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About the Role

The Healthy Steps 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 patients aged 0-3. This role builds strong relationships with families and providers to increase the efficiency of the medical system and support team-based comprehensive care.

Responsibilities

• Promotes Healthy Steps within the practice to families and providers.
• Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider, focusing on development, social-emotional functioning, relational health, and anticipatory guidance.
• Conducts short-term consultations for developmental and behavioral concerns (e.g., sleep, positive parenting, picky eating).
• Maintains a child development support line, responding to and tracking call requests within the designated response time.
• Participates in reflective supervision meetings.
• May facilitate parent/caregiver groups.
• Supports programmatic build out, design, and implementation.
• Participates in community-related events to support the program.
• Supports education initiatives about the program internally and externally.
• Supports data tracking and reporting for grant-related requirements.
• Maintains a Collaborative Care Caseload (CoCM) for patients across the organization.
• Supports BH crisis calls and manages crisis situations on site as needed.
• Provides BH assessments, including depression, anxiety, and substance screenings, and timely follow-up with patients after a positive screening.
• Engages in community events as requested.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting.
• Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships with patients and the care team.
• Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders.
• Ability to effectively engage patients in a therapeutic relationship.
• Ability to work with patients by telephone and in person.
• Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions (e.g., motivational interviewing, problem-solving treatment, behavioral activation).
• Basic knowledge of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders within the appropriate scope of practice.
• Possesses leadership qualities, including high organization, accountability, initiative, follow-through on project tasks, and ability to present about Healthy Steps internally and externally.
• Experience in social work, mental health counseling, or 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 provide brief psychosocial interventions such as problem-solving treatment.

Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Relationship Building
• Differential Diagnosis
• Therapeutic Engagement
• Telephone Communication
• In-Person Communication
• Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments
• Brief Behavioral Interventions
• Motivational Interviewing
• Problem-Solving Treatment
• Behavioral Activation
• Psychopharmacology
• Leadership
• Organization
• Accountability
• Initiative
• Follow-through
• Presentation Skills
• Screening for Mental Health Disorders
• Screening for Substance Abuse Disorders
• Assessment
• Treatment Planning
• Evidence-Based Counseling Techniques
• Brief Psychosocial Interventions

Education Level

• 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