Family Resiliency Navigator- Early Education

We are seeking a Family Resiliency Navigator for Early Education to join our team.

Starting Salary: $ 48,000 - $54,000 Annually

Bonus: $4,00 ($2,000 Sign-on Bonus will be paid on your first paycheck, and the $2,600 Retention Bonus will be paid after 12 months of service.)

Your role will be the Family Resiliency Navigator (FRN) reporting to the Clinical Manager-Early Childhood. Work as part of an interdisciplinary and interagency team to initiate universal behavioral health screenings to improve our ability to identify infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with unmet behavioral health concerns and increase services that promote long-term well-being. The FRN will support children, families, and center personnel in their assigned location to address personal, emotional, and social problems that interfere with development and school success. As a member of the Outpatient team, you will work with other team members and report to our Clinical Manager-Early Education.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Provide direct mental health and case management to students and families experiencing
• social and emotional problems as indicated by assessed needs.
• Coordinate preventative screenings utilizing program-chosen assessment tools, leading to
• a needs assessment.
• Support children in the classroom with social-emotional strategies, regulation, safety,
• connection, and executive functioning skills.
• Provide groups within the classroom based on Conscious Discipline principles.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

Our ideal candidate will have 1 year of relevant experience in human behavioral science, which includes 30 semester or 45 quarter hours, either in the development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, or therapeutic techniques, such as social work, psychology, sociology, guidance and counseling, and child development. The applicant will have the ability to communicate in both English and Spanish the following:

• At least 21 years of age and pass a background check, physical, and drug screening
• A valid driver's license, proof of current vehicle insurance, and reliable transportation
• * Complete Sanctuary training in a timely manner;
• * Follow all agency policies;
• * Be able to pass state abuse, neglect, and criminal background checks;
• * Be able to carry out the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation.
• * Perform all job duties in a manner that demonstrates a commitment to Sanctuary values and practices.
• * Demonstrate awareness and understanding of the cultural and ethnic diversity of clients, team members, and other community partners.
• WHO WE ARE:

Cornerstones of Care is a mental and behavioral health nonprofit certified in trauma-informed care that provides evidence-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and support services to help children and families improve their safety and health by making positive changes in their lives. Each year, our team empowers children and families in Kansas, Missouri, and beyond through three key service areas:

• Youth & Family Support - We help youth gain independence through social and living support programs while empowering families with the skills and resources they need to become resilient and successful.
• Foster Care & Adoption - We reunify and unite families while recruiting and providing support to foster parents and youth in foster care.
• Education & Community Trainings - We help students achieve academic success while giving educators the tools to create safe learning environments to improve their students' behaviors and offer innovative learning opportunities to build and improve knowledge in the community.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

OUR WIDE STATEMENT:

At Cornerstones of Care, we commit to fostering a community where every individual, regardless of background or identity, feels deeply welcomed, valued, and empowered. We envision a diverse community where inclusion and welcoming are prioritized. A community where all voices are heard, listened to, and respected. A community where everyone's physical, emotional, social, and psychological needs are met. At Cornerstones of Care, we have a vision where equity is not just a goal but is present in all we do; every team member feels empowered to authentically contribute to their fullest potential. We hold a collective commitment to WIDE (welcoming, inclusion, diversity, and equity) that will drive us forward as a stronger organization.

OUR DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

• We partner for safe and healthy communities.
• We cultivate a culture in which children, families, team members, volunteers, donors, and community partners feel welcomed, safe, respected, empowered, and celebrated.
• We value diversity of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, geographical location, pregnancy, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic, and military status.
• We stand for anti-racism, equity, and inclusivity.
• We insist and affirm that discrimination and violence have no place in safe and healthy communities, including in our organization.
• We strive toward a more welcoming, inclusive, diverse, and equitable organization through our policies, partnerships, and practices.

OUR BENEFITS:

Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes:

• 9 Paid Holidays, Unlimited Paid Time Off, and Paid Sick Leave
• Team members who work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for
  
  
  
  • Health insurance benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision)
  • Cafeteria plans (Health Savings Account (HSA) and Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts)
  • Ancillary insurance benefits (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term disability insurance, voluntary life)
  • Cornerstones of Care provides long-term disability insurance and basic term life/AD&D insurance at no cost to the team member
  
  
  
  
• Retirement savings plan (401K) with employer match
• Pet Insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• To view more information on our benefits, please visit our Job Openings page at Join Our Team - Cornerstones of Care to download the current benefits guide.

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, People Experience Team

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: (816) 508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757

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Cornerstones of Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer