What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialist - ECI position at Education Service Center Region 3?
WAGE / HR STATUS : Exempt
REPORTS TO : Senior Director for Early Childhood Intervention
COMPONENT : Early Childhood Intervention
PRIMARY PURPOSE :
To provide Specialized Skills Training and Case Management services to children from birth to three years of age with developmental delays or disabilities.
Minimum Education Certification :
Bachelor's Degree in related field : Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Special Education, Human Development and Family Studies, Education, Special Education, Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Sociology, Nursing
Special Knowledge / Skills :
Effective organizational, communication (verbal and written), and interpersonal skills.
General knowledge of child development.
General knowledge of child assessment.
1. Develop individualized plans of services to identified children and families and implement and monitor direct service provision..
2. Conduct screening and assessment of identified children and families and assist, as needed, with Child Find activities.
3. Provide interpretation of assessment data and formulate reports.
4. Develop and utilize monitoring and oversight systems to manage caseload including scheduling in accordance with IPSP, compliance with Tkids data regements, and state and federal regulations and timelines.
5. Assist families with the development, implementation and evaluation of plans.
6. Keep informed of and comply with ECI, ESC, State and Federal policies and procedures
and licenser requirements of assignment.
7. Maintain records, reports, and correspondence in compliance with current documentation requirements and timely submission.
8. Demonstrate behavior that is professional, ethical and responsible and serve as a role
model for the region.
9. Communicate effectively with children, family, clients, and staff.
10. Develop skills appropriate to job assignment.
11. Keep updated on required training.
12. Maintain confidential information.
13. Assist families with direct access to social services resources within the community, state, and nationally and document case management services.
14. Research resources and services for families, as needed, to meet their needs.
Environment :
Frequent in-region and occasional out-of-region travel.
Occasional prolonged and irregular hours.
Works with frequent interruptions.
Moderate walking, standing, sitting, lifting, carrying, stooping, bending, and reaching.
Must be able to enter homes that are not ADA accessible and must provide services to children in their homes for all ECI services.
These statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not intended to represent an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.
All positions at ESC 3 are defined as security-sensitive. Security-sensitive positions are those which require employees to be entrusted with the certain types of data, whether electronic or in paper form. Those data elements, as defined by the ESC 3 Data Classification and Handling Policy may include, but not limited to :
- Sensitive Personal Information (SPI)
- Personally, Identifiable Information (PII)
- Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Family Educational Records (FERPA Data)
- Federal Tax Information (FTI)
- HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act)
It is the employees on-going responsibility to safe guard this type of data and to report any instance of lost or stolen data.
