By SHERRI WELCH Nonprofit is defining, standardizing its early child care service model Model integrates behavioral health, trauma-informed approach to more holistically serve children Effort could set the stage for other early child-care providers to replicate model Ann Kalass, CEO, Starfish Family Services Starfish Family Services is working on a "playbook" to enable other child-care providers to replicate its service model, which combines early childhood education with behavioral health, parent support and an approach that takes into account traumatic experiences and their effects on behavior. To do that, the nonprofit first is working to define and standardize the model within its own operations. Traumas, such as the loss of a parent, an unsafe living environment or family member addicted to drugs or alcohol often get in the way of children's learning, healthy development and growth, said Starfish CEO Ann … [Read more...]
Are You a Behavioral Health Professional? Visit our Behavioral Health Service Career Fair on March 8!
(Click here to download a copy of the flyer) Starfish Family Services is looking for Behavioral Health Professionals! Whether you're a recent graduate, looking for a mid-career change, or a seasoned professional, we'd love to meet you! Currently, we have openings for: Infant Mental Health Therapists Outpatient Therapists Home-Based Therapists Behavioral Health Consultant - Infant Mental Health Our Behavioral Health team provides clinical supervision for all therapists, group supervision, professional development opportunities (including participating in national and international conferences), and a full employee benefits package! See the entire list of our benefits here. We are a highly passionate workforce who work in the community every day to make a difference in the lives of our clients and their families! The Behavioral Health Services Career Fair will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2018, from 3:00pm-6:00pm at our Michigan Avenue Building (26429 Michigan Ave., Inkster … [Read more...]
Press Alert: Detroit Head Start Programs Get New Management, Make Room for Additional Kids
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Press Alert: Starfish Awarded $76,000 Grant by Dresner Foundation
Download Full Press Release (PDF) INKSTER, MICH. (Dec. 4, 2017) –Starfish Family Services has received a $76,000 grant from the Dresner Foundation in support of launching Phase II of Starfish Family Services’ Building Resilient Communities (BRC) initiative. Starfish launched BRC in response to one of our most serious public health threats- childhood trauma, which can harm social-emotional development and eventually physical health. Studies show 1 in 4 children experience trauma by preschool, but key adults in a child’s life can be trained to be a buffer against traumatic experiences. Thus, Phase I of BRC consisted of, embedding trained trauma therapists into preschool classrooms, screening all Starfish preschoolers for trauma, and implementing a ten-month Trauma Smart© training program for the first wave of 140 staff persons. Developed by experts at Crittenton Children’s Center, Trauma Smart©, is an evidence-based intervention model, recognized, by the U.S. Department of Health and … [Read more...]
Employee Learning Week: December 4-8, 2017
So what is Employee Learning Week? Employee Learning Week is a national awareness campaign highlighting the important connection between employee learning and achieving the organizational mission. Most importantly, it's a celebration of all the great things our Starfish Staff does when it comes to training. Watch the video training here! Staff can get involved by participating in engaging learning activities, nominating their co-workers for learning awards, and more. Staff: learn more at the Employee Learning Week SharePoint website You can also learn more through the Association for Talent Development's website! … [Read more...]
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