Position Location: Serving families residing in Pine County
Position Purpose:
This position is being hosted on behalf of the Pine County Children’s and Family Services Collaborative. Through interagency collaboration, the Early Childhood Resource Coach will mentor families with high mental health/social-emotional/behavior needs through the process of obtaining access to available resources. Specifically, services will be readily accessible to families (i.e., no evaluation process; limited ‘red tape’) and will be focused on identifying and prioritizing the mental health needs of the family system.
Essential Duties:
- Coaching Families
- Identify social-emotional/behavioral/mental health needs of the child and/or the parent/guardian
- Create goals tailored to meet the needs/priorities set forth by each family
- Provide parent education on targeted social-emotional topics
- Conduct home visits, as needed, to help support identified needs and goals
- Provide interim service while connecting family to long-term providers
- Family Resource Connection
- Have knowledge of local and state resources to help support and guide families through the mental health system and to appropriate resources
- Attend meetings and collaborate with other professionals in Pine County on shared families
- Consult with local agencies on mental health topics related to children ages birth to 5
- Service Promotion
- Attend meetings and other community events to promote the services provided by the Early Childhood Resource Coach and provide information about the referral process
- Other Duties
- Performs other duties as assigned