Early Intervention, Developmental Specialist Intern

Mentor South Bay, provides Early Intervention, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Behavioral Health and Mental Health Outpatient services across Massachusetts and Connecticut. For over 35 years, we’ve provided a collaborative, team-based approach dedicated to helping children, adults, and families reach their fullest potential. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, join our mission-driven team and experience a career well lived.

Early Intervention, Developmental Specialist Intern

Hiring for Fall 2026

Location: Lawrence, MA

Finding joy together, that's living.

Mentor South Bay, provides Early Intervention, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Behavioral Health and Mental Health Outpatient services across Massachusetts and Connecticut. For over 35 years, we’ve provided a collaborative, team-based approach dedicated to helping children, adults, and families reach their fullest potential. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, join our mission-driven team and experience a career well lived.

Raising a child with a developmental disability is a journey that takes knowledge, love, patience, and support. You will be part of a team that provides in-home early intervention specialized services for infants and toddlers where they can naturally learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule and provide weekly early educational in-home services for a caseload of infant/toddlers with disabilities including developmental delays and programs for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.
• Administer and document all program assessments and updates accurately to meet timelines.
• Design, implement, and adapt activities for language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, sensory, self-help, and social/emotional development, for each individual child, utilizing best practices.
• Model effective adult-child interactions and provide information on parenting, and child development , through and effective coaching.
• Monitor, document, and share the child’s progress with the family and team.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an MSW program (generalist or advanced standing) with field eligibility for the requested term.
• Experience or strong interest in early childhood, caregiver coaching, and family-centered practice (experience with children under 5 is a plus).
• Effective communication, organization, and time-management; comfort working in homes and community settings.
• Valid driver’s license, reliable insured vehicle, and ability to travel within the service area
  
  

Why this placement

• High-impact, relationship-based work with measurable child and family outcomes.
• Robust supervision and growth pathways across EI and allied behavioral health programs.
• Experience that maps to MSW generalist competencies and builds a strong foundation for advanced clinical practice.
  
  

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law