USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED IN A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

Information obtained from a background investigation will be considered for employment purposes as permitted by federal and state law and in accordance with Chugachmiut’s policy. Information will be reviewed to determine:

• Whether an individual made false statements or material omissions on an application for employment or during an interview;
• Whether an applicant or employee, based on the job duties of the position in question, poses a threat to security and/or employee safety in the workplace; and
• The likelihood of an applicant or employee being successful and productive on the job.

The Child and Family Neurodevelopmental Clinician provides specialized assessment, intervention, consultation, and family support for children and adolescents with suspected or diagnosed Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and other neurodevelopmental, developmental, behavioral, and co-occurring mental health conditions.

Working within the Child and Family Developmental services team as part of a multidisciplinary outpatient team, the clinician helps identify how a child's neurodevelopmental profile affects communication, learning, executive functioning, emotional and behavioral regulation, social functioning, adaptive skills, sensory processing, and daily life. The clinician translates assessment findings into practical, individualized recommendations for the child, caregivers, school, and treatment providers.

The position emphasizes developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, family-centered, and strengths-based care, including services for children and families living in rural and Tribal communities.

• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments of children referred for suspected FASD, autism, developmental differences, behavioral concerns, or related neurodevelopmental conditions.

• Complete clinical interviews with parents, caregivers, foster parents, and other relevant individuals.

• Obtain and review developmental, behavioral, medical, prenatal, educational, family, and social histories.

• Assess developmental and functional concerns across multiple domains.

• Administer appropriate standardized screening and assessment instruments within the clinician's professional scope of practice and training.

• Review previous psychological, developmental, medical, educational, speech-language, occupational therapy, and other evaluations.

• Participate in comprehensive autism evaluations within professional scope of practice.

• Provide evidence-informed, developmentally appropriate outpatient interventions within the clinician's professional scope.

• Adapt interventions to the child's developmental functioning rather than relying exclusively on chronological age.

• Provide practical education and coaching to parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers, and other caregivers.

• Support caregivers in shifting from a primarily consequence-based approach toward developmentally informed strategies that emphasize prevention, environmental adaptation, structure, repetition, predictability, and skill development.

• Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences to integrate findings, determine diagnoses within applicable professional scopes, establish recommendations, and develop individualized treatment plans.

• Collaborate with schools and early childhood programs.

• Provide neurodevelopmental services through in-person, outreach, and telehealth models as clinically appropriate.

• Maintain timely, accurate, and clinically appropriate documentation. This includes intake assessments, neurodevelopmental evaluations, progress notes, treatment plan, family consultation notes, and multidisciplinary assessment documentation.

• Maintain confidentiality and comply with HIPAA, organizational policy, professional standards, and applicable state and federal requirements.

• Contribute clinical findings to multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluations.

• Participate in multidisciplinary evaluation of children with known or suspected prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD.

• Serve as the primary care coordination contact for children and families enrolled in the FASD and Autism outpatient program.

• Conduct initial care coordination assessments to identify the child's and family's medical, developmental, behavioral, educational, social, and practical needs.

• Work collaboratively with families to identify priorities, strengths, concerns, and treatment goals.

• Develop, maintain, and update individualized Child and Family Plans of Care.

• Help families understand diagnoses, assessment findings, provider recommendations, and next steps.

• Track referrals and follow-up recommendations to reduce gaps in services.

• Provide ongoing contact with families to identify barriers to treatment participation.

• Coordinate transitions between assessment, diagnosis, outpatient treatment, community services, and other levels of care.

• Coordinate services among pediatric, psychological, psychiatric, speech-language, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavioral health, educational, and community providers.

• Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences and assist the team in developing integrated recommendations and treatment plans.

• Support program data collection and quality-improvement activities.

• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

**Offering a sign-on bonus of $5,000 after hire**