We are hiring in Central Texas! Join us at Easterseals Central Texas for an exciting career as an Early Intervention Specialist!

Salary Range- $48,000-$53,000

Bilingual in Spanish Required

Easterseals- https://www.easterseals.com is a standard bearer for creating equity and access for people with disabilities and other barriers to long term self-sufficiency. For 100 years, Easterseals has been the indispensable resource for people and families living with disabilities. Throughout all life's moments -- from the extraordinary to the ordinary and everything in between -- Easterseals is here to help people and families realize and reach for their full potential.

In keeping with our mission, we provide exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or specials needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities. We offer competitive pay and benefits, a positive work environment, and opportunities to make a difference in the lives of those we serve.

Position Summary:

The Early Intervention Specialist reports directly to the Team Supervisor and as a member of the ECI team is responsible for: providing discipline-specific services within the scope of professional certification/license and ECI program standards, and consistent with agency standards for volume, productivity, record documentation, quality and client outcomes. Participates in the quality improvement program (including, but not limited to, Utilization and Peer Review, Environmental Quality). Maintains competency through continuing education. Specific operational priorities are identified in the annual Organization's Operational Work Plan. The occupant of this position is guided by the Organizational Systems Manual (policies and procedures), multi-year Strategic Plan, Operational Work Plan, Organizational Calendar and teamwork expectations in the conduct of all professional activities. The occupant is expected to maintain skills and knowledge essential for successful job performance

Essential Job Functions:

• Attend staff meetings, agency and ECI team in services and trainings.

• Complete continuing education needed to maintain certification/licensure and renew certification/licensure as necessary

• Update Human Resources on all needed documentation on a regular basis as required by agency standards

• Complete agency and program training:

• Attend and participate in ECI team related quality assurance meetings and reviews including Utilization Review and Peer Review.

• Maintain communication throughout work hours with the main office.

• Initiate and maintain contact with children's physicians for obtaining and updating necessary medical information.

• Serve as a member of a family-centered team to:

• Provide routines-based Specialized Skills Training and/or family training.

• Assist and facilitate the work of team members, other departments, and agency managers in attaining the goals and objectives of the program and organization.

• Hands-on or direct training of skills, documentation, billing, competencies and theory as assigned.

• Continue to increase knowledge and understanding of ECI policy and procedures.

• Be available to staff for answering questions, problem solving and case conferencing.

• Assist and facilitate the work of team members, other departments, and agency managers in attaining the goals and objectives of the organization.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

  Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Psychology or related Human Services field and certified (or pending certification) by the Early Childhood Intervention state agency, Masters Degree preferred.

• Two years experience working with children, preferably children with special needs.

• Bilingual in Spanish.

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.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Equal Opportunity Employer