Description

Position Purpose

The PRN/Part-Time Casual (PTC) Clinical Evaluator ("evaluator") will conduct evaluations for children birth to three years old who are being evaluated for Part C Early Intervention services and may work with children birth to 18 who are not enrolled in Early Intervention. The evaluator will work with clients to provide Part C eligibility evaluations, other evaluations, and direct intervention services. They will participate in transdisciplinary team for Early Intervention caseload as a developmental expert, as a resource to peers, and as an advocate for the needs of the individual client. The PRN/PTC evaluator will report to the EIE Program Manager and/or Associate Director in the Developmental & Behavioral Health Department as part of the Early Intervention Evaluation Entity.

*This is a PRN (as needed)/PTC (part-time casual) position

Essential Duties

• Provides clinical assessment and intervention activities in the home or community via telehealth.
• Writes timely and complete evaluation reports, and other documentation needed to provide high quality services and meet funder, regulatory, and organizational standards.
• Provides consultation to families, other service providers, and service coordinators regarding the communication functioning of children.
• Effectively communicates assessment results, diagnoses, and strategies that are functional for the child’s and family’s routines and are consistent with a Primary Service Provider model.
• Works with supervisor to ensure that documentation is consistent with needs of funders.
• Provides culturally responsive services to a diverse population.
• Performs other clinical or administrative duties, including collecting relevant details to guide eligibility assessments and as assigned by supervisor.
• Works collaboratively with other Transdisciplinary Team members to provide best practice services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of children with developmental delays and disabilities.
• Knowledge of Early Intervention systems at local, state and national levels, especially standards of practice
• Ability to work well with complex family issues.
• Ability to understand the needs of a range of disabilities.
• Knowledge of life-span issues, including typical and atypical early human development.
• Knowledge of family social, emotional, financial, psychological and cultural issues.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance, and individual differences in ability, personality, and interests.
• Knowledge of standards of care for toddlers and young children with autism.
• Knowledge of regulatory agency standards of practice.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking and writing so that others will understand.
• Skill in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, and asking appropriate questions.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Two years of experience in treating with infants, toddlers, and young children with developmental delays.
• Experience in treating young children with autism.
• Master’s degree in occupational therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, or related field.
• Licensure to practice in the state of Colorado.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of experience in treating infants and young children with developmental delays.
• Bi-lingual, Spanish speaking
• Proficiency in feeding evaluations and therapy
• Evaluation, treatment and intervention of medically fragile infants or toddlers and experience with children referred from the NICU
• Experience with assistive technology
• Experience in 3^rd party reimbursement documentation and procedures
• Basic Life Support (BLS)/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
• Registered with the Early Intervention database
• Registered and current with Committee for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH)
• Current Medicaid license