The Role
Provides early childhood development and behavioral health support for children ages 0–3 and their families within pediatric primary care. Conducts team-based well-child visits, developmental and social-emotional monitoring, brief consultations, anticipatory guidance, referrals, follow-up, and telephone support. Collaborates with providers, facilitates caregiver groups as needed, participates in reflective supervision, and uses evidence-based psychosocial interventions for common mental health and behavioral concerns.
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Description
Position Summary:
The HealthySteps Specialist is an early child development expert who will join the pediatric primary care team to provide interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with patient’s ages 0-3. The HealthySteps Specialist builds strong relationships with families and providers to increase the efficiency of the medical system and support team-based comprehensive care.
Job Responsibilities:
- Promotes HealthySteps within the practice to families and providers
- Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider. Visits focus on monitoring development, social-emotional functioning, and relational health, and providing anticipatory guidance
- Conducts consultations on a short-term basis for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep, positive parenting, picky eating, etc.
- Maintains a child development support line and responds to and tracks call requests within the designated response time
- Participates in reflective supervision meetings
- May facilitate parent/caregiver groups
- Will participate in other activities related to the HealthySteps Program as necessary
- Any other reasonable requests from management.
Requirements
Skills/Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting.
- Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships with patient and other members of the care team.
- Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders, when appropriate.
- Ability to effectively engage patients in a therapeutic relationship, when appropriate.
- Ability to work with patients by telephone as well as in person.
- Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders, when appropriate e.g., motivational interviewing, problem-solving treatment, behavioral activation).
- Basic knowledge of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders that is within appropriate scope of practice for type of provider filling role.
Education/Experience:
- Experience in social work, mental health counseling or other similar work.
- Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders.
- Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders.
- Experience with evidence-based counseling techniques.
- Specialized training and licensure to be able to provide brief psychosocial interventions such as problem-solving treatment.
- Bachelors or Master’s degree in psychology or human services field preferred, associated degree with at least two years of direct experience in the human services field will also be considered.
Skills Required
- Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting
- Ability to maintain effective professional relationships with patients and care team members
- Working knowledge of differential diagnosis for common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders, when appropriate
- Ability to engage patients in therapeutic relationships, when appropriate
- Ability to work with patients by telephone and in person
- Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions
- Basic knowledge of psychopharmacology within the provider's scope of practice
- Experience in social work, mental health counseling, or similar work
- Experience screening for common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders
- Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders
- Experience with evidence-based counseling techniques
- Specialized training and licensure to provide brief psychosocial interventions
- Bachelor's or master's degree in psychology or a human services field
- Associate degree with at least two years of direct human services experience
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The Company
What We Do
Oak Orchard Community Health Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and recognized Patient-Centered Medical Home. Its mission is to cultivate patient-centered health and wellness by providing engaged and innovative primary, pediatric, dental, vision, and behavioral health care for the community, including agricultural workers, across multiple locations in Western New York, including Brockport, Albion, Lyndonville, Hornell, and Warsaw.
