Are you a provider who has experience working with young children? Work as an Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant supporting the capacity of teachers, caregivers, and families to enhance the social-emotional health of children in childcare, school, and home settings. Engage in creative and collaborative prevention work within a strengths-based and relationship-focused framework. Extensive training and supervision are provided to learn this evidence-informed model. Work is almost exclusively conducted during daytime hours when centers and schools are open. Consultants will possess skills that include a knowledge of early childhood development, coupled with an understanding of family dynamics and relationship building on an individual/family, provider, and community level.
As an IECMH Consultant, you'll work directly with early educators, families, and community providers to:
Promote young children's social-emotional development
Reduce challenging behaviors before they escalate
Strengthen adult resilience and capacity
Foster trauma-informed, inclusive early learning environments
This is a licensed clinical role where your skills create meaningful change - with less paperwork and more relational impact.
Why Join Us?
ECE Consultation for ME continues the strong foundation of IECMHC and makes it even better tailored to Maine's communities and workforce.
You'll be part of a team that values reflective supervision, statewide training, and peer collaboration.
Focus on relationships and consultation instead of traditional clinical documentation and paperwork.
You'll work within your county while contributing to Maine's statewide consultant network.
Minimum Qualifications: LCSW, LCPC, LMFT. LMSW-cc and/or LCPC-c can be considered, but due to this position being a consult role, supervised clinical hours to count toward independent licensure are not available. Candidates with a Master's Degree in Education or Early Childhood Education who hold a valid license as a teacher in the State of Maine and have relevant work experience/training, but do not have clinical licensure, may also be considered.
Salary for conditionally licensed ECCs and Master's Level Certified Teachers ranges from $66,000 to $70,200, based on experience.
Salary for independently licensed ECCs ranges from $68,250.00 to $72,450.00, based on experience.
Community Care offers community-based support and mental health services to individuals and families throughout Maine. Established in 1996, Care has grown to meet a wide range of social and clinical needs through its expanding continuum of programs and services, including an outpatient clinic, case management, Early Childhood Consultation, visitation services, and treatment foster care. We are committed to excellence in service delivery, and we value strong cooperative efforts between community providers. Accredited nationally by the Council on Accreditation, we are recognized as a top-quality resource for promoting the health, well-being, and independence of individuals and families. We value our membership in Maine communities and work with our clients in a friendly atmosphere staffed by sensitive and highly skilled professionals.
We believe that people have the right to make decisions about their own lives, including whether or not to accept help. Professional support and guidance must be based on respect for individuals and recognition of their right to make choices about what kind and amount of help they want. Growth and change are incremental, and an important part of the helping process is encouraging people to reflect on how their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect the quality of their experiences. The most effective care actively engages people in setting and attaining their own goals. We promote the expectation that treatment may happen in a single and relatively short span of time, over a longer term of care, or throughout a number of episodes over a person’s lifetime.
