Bilingual Service Coordinator, Early Intervention

RISE Pediatric Therapies is a growing organization that provides support to families of children birth to three years of age with disabilities or special developmental needs, helping them to build on their child's strengths, and to enhance and promote the child's growth, development and learning skills in their natural environment. We are hiring a Service Coordinator for our Early Intervention Program to be a part of the EI Core Team. The Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) provides support to families of children from birth to three years of age with disabilities or special developmental needs, assisting them on learning developmental skills such as gross motor, fine motor, language, and facilitate engagement in activities, routines and events of everyday life. This role will be working with clients in the Tempe/Scottsdale/Phoenix area.

Responsibilities

Provide supports and services in context of the family's typical routines and activities so that information is meaningful and directly relevant to supporting the child to fully participate in his or her primary care giving relationships and environments; Process referrals, schedule initial meetings with families, conduct screenings using standardized protocol and tools approved by AzEIP, and ensure timely delivery of services; Ensure proper maintenance of child files, required documentation, the AZ DES automated system and RISE tracking tools; Coordinate, attend and schedule assessments; IFSP (6 months and annual), IEP, eligibility determination meetings, transition planning; notify all interested parties of meeting dates and times; Travel to attend meetings, training and appointments

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood, Child Development, Early Childhood Special Education, Special Education with an Early Childhood Endorsement, or Family Studies; Demonstrate knowledge in AzEIP Policies and Professionalism, Child Development, Family Professional Partnerships, Teaming, Assessments and Evaluation, Planning, and Intervention; Demonstrate knowledge in AZ DDD/DES policies; Demonstrative communication and listening skills both written and verbal; Candidate must successfully complete a background clearance and obtain Level One Fingerprint Card Clearance; Travel to attend meetings, training and appointments

Nice to have

Pediatric experience a plus; Bilingual English/Spanish for this position is a plus

Benefits

Excellent benefits