Akin (formerly Childhaven)·Auburn, Washington
The Child & Family Support Partner provides direct consultation and intervention services to families with children aged three to five to support social and emotional development. They also build capacity within ECEAP programs by providing reflective consultation to educators and facilitating community-based mental health connections.
The Child & Family Support Partner(CFSP) reports to the ECLIPSE Program Manager and is an experienced early childhood professional with training in mental health embedded in ECEAP Programs to enhance and advance early relational health practices in ECEAP. The CFSP provides direct services(consultation and intervention) with families of children three to five years old as well as capacity building activities (consultation, professional development, and program development) with the multidisciplinary disciplinary teams in ECEAP Programs.
Direct Support to Individual Families
Meet with families (at childcare; home; community; virtually) to assess child and family needs while co-creating or assessing progress of care plans to support these needs.
Provide consultation, psychoeducation and intervention services to caregivers and young children (3 to 5 years of age). Through a relational lens, the Child & Family Support Partner enhances caregivers’ understanding of and support for their child’s social and emotional development, needs, and behaviors.
Partner with families to set developmentally and culturally responsive goals and co- create and implement care plans to meet them.
Work collaboratively with caregivers and children to strengthen their connection, communication, and mutual delight.
Maintain strong communication with care team, including documenting sessions in secure electronic record.
Facilitate connections to external mental health services when needed.
Care Transformation and Capacity Building
Provide reflection and consultation to classroom educators to build their capacity to support early relational health practices at ECEAP settings in the Puget Sound Region.
In partnership with ECEAP colleagues, develop and implement programs to build capacity to holistically support children from 3 through5 years of age. For example, developing transitions plans for children from ECEAP programs to their Kindergarten program, supporting culturally accessible screening for post-partum anxiety and depression, and building community-based referral connections.
Provide Intensive Case Management, a team-based approach that supports individuals through a case management approach. The goal of which is to help clients maintain their basic and safety needs to achieve an optimum quality of life. This can happen through developing plans, enhancing life skills, addressing health and mental health needs, engaging in meaningful activities, and building pro-social and community relations.
Guide socioemotional, protective, and risk-factor screening processes from 3 to 5 years old.
Develop and maintain knowledge of early childhood and infant mental health community-based organizations and share these with the care team members who will share these resources directly with families and facilitate connections.
Administrative and Professional Development
Participate in regular reflective supervision and clinical consultation with IECMH colleagues, clinical support meetings, and Akin team meetings.
Record data relevant to program evaluation and funding requirements.
Participate in other duties related to program goals and evaluation in collaboration with the Akin ECLIPSE team.
Participate in ongoing job-related professional development, in-service training, and continuing education.
Comply with all Akin policies and procedures.
Comply with the agency’s policy and procedure regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse.
Hybrid work is a benefit of Akin’s flexible workplace but cannot be offered for all positions. Some positions require daily presence in the office. Hybrid work arrangements may be adjusted or rescinded based upon business needs.
While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard; occasionally to reach, stoop and kneel.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
Regular, predictable attendance is required.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Salary Range: And benefits:
We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive pay, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position.
The target starting pay for this position is $28.74 - $34.48 per hour for those with a Bachelor's degree, and $32.28 - $38.74 per hour for those with a Master's degree, typically within the first half of the range. Actual offers will be based on individual qualifications relevant to the role and will not take an applicant’s pay history into account.
The range above allows our employees room for growth during their tenure in the position.
Candidates must hold at least a Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or a related field with expertise in Infant Early Childhood Mental Health. A minimum of 5 years of experience in early childhood, special education, or behavioral health systems is required.
Market context
In Washington, child and family support roles are often tied to early intervention, behavioral health, and school-connected services, so demand can be steady where agencies serve young children and caregivers. This role is competitive because it asks for a bachelor’s degree, Infant Early Childhood Mental Health expertise, and at least 5 years of experience across early childhood, special education, or behavioral health systems. If you are considering applying, review how your background fits those system-facing requirements and compare the AI-summarized job requirements and benefits here with the original description to save research time.