What are the responsibilities and job description for the Subject Matter Expert First Five position at Directions for Living?
Salary: $85,000
We offer:
- Medical (100% employer paid for employees only), Dental, Vision, Life, Short Term and Long-Term Disability.
- 5 days of PTO
- 16 Wellness Days and Holidays - Including the week of Christmas off!
Do you envision working for a dynamic, mission-driven organization which supports the community while fostering an employee culture of appreciation and fun? If your answer is yes, then an employment opportunity at Directions for Living may be a great fit for you! We offer an excellent salary and benefits package to include employer paid health insurance premiums for all full-time employees, PTO and paid company holidays, 403b retirement, EAP, and year-round employee wellness and appreciation initiatives.
POSITION SUMMARY:
This is a professional position providing team guidance and support to the First Five program under the Families First Division. The First Five program provides research supported approach to engaging and working with identified early learning center teachers in order to create a trauma-informed culture in their classrooms. To prevent expulsion or removal from the early learning center classroom, the First Five team supports teachers of children under 5 years old and their families by providing them with tools that better prepare them to support the complex issues that many of their children under 5 years of age are experiencing. Services are provided in the home, early learning center, and community by a behavior specialist team who work intensively with the teachers, the young children, and their parents to address the behaviors that resulted in the referral to the First Five program.
The Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a position providing coaching and guidance related to best practices for early childhood learning, developmental milestones, behavioral interventions for children, and strength-based family assessments. The SME functions as a member of an Integrated Decision Team (IDT) consisting of the Counselor, a Behavior Specialist, Classroom Consultant, and an IDT facilitator. Each IDT member, including the client, contributes valuable knowledge, expertise and perspective that informs services and the program response. The SME will work in collaboration with the IDT Facilitator and will assess a child's needs, their family history and current situation/records to determine service planning, identify options, and arrive at a shared decision on the best approach to ensure the success of the child in the classroom, mitigate future poor behavior, and provide assistance to the family. The SME is charged with ensuring that decisions are made with the most current evidenced based interventions and strategies related to risk assessments and safety planning. This is a field-based position. The SME is responsible for ensuring an annual client facing client care number of 1410 hours. Achieving the minimum required weekly, monthly and annual client facing client care hours is an essential function of this position.
Directions for Living is an essential services provider. All Directions for Living team members must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people that we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic or other disaster situation.
For the safety of all clients and team members, please remember that Directions for Living is a private business and weapons or firearms are not permitted in any of our facilities. If you carry a weapon, it must remain secured in your vehicle (ref: Fla. Stat. 790.251).
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Qualifications:EDUCATION EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS:
- Master's degreein one of the social sciences required. Board Certified Beharioval Analyst (BCBA) or Florida Licensure in one of the healing arts strongly preferred.
- Expert knowledge and experience working with young or very young children 0-5 years of age, with disordered behaviors.
- Experience providing guidance, direction, coaching of team members on the treatment team to include counselor, family, center director or early learning center staff and others as needed.
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Salary : $85,000