Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Provide clinical consultation and oversight to a team of ECMHCs statewide • Gather, organize, maintain, and report data on the statewide ECMHC service as requested, including the completion of comprehensive quarterly and annual reports • Work with DPBHS evaluators to analyze data and to help develop reports that present information about the effectiveness of the various aspects of the service for Delaware children and their families and caregivers • Train the consultant team in early childhood mental health consultation framework and evidence informed strategies to best support early learning programs. • Research and maintain knowledge on early childhood mental health practices to help shape service delivery and provide professional development to the team • Provide direct ECMHC services to early leaning programs in New Castle County • Increase awareness of the importance of young children’s mental health • Use indirect approaches to foster the social and emotional well-being of children at childcare sites, including providing program-specific consultation focusing on improving the overall quality of the program and/or assisting the program to solve a specific issue that affects more than one child, staff member or family • Improve children’s social and emotional well-being by building the capacity of early care and education teachers and other caregivers to promote health child development and manage challenging behaviors • Use evidence-based clinical interventions and promising practices in the overall consultation provided • Develop and maintain effective working relationships based on mutual respect with early childcare provider staff to enhance their provision of the provision of childcare services to promote children’s mental health/socialemotional wellness • Educate, train and coach caregivers so that they develop the skills and confidence to effectively address children’s social and emotional needs – whether it is the needs of one child or a classroom of children • Observe children, conduct individual assessments, model effective practices, and integrate results and findings into an approach that will enhance caregiver competence in promoting child mental health and managing behavior problems of children • Screen/identify children and parent/caregiver who may benefit from treatment with a mental health treatment provider, particularly where screening indicates that there is an appropriate, evidence-based treatment available (e.g., Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment BioBehavioral Catch-up)
