What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Intervention Specialist position at Sevita?
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DISCOVER CAREERS, WELL LIVED. Our mission at Sevita is to create a world where every person has the right to live well. As a Caregiver, you’ll provide assistance and strategies to the individuals we serve to help them live well in their community and environment. Each day, the connections you make and the compassion you bring make a difference in the lives of our participants. You’ll work alongside a dedicated team of clinical staff and supportive supervisors, while you grow your career.
OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve. Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company’s mission.
Summary
Plans, schedules and provides early educational in-home services for an assigned caseload of infant/toddlers with special needs. Administers and documents all program assessments. Designs, implements and adapts activities for language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, sensory, self-help, and social/emotional development for each individual.
Essential Job Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:
None required.
Minimum Knowledge And Skills Required By The Job
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:
Education And Experience
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.
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.
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.
Schedule an Interview First - Apply Afterwards
DISCOVER CAREERS, WELL LIVED. Our mission at Sevita is to create a world where every person has the right to live well. As a Caregiver, you’ll provide assistance and strategies to the individuals we serve to help them live well in their community and environment. Each day, the connections you make and the compassion you bring make a difference in the lives of our participants. You’ll work alongside a dedicated team of clinical staff and supportive supervisors, while you grow your career.
OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve. Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company’s mission.
Summary
Plans, schedules and provides early educational in-home services for an assigned caseload of infant/toddlers with special needs. Administers and documents all program assessments. Designs, implements and adapts activities for language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, sensory, self-help, and social/emotional development for each individual.
Essential Job Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:
- Plans, schedules and provides weekly early educational in-home services for assigned caseload of infant/toddlers with special needs.
- Administers and documents all program assessments and updates accurately to meet designated timelines.
- Designs, implements, and adapts activities for language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, sensory, self-help, and social/emotional development, for each individual child, utilizing best practices.
- Models effective adult-child interactions and provides written information on parenting and child development, as needed. Provides parents with written weekly activities and effective coaching.
- Maintains confidential client records/files. Logs all phone and face-to-face contacts with the family and their Infant Service Coordinator.
- Monitors, documents and shares the child’s progress with the family, Coordinator and Infant Service Coordinator and immediate supervisor.
- Communicates and collaborates effectively with families and all professionals verbally and in writing. Completes and submits all required program and client paperwork accurately and in a timely manner.
- Assists families, Infant Service Coordinators and SELPA/Districts with program transitions at child’s 3rd birthday. Attends SELPA planning meetings and IEPs.
- Attends bi-monthly staff meetings and actively participates in additional professional development opportunities.
- Abides by all program policies and other Creative Home Programs/Mentor guidelines as set forth in the Teacher/Employee Handbook, and any amendments presented hereafter.
- Performs other related duties and activities as required.
None required.
Minimum Knowledge And Skills Required By The Job
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:
Education And Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Valid CA Drivers License for a minimum of 12 months, personal vehicle with proof of auto insurance & registration.
- Two years’ experience working with infants or young children and their parents preferred.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed above may be substituted for the above education and experience requirements.
- Travel as needed
- Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.
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.
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.