Bilingual Coordinator

Somos Bilingues: Bilingual Therapy & Evaluation Services is seeking a full-time Bilingual (Spanish/English) Coordinator to work in-person at our Dobbs Ferry office. The ideal candidate will have some knowledge and/or experience with special education student support services.

*This is a detail-critical role with extensive up-front training. It is not a temporary or stopgap position, and it is not suited to someone seeking short-term or student work. We are looking for someone ready to commit to learning our systems deeply and staying for the long term. Because the work directly affects children's services, accuracy, punctuality, and reliability are non-negotiable from day one.

Advanced Spanish and English proficiency is required — including the ability to interpret seamlessly across languages in IEP meetings in front of a large team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Communicate with counties, school districts, providers, and families via email/phone
• Build positive relationships with counties, districts, providers and families
• Assign therapy and evaluation requests to providers in a timely manner
• Ensure that districts provide and provider receive all necessary paperwork to begin services
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date data entry and documentation for all services
• Follow-up with providers and districts to ensure compliance dates are met and any scheduling issues are communicated
• Process all received reports and documents and send to supervisor for review
• Send evaluations, progress reports, and annual reviews to districts by compliance date
• Serve as interpreter at IEP meetings
• Supports billing department to ensure timely payment for all providers
• Other related duties as assigned

BENEFITS

• Room for growth and advancement
• Ongoing training & support
• Performance- and longevity-based raises/bonuses
• Medical/Dental Stipend
• 401K
• Paid holidays including your birthday
• 10 days of PTO per year
• 5 paid sick days per year
• Team Gatherings

REQUIREMENTS

• Bilingual (Spanish/English) with high proficiency in both languages and the ability to interpret at an advanced level for academic vocabulary in IEP meetings.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (must be able to write with proper grammar/cohesion/vocabulary)
• Superior attention to detail/ability to proofread work for accuracy independently prior to submission
• Comfortable with technology and learning new programs/systems
• Works well under pressure while maintaining professionalism to meet timelines
• Organization skills to ensure timely/consistent follow-up with clients/families/districts
• Excellent customer service
• Enjoys working collaboratively
• Open to feedback and uses feedback for continued improvement
• Prioritizes tasks in order of importance and pivots as needed; flexible
• Problem-solving skills; self-starter; conflict-resolution skills
• High Executive Functioning Skills- planning, organizing, executing, multi-tasking, meeting compliance dates, follow-up, etc
• Highly motivated, self-starter, quick learner, independent, receptive to feedback
• Professional, Presentable, Positive, Culturally Responsive
• Sense of advocacy for culturally and linguistically diverse communities
• Passionate about supporting children with disabilities
• Bachelors Degree preferred OR H.S Diploma/Associates Degree with experience
• Background Check
• SCR/SEL Clearance

COMPENSATION

Range: Starting at $22 per hour with opportunity for performance based and longevity increases.

Somos Bilingües or "We are Bilingual" was founded on the belief that children of all backgrounds and abilities deserve culturally responsive services.

What is cultural responsiveness? Cultural responsiveness involves understanding and appropriately responding to the unique combination of cultural variables and the full range of dimensions of diversity that the professional and client/patient/family bring to interactions. Clinical approaches—such as interview style, assessment tools, and therapeutic techniques—that are appropriate for one individual may not be appropriate for another. It is important to recognize that the unique influence of an individual's cultural and linguistic background may change over time and according to circumstance, necessitating adjustments in clinical approaches.

​We strive to reduce the historical disparities that exist in special education- in particular, the over-identification of historically marginalized groups, which include bilingual and bicultural students.

How do we achieve this? Our team consists of speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, psychologists, special educators, and social workers that specialize in providing culturally and linguistically responsive assessments and services- using the latest evidence-based practice, extensive case-history review, parent and teacher interviews, observations and work-samples, dynamic assessment measures, non-standard administration of standardized assessments, and clinical judgement.

Visit Us at www.somosbilinguesslp.com to learn more.

Pay: $22.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Work Location: In person

Salary : $22 - $25