Family Resource Coordinator, Early Support for Infants & Toddlers Program

Children's Therapy Center; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life insurance

Continuing education support

Retirement plan

Job summary

Children’s Therapy Center seeks a Family Resources Coordinator to join a multi-disciplinary ESIT team. The role emphasizes family-centered, culturally responsive care across home, telehealth, and community settings, with a focus on development and inclusion.

You will collaborate with caregivers to implement IFSPs, provide coaching, and support diverse families while traveling between the office and family homes. A strong background in social services and CPR/First Aid is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of AA degree or equivalent in a field related to social services or early child development.
• Experience or education in case management, family studies, early childhood development, or special education.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification, required.
• Strong communication and listening skills with diverse audiences.
• Ability to work with families in multi-cultural settings and travel to community sites.

Responsibilities

• Participate on a multi-disciplinary team to conduct screenings and evaluations for eligibility and contribute to reports.
• Educate caregivers on child development across diverse differences.
• Provide culturally relevant coaching in home, natural environments, or telehealth.
• Coach families to support routines that promote health and development.
• Collaborate on IFSP development and implementation with ESIT team.
• Build strong relationships with families and community partners.
• Attend team meetings, staffing, and peer coaching sessions.
• Integrate cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic diversity into daily routines.
• Promote warm attachments between caregivers and children.
• Ensure compliance with IDEA Part B & C processes and timelines.

Skills

Family-centered care

Culturally competent practice

Strong communication skills

Multicultural collaboration

Coaching and caregiver support

Team collaboration

Self-awareness and growth mindset

MS Word and Outlook

Education

AA degree or equivalent in social services / early child development

Tools

MS Word

Outlook

Job description

Description

Founded in 1979 by a group of very involved, hands-on, highly regarded therapists, Children’s Therapy Center is on a mission to maximize the potential of children with disabilities. Our approach is to dismantle racism and ableism by offering collaborative, personalized, and family-centered physical, occupational, and speech therapy. We believe in the power of teamwork and offer early intervention services and multidisciplinary, play-based, and child-led early childhood special education.

Founded in 1979 by a group of very involved, hands-on, highly regarded therapists, Children’s Therapy Center is on a mission to maximize the potential of children with disabilities. Our approach is to dismantle racism and ableism by offering collaborative, personalized, and family-centered physical, occupational, and speech therapy. We believe in the power of teamwork and offer early intervention services and multidisciplinary, play-based, and child-led early childhood special education.

Requirements

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to conduct family-centered, strengths-based screenings, evaluations, and ongoing assessments to inform eligibility determination and contribute to full evaluation report.
• Understand and educate parents and caregivers on the wide range of children’s development across individual, cultural, and community differences.
• Provide caregivers with culturally relevant support in the home, natural environment and/or telehealth, utilizing a coaching model that promotes health, well-being, and development of the whole child.
• Coach parents and caregivers to support culturally relevant routines that promote health, well-being, and development of the child.
• As part of the ESIT team, collaborate with caregivers to develop and/or implement the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) that supports healthy racial, cultural, gender, socio-economic and disability identity for children and caregivers.
• Develop strong relationships with caregivers and work collaboratively with community members and multi-disciplinary ESIT team to meet family's needs.
• Participate as an active member of the ESIT team during team meetings, staffing, in-services, peer coaching/consultation.
• Demonstrates ability to embrace, integrate and adapt to cultural, racial, linguistic, ethnic, and socio-economic diversity into the daily curriculum by partnering with families and caregivers to incorporate and value aspects of language and traditions into the daily routine.
• Values and promotes relationships between caregivers and children by fostering warm/healthy attachments and interactions.
• As a member of a multi-disciplinary team, responsible for ensuring compliance with Children’s Therapy Center’s, IDEA Part B & C’s processes, policies, and timelines.

Demonstrable Experience And Other Qualifications

• Minimum of AA degree OR equivalent experience in field related to social services or early child development.
• Relevant education and/or experience in case management, social work/social welfare, family studies, infant mental health, early childhood development, and/or special education.
• Strong knowledge of child development (birth to three).
• Relevant education and/or experience working with families and young children in multi-cultural setting preferred.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification, required.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to convey thoughts and express ideas effectively using various oral, written, visual, and/or non-verbal skills.
• Effective listening skills, including the ability to recognize, comprehend and appreciate various perspectives and diverse points of view.
• Organized and detail oriented, with the ability to organize work to meet various commitments and responsibilities.
• Ability to anticipate potential challenges, and adjust to changes as needed.
• Collaborative and participatory; serves as an active member of the team, inviting diverse perspectives to support organizational priorities and common goals.
• Demonstrated ability to include, value, respect, and engage perspectives that cross cultural backgrounds, lived experiences, and diverse points of view.
• Strong decision-making skills, including the ability to complete duties factoring appropriate or relevant details, considerations, and input from all individuals impacted.
• Consciously and intentionally operates with self-awareness; consistently seeking opportunities to learn and grow in proactive and respectful ways.
• Experience working with infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities; including those with feeding and sensory processing challenges.
• Bilingual, multi-lingual speaking skills are a plus.
• Strong word processing and proficient with MS Word and Outlook.
• Valid Washington State driver’s license and valid automobile insurance including access to reliable personal transportation.

Additional information

Schedule

This position is available a full time 40 hour per week. This position operates primarily in-person; limited remote work may be available. Family Resources Coordinators are expected to join all family-facing and Team meetings in-person. The role involves regular travel between the office location and community settings, including visits to family-homes in the community.

What We Offer

Children’s Therapy Center offers equitable, competitive pay based on job-related experience and education. The pay range for this position is $25.33-$39.54 per hour, depending on relevant background and qualifications.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off; medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; and continuing education support for eligible employees. Employees may enroll in our retirement plan starting with their first paycheck, with employer contributions beginning after one year of service.

Children’s Therapy Center is an equal opportunity employer. We seek to hire candidates that reflect diverse backgrounds, beliefs and cultural histories. We continually seek to understand, acknowledge and appreciate our differences, engaging with an attitude of respectful curiosity, and a growth-mindset. We believe everyone has the right to be respected and valued.

Consistent with applicable federal, state and local laws, and our values, Children’s Therapy Center provides all employees and applicants with equal opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship including consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a disabled person.