EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SPECIALIST #0496

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