Early Intervention Specialist
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Job Title: Early InterventionSpecialist FSLA Status: NonExempt
Position Type: FullTime Pay Range: $54262 $75103 / Annually
Reports To:Director of Kidspace Program Type:Child Development Center
Organizational Overview:
House of Ruth offers comprehensive services and housing for women and children. Our services range from supportive housing for families and single women in crisis to a therapeutic developmental daycare for houseless children and free counseling services to anyone who has been a victim of domestic violence.
Position Summary:
The Early InterventionSpecialist is a school leader who works closely with teachers and parents supporting infants toddlers and preschoolers development and wellbeing with a focus on social emotional development. The Early InterventionSpecialist also offers direct support to children in the classroom as needed and works with individual children implementing curricula and modifications. Modeling for and coaching teachers is a key aspect of this role. This is a full time position with excellent benefits. The Early InterventionSpecialist will spend at least 75 of the workday in the classroom supporting children and/or teachers.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Partner with families and teachers to support childrens development and wellbeing with a focus on socialemotional development. Partner with families to make referrals to early intervention (Strong Start/Early Stages). Partner with early intervention providers and HOR therapists to ensure that service needs are being met and IFSP hours/goals are being met.
- Conduct classroom observations using tools such as class and iters to provide teachers with feedback that will allow them to engage in more inclusive practices. This includes but is not limited to providing modeling and coaching of classroombased strategies that promote positive behavior and healthy socialemotional development.
- Conduct child observations and functional assessments. Based on those observations develop support plans and accommodations in close partnership with teachers and families. This may include creating visual supports and other inclusion support materials for use in or out of the classroom as well as working with teachers using various tools to plan classroombased accommodations.
- Develop and implement professional development training to staff and families related to assessment and intervention strategies to improve learning for students with delays or in need of modification and/or accommodations.
- Conduct regular classroom checkins for early identification and monitor development this includes:
- Reviewing developmental screening results refer as needed
- Identifying developmental red flags refer as needed.
- Collaborating closely with the Director and keeping her updated regarding caseload as well as teacher performance and child and family wellbeing.
- Routinely monitor children to determine the goodness of fit and efficacy of supports provided.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education Special Education or a related field. Graduatelevel studies in Early Childhood Education Special Education Psychology or related fields as well as ITERS and/or CLASS observer certification preferred.
- Experience supporting children exhibiting challenging behaviors or atypical development in a licensed early childhood education setting. This includes but is not limited to experience in child and parent counseling and/or early childhood mental health consultation as well as implementing curricula.
- Experience with playbased curricula preferred.
- CPR/First Aid (current or must be completed within 30 days of hiring).
Qualifications:
- Successfully passing the following preemployment process is required:
- FBI Fingerprint/Background Check
- Alcohol and drug Test
- Urine Screening
- TB Test
- Police Clearance
- Must be fully vaccinated (including the booster)
Skills:
- Impeccable work ethic and personal presentation skills. This includes the ability to comply with the dress code expectations of Kidspaces work environment.
- Excellent English language communication and interpersonal skills. This includes the ability to get along with people of diverse backgrounds.
- Good problemsolving and crisis management skills; ability to quickly diffuse and deescalate tense situations.
- Strong organizational and time management skills including the ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure without compromising output quality.
- Above average computer skills including Microsoft Office. Must feel very comfortable managing digital resources and using cloudbased platforms for data and caseload management as well as for communication.
Salary and Benefits
- Salary commensurate with experience and the Pay Equity Fund. The benefits package for fulltime employees includes:
- Medical and Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life/AD&D
- Retirement Plan
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Employee Referral Program
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this position the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers handle or feel objects tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision distance vision and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
Other physical demands include bending and stooping to assist children with dressing needs toileting transitioning from sitting on the floor or chair to standing during classroom activities transferring nonambulatory children to and from strollers chairs changing tables cribs etc. Children may sometimes pull/jerk away or bolt/run from caregivers.
The ability to intervene in these situations is required. Moving or lifting of any child may be required in an emergency (i.e. to assist toddlers in evacuating the building or to ascend or descend stairs) and/or to prevent injury on the playground or other outdoor situations or activities.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Additional Information
The House of Ruth is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All duties and responsibilities are completed according to the House of Ruths policies and procedures. House of Ruth offers an attractive benefits package for all fulltime employees. To be considered you must submit a resume online atwww.houseofruth/joinourteam
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
