings and monthly NSO State Clinical Lead meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS
· Experience providing reflective clinical supervision and consultation and/or directly providing Child First services is highly preferred.
· Quality improvement and program evaluation experience, a plus.
· Excellent interpersonal and team-building skills.
· Highly organized, high energy, team player, self-motivated, multi-tasker, and flexible.
· Excellent oral, writing, and editing skills.
· Desire to have significant impact in the rapidly growing field of infant and early childhood mental health.
· Strong commitment to the vision, mission, and goals of Invest in Kids and Child First.
· Computer proficiency with Microsoft Suite and Electronic Health Records; familiarity with Child First Comprehensive Clinical Record (CFCR) or Qualifacts systems, a plus.
REQUIREMENTS
· Minimum of three years’ experience working psychotherapeutically with young children (0-5 years) and their families using a relationally based, dyadic model.
· Rostered clinician in Child-Parent Psychotherapy, highly preferred.
· A minimum of three years’ experience conducting reflective clinical supervision with master’s level clinicians, highly preferred.
· Demonstrated knowledge of early childhood development, especially emotional development, and mental health; young child assessment; caregiver-child relationships and attachment theory; impact of trauma, depression, and other environmental risks on early childhood brain development; family systems; adult psychopathology; psychopharmacology; and diagnostic classification of young children and adults.
· Endorsement by the Alliance for Advancement of Infant Mental Health, preferred.
· Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with adults with mental health, substance abuse, intimate partner violence and cognitive challenges.
· Experience working in home and community-based settings with populations of diverse cultures and ethnicities.
· Experienced trainer with ability to facilitate group learning and apply interactive training techniques.