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Mental Health Therapist

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Grand Ronde, OR, USA
USD 29.76-38.39 / hour
Posted on May 3, 2025

Starting Wage Range $29.76/hr. - $38.39/hr.

Essential Functions:

  • Provides an environment of acceptance that supports and respects gender, culture, language, ethnicity and family composition.
  • Implements adopted curriculum in a developmentally appropriate manner.
  • Posts weekly individualized lesson plans that promote social, emotional, cognitive, physical and language development.
  • Engages parents and guardians in lesson planning, goal setting and assessment of child’s growth.
  • Observes assigned children to identify their preferred ways of interacting with the environment, taking into account their developmental status, preferences and interests.
  • Provides an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parental involvement in the program.
  • Conferences with parents and staff regarding each child’s developmental and educational status and progress.
  • Establishes appropriate safety and emergency procedures and conducts drills on a regular basis.
  • Assures that all Early Head Start Performance Standards are met.
  • Maintains current knowledge and skills necessary to comply with all Tribal, State, Federal and grant regulations and requirements.
  • Gathers information from parents/guardians on home needs and concerns.
  • Works with appropriate tribal programs and community resources to identify and address program services requirements.
  • Assists with parent trainings.
  • Prepares and delivers meals and snacks in a developmentally appropriate manner consistent with UDSA Child Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requirements.
  • Provides appropriate environment and guidance for participation of children with special needs/disabilities.
  • Works with appropriate agencies in developing Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP).
  • Adapts curriculum to address and meet individual goals for children as identified in the IFSP.
  • Maintain record keeping that assures compliance with regulations.
  • Ensure proper documentation and confidentiality of child records
  • Abides by and is familiar with all preschool policies.
  • Participate in weekly staff meetings and scheduled trainings.
  • Participates in 20+ hours of training each program year.
  • Assists in inventory and ordering of site equipment and materials.
  • Reports child abuse/neglect to proper authorities as required.
  • Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Supervisory:

  • Supervises assigned employees.
  • Ensures the hiring, training, promoting, assigning, disciplining and discharging of employees are in accordance with Tribal Law, including without limitation, the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO).
  • Assures staff adherence to all policies and procedures, work, safety and administrative rule, Tribal Law and State Regulations.
  • Serves as a mentor, as requested, for Tribal career development.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, or, Associate’s degree, or Infant Toddler Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential, with the commitment to earn a Bachelor’s degree within 2 years.
  • Requires three (3) years of work experience with children age three and younger.
  • OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
  • Must maintain a valid Oregon driver’s license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe’s vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children required.
  • Must be able to establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment.
  • Must be able to support the social and emotional development of children.
  • Must have excellent communication skills, and listening skills.
  • Must have a working knowledge of Head Start components.
  • Requires TB and Hep B vaccinations and a physical every three years.
  • First Aid certification required.
  • Food handler’s card required or obtains one within 30 days of hire.
  • Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

  • Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
  • Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
  • Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
  • Continually requires color identification, close vision, far vision, and depth perception.
  • The worker is frequently subject to classroom noise.
  • Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
  • This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
  • Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan.
  • Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
  • May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.
  • Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

  • Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.
  • Must maintain registration in the State of Oregon Central Background Registry.