Job Title: Early Intervention Specialist (EIS)
Department: Early Intervention Services/PLAY Project
Reports to: Early Intervention Director
FLSA status: Full-time, Hourly, Non-Exempt
Compensation: $24.00-$27.00/hour
COMPANY OVERVIEW: Every day, Easterseals Central California (ESCC) team members lead the way with innovative care, therapy and programs tailored to meet the ever-changing needs of individuals and families who are living with autism and other disabilities. The leadership team incorporates best practices in every aspect of daily operations, from behind-the-scenes administration to front-facing direct service and care.
As an independent, local affiliate of Easterseals National, all aspects of company business are adapted for the communities we serve. Every team member is essential for advancing the mission and vision of the ESCC. Career growth opportunities exist at all levels offering challenging, and meaningful work. ESCC invests in its team members through professional development, advancement opportunity, competitive compensation, paid time-off, as well as health and wellbeing benefits. Easterseals Central California is a nonprofit organization and is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive, equitable and diverse practices. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking a highly motivated, dependable individual who has a passion for making a difference in the lives of young children, and their families, through exceptional early intervention. Easterseals Early Intervention Services is based on the parent implemented early intervention model, The PLAY Project, and delivers Early Start services to families to support the child’s overall development and social emotional growth within daily routines. Our services focus on empowering parents to become their child’s best play partner in a way that makes every interaction with their child improve their social abilities, communication, language, cognitive function, and motor function.
An Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) is a core provider who partners with families to build trust, promote family confidence and competency, and strengthens family-child relationships in the child’s natural environment. An EIS provides family support and focuses on enhancing child development by providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers 0-3 with disabilities and developmental differences. An EIS will primarily work in the family’s home conducting weekly 1–2-hour sessions teaching families practical ways to make every interaction with their child a growing and learning experience using specific principles, methods, techniques during daily routines. The EIS will model play skills, coach parents to perform play skills, provide feedback, and engage in discussion to help families learn effective strategies to advance their child’s language, communication, development, behavior, social skills, and autism severity while empowering parents to have a closer more satisfying relationship with their child. While maintaining a caseload and overseeing Early Intervention Assistants, an EIS will participate in meetings with CVRC and school districts, update reports, make referrals and support families to ensure a smooth transition of services.
HOURS OF WORK:
Full time, hourly. Minimum 30 hours per week. Typical work hours are between 8am – 6pm, schedule flexibility can be accommodated for the right candidate.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES:
· Maintain a caseload of children and families while providing weekly services in the child’s home/natural environment and ensuring all the objectives and goals in the IFSP are being implemented.
· Teach, coach, and model play-based methods for engaging the child to improve the parent/child interaction while fostering the child’s social engagement and initiative during daily routines.
· Collect and watch video of the parent/child interaction to provide constructive family feedback and give practical advice with ideas for fun activities that can be built into daily routines.
· Construct weekly notes and monthly reports to emphasize child strengths, concerns and further enhance parent understanding of their child’s development.
· Participate and attend Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) meetings with Central Valley Regional Center and or the appropriate school districts and provide updates to the Service Coordinators as needed.
· Create and update IFSP documents including the Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) and family/child specific outcomes that outlines the development, goals, and progress of each child.
· Provide family support, make appropriate referrals for families, and facilitate a smooth transition into ongoing services.
· Attend meetings and trainings to ensure services are being met and quality of services are maintained.
· Assists in supervising Early Intervention Assistants (EIA) and provides strategies to support the EIA in their work with families.
· Meet weekly/monthly with the Early Intervention Director to schedule and coordinate home visits, seek guidance, coaching, supervision, and collaboration.
· Complete administrative paperwork including mileage, timesheets, monthly/quarterly data, purchase order requests.
· Endorses the Six Foundational Principles of IDEA, under Part C of the California Early Start service system.
SUPERVISOR RESPONSABILITIES:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION/RESPONSABILITIES:
Education/Experience master’s level child development specialist or possess a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Special Education, or related field and holds a California Education Specialist Credential or a California University Certificate in Early Intervention. Must have 2+ years of experience working with young children with developmental differences, challenges in communication and/or autism. Experience working with Central Valley Regional Center and Early Start services a plus.
Language Skills
Must have strong communication skills written and verbal. Ability to read. Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style. Bilingual skills are a plus but not required.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Computer/Technology Skills:
Must be computer literate on the PC, including the use of Outlook email, Microsoft Word, Excel, and learn other software as needed.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Current CPR/First Aid Certification, Current California Driver’s license and Valid Automobile Insurance. Department of Justice fingerprint clearance, Negative TB test, current Professional Licensure (if applicable).
Other Skills, Abilities, Requirements or Qualifications:
The ability to travel to clients, vendors, community organizations and offices throughout the organization’s service area in your own vehicle. Ability to attend conferences and events as requested. Ability to work independently and as a team member. Ability to organize and communicate work-related information to the public, families, and staff both in person, phone and email. Ability to effectively work with and relate to children with special needs and their parents.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: *
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: *
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.
* NOTE REGARDING QUALIFICATIONS, PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Easterseals Central California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.00 - $27.00 per hour
Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Education:
Experience:
- Childhood development: 2 years (Preferred)
- Client Home visitations: 2 years (Required)
Language:
- Spanish (Preferred)
- Hmong (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Fresno, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: Multiple locations
