There are currently four available positions in Early Childhood Mental Health:
- MassLAUNCH Coordinator, Department of Public Health
- Program Manager, Boston LAUNCH, Public Health Commission
- Program Director, Early Childhood Mental Health, Public Health Commission
- Program Manager, Boston LAUNCH, Public Health Commission
Click on “read more” for specific information about each position, including application procedures.
MassLAUNCH Coordinator, Deptartment of Public Health
The Child Wellness Expert will have primary responsibility for managing MassLAUNCH operations and implementing the state’s strategic goals and objectives on infant/early childhood social-emotional development/mental health for the initiative. This will involve moving forward a shared vision among stakeholders through concrete action steps targeting changes in public policy and practice.
More information about the MassLAUNCH Coordinator position
Program Manager, Boston LAUNCH, Public Health Commission
As part of a newly formed Early Childhood Mental Health Program, coordinate new and innovative public health effort to assure services for young children ages birth through five with or at high risk of serious emotional disturbance (SED) and their families.
MYCHILD funding was awarded to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) with the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) as its local partner. These partners, along with other collaborating organizations, have designed MYCHILD with the aim of improving capacity of community health centers, childcare centers and other child-serving agencies to identify, refer and treat young children with mental health care needs in four Boston communities.
The MYCHILD Program Coordinator, will be part of a BPHC Early Childhood Mental Health Team formed to assure that Boston families have access to a full continuum of children’s mental health services. The coordinator will have specific responsibility for MYCHILD implementation, working with community sites to assure compliance with grant timelines for planning, implementation and evaluation of the project. The coordinator will carry out ongoing site monitoring, providing or coordinating technical assistance and training as needed to assure delivery of high quality, family-centered, culturally competent care to children and families served. The MYCHILD Program Coordinator will report to the Director of the Early Childhood Mental Health Program.
More information about the Boston Launch Program Manager Position
Program Director, Early Childhood Mental Health, Public Health Commission
Provide leadership and management to new and innovative public health unit addressing early childhood mental health needs in Boston.
The Boston Public Health Commission, working in collaboration with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, has just been awarded two federal grants to address mental health needs of young children and their families. These two grants, one for five years and the other for six, make more than a million dollars a year available to improve child mental health care in the city.
The Director of Early Childhood Mental Health will provide leadership to a team overseeing implementation of both grants. S/he will serve more generally as the Commission’s point person on early childhood mental health, building on these two grants to establish long term capacity within the Public Health Commission and across child-serving agencies in the city for prevention and for screening, diagnosis, and treatment of young children’s mental health needs.
More information about the Early Childhood Mental Health Program Director Position
Program Manager, Boston LAUNCH, Public Health Commission
As part of a newly formed Early Childhood Mental Health Program, coordinate new and innovative public health effort to assure primary and preventive mental health services for young children ages birth through eight and their families.
Project LAUNCH is a federally funded, five year program to promote the healthy development of young children through activities that advance social, emotional, and behavioral health of young children within targeted communities. LAUNCH funding was awarded to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health with the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) as its local partner. These partners, along with other collaborating organizations, have designed LAUNCH with the aim of improving capacity of community health centers, childcare centers and other child-serving agencies to screen all young children for mental health issues, identify those with conditions or at risk, and serve as the medical home for children in need of referral or treatment for mental health needs. Project LAUNCH will provide primary and preventive mental health services for young children; a companion project, MYCHILD, will focus on services for children with diagnosed mental health needs.
The Boston LAUNCH Manager will be part of a BPHC Early Childhood Mental Health Team formed to assure that Boston families have access to a full continuum of children’s mental health services. The Manager will have specific responsibility for MYCHILD implementation, working with community sites to assure compliance with grant timelines for planning, implementation and evaluation of the project. During its first two years of implementation, the Manager will bring sites together in a formal learning collaborative, aimed at identifying strategies to improve the quality of primary pediatric care in relation to children’s mental health. In the final three years of the grant, the Manager will focus on replication of best practices at additional medical home sites. Additional LAUNCH activities will include training of clinicians on use of standardized screening instruments and enrollment of parents in a parenting education program. Boston LAUNCH will focus on family-centered care and care that is culturally competent as important attributes of a high quality child mental health system. The Launch Program Manager will report to the Director of the Early Childhood Mental Health Program.