Therapeutic Integration Specialist

childandfamily; Middletown (RI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Child & Family is seeking a Therapeutic Integration Specialist to support students with developmental and behavioral needs within the classroom. You will partner with the Kids Connect Program to provide essential services that promote safety, wellbeing, and resilience in learning environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with clinicians, direct child services, and adherence to health and safety standards while engaging families and maintaining accurate records in the EHR system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 1 year’s experience in a childcare setting.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Must meet background checks and medical clearances.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate successful implementation of students with development and behavioral needs into the classroom.
• Partner with assigned clients from Kids Connect Program to provide support, ensure safety and wellbeing.
• Help clients thrive in classroom, navigate needs, social awareness and independence.
• Meet with the Clinical Supervisor and maintain accurate client records in the EHR system.
• Provide direct services to children to enable inclusion and build skills.
• Implement client behavior plans as established by the Clinical Supervisor.
• Ensure goal-oriented assessments and treatment/service plans within established timeframes.
• Foster positive relationships with parents and families; report concerns to the Program Director and Clinical Supervisor.
• Adhere to health and safety protocols; address hazards; be responsive to children’s needs.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in early childhood

1 year childcare experience

Organization skills

Time-management skills

Basic computer skills

Microsoft Office 365

Communication with diverse population

Collaboration and teamwork

Background checks & medical clearances

Education

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field

High school diploma or GED with relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

You will facilitate the successful implementation of students with development and/or behavioral needs into the classroom environment. The Therapeutic Integration Specialist will partner with assigned clients from the Kids Connect Program to provide necessary support, ensure their safety and wellbeing, and help the clients thrive in the classroom as they learn to navigate their needs, social awareness, and independence.

Your Main Priorities

While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:

• Meet with the Clinical Supervisor and maintain accurate client records using the Electronic Health Record (HER) system.
• Provide direct services to children to enable inclusion and build skills.
• Implement client behavior plans as established by the Clinical Supervisor.
• Ensure children receive goal-oriented assessments and treatment/service plans withing established time frames.
• Foster positive relationships with parents and families, provide support and resources and report concerns to the Program Director and Clinical Supervisor.
• Ensure all work is completed in a manner that adheres to all health and safety protocols, address and report any potential hazards to ensure the safety of children, and be reactive to children’s physical, emotional and cognitive needs.

Who You Are

Requirements, Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field or high school diploma or GED and experience the agency deems relevant to the position required.
• Minimum of 1 years’ experience working in a childcare setting required; knowledge of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Early Childhood quality standards is a plus.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements

Direct Service Staff:

This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Affirmative Action

Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.