Early Intervention Specialist

Compass Center, Inc.; Santa Maria (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Paid drive time

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

Compass Center, Inc. in Santa Maria, CA seeks an Early Intervention Specialist to support families of infants and toddlers with developmental delays.

You will provide one-on-one intervention and maintain regular visits with families, guiding development in sensory, communication, cognition, and motor domains. The role offers flexible hours with caseloads set by the supervisor, and a pay rate of $20–$28 per billable hour.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Hold a valid California Driver’s License with a good driving record, maintain current vehicle insurance and reliable transportation.
• Live scan fingerprinting and background check procedure completed.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one intervention, maintaining weekly visits to provide complete early intervention services; schedule with the families.
• Maintain a minimum caseload as assigned by supervisor.
• Design, implement, and adapt activities for language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, sensory, self-help, and social/emotional development, for each individual child utilizing best practices.
• Model effective adult-child interactions and provide written information on parenting and child development, as needed.
• Maintain confidential client records/files. Log all phone and face-to-face contacts with the family and their Service Coordinator.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

We'd love to chat with you about the position! Compass Center, Inc. is a multidisciplinary pediatric therapy agency, therapist owned and founded by parents of a special needs and medically complex child. We understand the challenging journey that families like ours have to navigate. Our vision is to have a team with compassion who will share our vision to give exceptional services that go above and beyond the standards of care and practice in our communities. We have set very high hiring standards because we only hire therapists who we would have wanted for our own child. We know that an amazing team is the foundation of our successful programs and the reason for our rapid growth. We value compassion, expertise, and a supportive team environment. We are hiring candidates to join our Compass Center, Inc. team, who will embrace this opportunity to be part of a growing organization that respects and encourages work-life balance. You will join a stress and drama free work environment, with a supportive organizational culture with Clinical Directors who will ensure you will be respected, heard, seen and valued.

This position has a lot of flexibility with hours/scheduling and you can build your caseload accordingly. Pay DOE $20-$28 per billable hour and paid drive time and mileage! Plus 401K and more for those eligible! We have a very passionate team of OT, PT, SLP and Early Intervention Specialists.

The Early Intervention Specialist provides services to the families of infants and toddlers (to age 3) who have developmental delays. The specialist demonstrates intervention strategies designed for each child’s areas of need and addresses their semi-annual and annual goals. Developmental domains include Sensory, Communication, Cognition, Fine Motor, Gross Motor, Socialization, Self-Care and Emotional Development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide one-on-one intervention, maintaining weekly visits to provide complete early intervention services; schedule with the families
• Maintain a minimum caseload as assigned by supervisor
• Design, implement, and adapt activities for language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, sensory, self-help, and social/emotional development, for each individual child utilizing best practices.
• Model effective adult-child interactions and provide written information on parenting and child development, as needed.
• Maintain confidential client records/files. Log all phone and face-to-face contacts with the family and their Service Coordinator

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Hold a valid California Driver’s License with a good driving record, maintain current vehicle insurance and reliable transportation
• Complete Live scanfingerprinting and background check procedure