EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SPECIALIST #0496

Job Description

Job Description

Do you want to make a difference in people's lives every single day?  Do you want to work where you are valued and feel like you make an impact?  Do you enjoy working as part of a team?  If so, then please consider becoming part of the Central Plains Center family.  We offer:

1. Flexible work hours
2. Generous leave time and holidays
3. 100% health coverage for our employees
4. Matching retirement
5. Supportive work environment

  Central Plains Center.. ...." Our mission is to improve the quality of life for persons with mental illness, Intellectual Disabilities and chemical dependency, and their families, by providing accessible services and resources which support individual choices and promotes lives of dignity and independence."

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Social Work, Child Development, Communication Disorders, Psychology, Sociology, or related field, which includes a minimum of 18 semester course credit relevant to Early Childhood Intervention, with at least 3 of the 18 hours of semester course credit in Early Childhood Development or Early Children Special Education
• Must have a desire to work within a team serving children from birth to age 3 in Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program
• Must have valid TX driver's license and be insurable

Job Purpose:

• To provide early intervention services including service coordination in the natural environment of children from birth to age 3 in the nine county catchment area
• Coaching and supporting families is an integral part of the ECI program

Job Function:

• Conducts intakes, screenings and assessments to determine potential eligibility of children from birth to age 3 in child's natural environment
• Participates in determining appropriate services for child and family which meets ECI contract requirements
• Coordinates services for child and family and refer and/or link families to appropriate services as needed
• Document all services collaboratively with the caregivers in the natural environment
• Follows infection policy and universal precautions at all times with child and family  

This Organization Participates in E-Verify

Central Plains Center is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled