Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant – Douglas ESD

Overview

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant – Douglas ESD

• Position Type:
  Classified
• Date Posted: 1/26/2026
• Location:
  
  Roseburg, OR
• Closing Date: 02/23/2026

Douglas ESD is accepting applications to fill the position of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
. This position is 224 days per year, 5 days per week, 8 hours per day to begin immediately. Position is open to being located in either Roseburg or Klamath Falls.

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Final date to receive applications: 02/23/2026 at 3 p.m.

SALARY RANGE: $32.65 - $42.09 per hour (depending on relevant verifiable experience)

The Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant provides indirect, relationship-based consultation to early childhood care and education providers to strengthen adult capacity and support infants' and young children's social-emotional development. Working in center- and home-based settings, the Consultant applies mental health expertise and an evidence-based consultation framework to support children impacted by trauma or neurodivergence.

This includes but is not limited to:

• Collaborate closely with CCR&R staff, community partners, and families to support coordinated referrals, shared problem-solving, and access to early childhood mental health, early intervention, or other needed services.
• Provide relationship based, preventative interventions to promote the mental health of infants and young children and address behaviors that put them at risk of suspension/expulsion.
• Support the development and implementation of strategies, using a team approach, to assist providers with supporting the social-emotional development of infants and young children.
• Demonstrate humility and sensitivity to racial, linguistic, cultural, social, economic, individual, and role differences between consultant and provider and between provider and the infant/young child & family.
• Bring observations and discussion question to reflect supervision sessions.
• Adhere to all data and program requirements, including collection and maintenance of data records.
• Support early childhood professionals with referrals of children and their families to appropriate services as community mental health or early childhood special education services, as necessary.
• Provide group and individual training on overall social and emotional wellness with specific topics related to infant and early childhood development, trauma-informed care, attachment, self-care, and other related topics, as necessary.
• Adept and skilled in engaging in conversations about racism, bias, and equity.
• Maintain high quality documentation and data integrity through ECB Connect, ensuring timely, accurate records, contributing to statewide reporting, and using data to inform practice and reflective supervision.
• Engage fully in all required ECB and IECMHC professional development, training, coaching, and statewide activities, applying new learning to strengthen consultation practice and maintain alignment with program expectations.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule and travel to and from locations in Douglas, Klamath and Lake counties and may be required to travel on overnight assignments.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Associate's degree in early childhood education or related field;
  Bachelor's degree preferred; OR Step 10 on the Oregon Registry Online required.
• Ability to obtain an endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum three years of experience working in a childcare facility or home-based care environment or other early care and education environment.
• Knowledge of and experience implementing trauma-informed and culturally responsive practices.
• Knowledge of and experience implementing the Pyramid Model for Promoting Social-Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children.

Douglas ESD has been awarded the Douglas County Working Parents Award for 2025.

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Douglas ESD is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity and valuing the cultural, educational, and life experience of each student and employee, as well as equitable outcomes for all students. Douglas ESD policy provides veterans and disable veterans with preference as required by law.

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