Early Interventionist-Hearing and Speech Center

Job Description

Market Range: 10

Hiring Salary: $23.91/Hourly

THIS IS A PART-TIME GRANT FUNDED POSITION LOCATED IN KNOXVILLE, TN (20 HOURS PER WEEK). THIS POSITION IS FUNDED UNTIL JUNE 30, 2029.

JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The Early Interventionist provides direct developmental therapy services in a home or community-based environment and/or virtually to children up to three years of age through a contract with the Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS).

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care for program participants.
• Implement programs services with children and families using knowledge and strategies of Family Guided Routines Based Intervention (FGRBI).
• Implement family and caregiver training as part of service delivery.
• Completes routinely scheduled assessments.
• Manages program data using Tennessee’s Early Intervention Data System (TEIDS) related to grant requirements.
• Develops child-specific program objectives to support Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) goals utilizing information gained from assessments.
• Manage patient charts including session documentation, correspondence, records request, letters to other professionals, and maintain files in compliance with licensure regulations.
• Establishes and maintains collaboration with other professionals providing services for PLC clients.
• Attends PLC professional meetings; participates in activities to remain current with evidence-based practice needed for programming and to maintain grant requirements.
• Travel to home and community sites to provide services as indicated on the children’s IFSP.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: Associate’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology, Early Childhood Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Child and Family Studies (child development), Early Intervention, Deaf Education or Visual Disabilities, Special Education K-12, Elementary Education, Communication Disorders or related field. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

EXPERIENCE: Four (4) years of documented experience working with children with disabilities 0-5 years of age and their families; OR Bachelor’s Degree and two (2) years of documented experience working with children with disabilities 0-5 years of age and their families. Must have a valid Driver’s License and car insurance. Child safety registry searches will be conducted (Required by TEIS).

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Ability and skill to provide assessment and treatment services to children with autism or related disorders.
• Knowledge of basic communication principles and parameters.
• Skilled in implementing clinical practices of speech-language pathology, and attitudes of sensitivity to the needs of clients as members of larger familial, cultural, linguistic, and social systems.