We currently have several openings in North Carolina – New Bern, Moorhead, Clinton, Goldsboro and Greenville. 

Do you have a passion for making a real difference in the lives of youths and families living with mental health challenges and disabilities? At Easterseals PORT Health (ESPH), we’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated Child First Clinician to join our community-based team in Carteret, NC, for this full time opportunity. As a valued member of our collaborative and supportive team, we work together to transform the lives of inspaniduals by providing a comprehensive range of services that treat the whole person and empower patients to find their way forward.

What You’ll Do:

The Child First Clinician pairs with a Family Resource Partner to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention team.  Child First’s primary goal is to strengthen the child-caregiver relationship so that it serves both as a protective buffer to unavoidable stress and directly facilitates the child’s emotional, language, and cognitive growth. Other critical ways the clinician carry's out the Child First mission: 

Provide home-based interventions with young children and their caregivers using relational, dyadic psychotherapy and other modalities

Provide mental health developmental assessments and consultations within early care and education settings and to other early childhood providers

Engage with the Child First family team in the collaborative family assessment process (i.e., gather information from interviews, observations of interactions and play, reviewed records, collateral sources, and standardized measures).

How You’ll Benefit

Being part of our team means we value and encourage your personal growth and development.  You’ll earn an hourly salary based on your experience; we offer competitive benefits to benefits eligible positions.

Our benefits include:

Paid time off and paid holidays

Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Benefits + an optional Flexible Health Spending Account (FSA)

Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and more

403(b) Retirement Plan

Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, when needed.

 What We’re Looking For:

To join our mission on the Child First team we are seeking clinicians that are vested in being the change for children and families that have experienced trauma and need a helping hand.  We also require:

-Full or provisional license as an LCSW (A), LPC/LCMHC (A) or LMFT (A) licensed in North Carolina required.

-Minimum 3 years’ experience working psychotherapeutically with culturally spanerse children and families, including parent-child therapeutic work and play therapy with very young children (0-5 years). 

-Past CPP training is highly valued.

-Valid driver's license, good driving record and current auto insurance.

If you seek a rewarding career opportunity where you can make a huge difference in the daily lives of the people you will help, then please apply now at our website:  https://eastersealsport.com/job-search/

About Easterseals PORT Health

Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Our spanerse and inclusive 2,600-member team provides meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.

Our working environment supports employee and client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.

We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Authentic & Learning (IDEAL) organization.

Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!