Early Intervention Developmental Specialist

Full job description Interested in a position offering daily variety? Are you passionate about supporting families and children? We are looking for our newest Early Intervention team member! Ideal candidates for this position need to be open to a career outside of the clinical, office, or school-based setting where the landscape of the Hocking Hills is often the daily view! You must have a passion to support parents and other primary caregivers in their role to actively enhance the development of their child 0 to three years of age. Must be willing to embrace Ohio's Early Intervention model: Primary Service Provider approach to Teaming along with other Early Intervention team members. Consider yourself an Early Interventionist with a learning background in infant/toddler development bringing that perspective with you to encourage and enhance the development of children in their home, community, and other natural environments. Benefits of position: Comprehensive Benefits package valued at nearly $20,000 annually (in addition to listed salary & depending upon individual benefits selected by employee). Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer-paid life insurance, Tuition reimbursement, Ohio Public Employee's Retirement System and more! Flexible scheduling is available to accommodate needs of enrolled families. A typical day in the life of an Early Intervention Developmental Specialist involves any and all of the following: providing evidence-based Early Intervention services using the Primary Service Provider approach in a coaching interaction style with children 0 to 3 and their primary caregivers. You will work alongside other Early Interventionists with backgrounds in Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Physical Therapy and more. You will work with families of all demographics primarily within Vinton County and potentially a small caseload (roughly no more than 4 children) in Hocking County. You will provide coaching to the entire Early Intervention team based upon your expertise. You will participate in evaluation and assessment, interpretation of results, sharing out the results with team and parents in family-friendly language. You will make home visits, visit child-care settings, and community settings such as parks to meet with children and primary caregivers to work on outcomes identified on the child's Individualized Family Service Plan. You will send/respond to e-mails from families, other team members, referral sources. You will participate in virtual meetings and phone calls. You are responsible for scheduling visits with families and documenting contacts. You will participate in Early Intervention team meetings. Every member of the Early Intervention team holds a key position in ensuring early intervention services are provided to Ohio's children in an effective manner and is essential to providing robust 0-3 services. Job Duties: As part of a multi-disciplinary team, performs developmental evaluations and assessments to determine eligibility and need for ongoing EI services. Assists in developing Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) outcomes based upon family priorities. Stays abreast of research and strategies for the 0-3 population, works cooperatively with all team members, parents, medical personnel, specialists, etc. to achieve child and family outcomes as identified on the I