Early Interventionist

Reports to:

Chief Executive Officer

General Purpose:

The Early Interventionist is a qualified specialist in Early Intervention Services, serving children age birth through 6 years and their families. The Early Interventionist works in conjunction with a multi-disciplinary team comprised of the family, professionals, and others interested in ensuring the needs of the child and family are addressed. The Early Intervention Specialist will provide services to each child within their natural environment as determined by parent and Early Intervention team.

Essential Functions:

• Assist the family of an eligible child in understanding the special needs of the child and enhancing the child's development, e., Family Training.
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities in the child's natural environments with the child and caregiver and facilitate learning about the child's development within the
• Coordinate activities to ensure the child receives age-appropriate assessments in the local community with the family and other service providers or multidisciplinary
• Develop, coordinate, review and revise the IFSP/FSP addressing family and child strengths and needs identified by the family and their multidisciplinary
• Monitor services and supports at a frequency based upon the needs of each child/family to assure that they are implemented as
• Ensure that family members understand and agree with the activities, training methods, and intervention process used in addressing
• Provide the family with information and instructions regarding areas of intervention, specifically, information regarding therapies, service programs, waivers, financial resources, community involvement, specialized equipment, and other areas of service delivery.
• Provide Family Training to the child, family, and others involved with the child at locations and frequencies established in the IFSP/FSP.
• Provide resources to assist family members to meet their child's specific needs.
• Coordinate transition to and from other community services (I.E, between Early Intervention and public schools. Head Start, and child care in the community).
• Document all aspects of Early Intervention activities including: written plans, reports, progress, and follow-up towards outcomes.
• Ensure that the primary case records are logically and consistently organizes. The contents must be current, complete, timely, and meet documentation requirements. The primary case record will be kept secure. Local provider and DDSN confidentiality policies are to be followed, and must comply with HIPAA law.
• Maintain current information on data reporting systems for SCDDSN and BABYNET.
• Sign all service notes, Family Training data sheets, IFSP's and FSP's.
• Attend interagency staffing and meetings.
• Attend court hearings and other legal proceedings as requested

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Minimum of a bachelor's degree appropriate to the field in which the professional practices upon approval per State agencies.
• Training and experience: Must have received training in Early Intervention and/or have at least one year experience in working with children with special needs and disabilities.
• Must meet the compentencies outlined under the Early Intervention Standards. Completion and clearance of FBI/Fingerprinting, SLED, DHHS, and Sex offender checks, TB skin test, Infant/Child CPR and First Aid, and Safety Care are required.
• Must meet the competencies outlined under Early Intervention Standards. Completion and clearance of FBI/Fingerprinting, SLED, DHHS, and Sex offender Checks, TB skin test, Infant/Child CPR and First Aid, and Safety Care are required.

Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with others through the use of the telephone and personal contact as normally defined by the ability to see, read, talk, hear, handle or feel objects and controls. Standing, walking, sitting, stooping, kneeling, bending, and crouching are regularly required of the position. The employee is required to have visual and hearing acuity sufficient enough to assess patient safety and ability. Capable of exerting 20-50 pounds of force occasionally (less than 1/3 of the time) and/or 10-20 pounds of force frequently (1/2 of the time) and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly (2/3 or more of the time) to move objects, equipment and/or perform medium to maximum transfer assists with patients.

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.