Developmental Educator/Mental Health Counselor, Early Intervention - Fee For Service (FFS)
Inspire Diagnostics

Job Info

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$1,000 Sign on Bonus for bilingual in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and/or Portuguese!

A Great opportunity exists for a Developmental Educator to join our team of passionate, dedicated professionals who make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families!

The Step One Early Intervention Program serves clients from Quincy, Milton, and Randolph, and is available to families with infants and toddlers with special needs, including developmental disabilities, developmental delays, and environmental or biological risk factors. Our team includes developmental educators, speech pathologists, social workers, licensed mental health counselors, teaching assistants, nurses, and physical, occupational, and music therapists.

Working collaboratively with parents and outside care professionals, the team conducts developmental assessments, creates individual family service plans, and offers developmental and therapeutic intervention and ongoing education and support to enable families to best meet the needs of their children.

Step One Early Intervention provides services in the child's home, our learning center, and in community settings, such as childcare centers. At our learning center, a range of group services are offered, including parent-baby and parent-toddler groups, infant massage, and sensory-motor and social-communication groups.

Other Responsibilities include:

• Monitors growth in all developmental domains
  
• Supports parents in coping with their child's delays and/or disabilities
  
• Leads parent-child groups and provides structure and routines within the group
  
• Provides consultation to colleagues around child development
  
• Demonstrates knowledge of etiology, characteristics of common developmental disabilities, and risk factors as well as their effect on early development and caregiver interactions
  
• Describes a child's play behaviors across developmental domains and identifies intervention strategies
  
• Understands the impact of prematurity on development, understands stress signs in infants, and intervention strategies
  
• Select appropriate play activities and adapt activities and/or the environment for children to be successful
  
• Responds to parents' questions regarding development in all domains in a clear and concise manner
  

We offer a competitive salary and a great benefit package!

• Commitment to providing quality training to our staff
  
• Opportunities for collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team
  
• Health/Dental insurance
  
• Employee recognition awards
  
• Company contributions to retirement plan
  
• Company-paid life insurance
  
• Flexible schedule
  
• Mileage and cell phone reimbursement
  
• Opportunities to attend in-service training and more...
  

Aspire Health Alliance is helping to pioneer a new approach to behavioral health across the lifespan providing a continuum of care that is proactive, coordinated, available through multiple access points, and integrated with medical care. We are working as a team to fulfill our mission to make emotional well-being essential to overall health and foster an environment that is safe supportive and free of judgment or prejudice around mental health. Our vision is to create a society where there is no health without mental health at its core

Required Skills

• Time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively, as well as function autonomously
• Knowledge of family systems and dynamics
• Ability to build therapeutic relationships with the parents of a child with special needs

Required Experience

• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling Psychology or a related field required
• Prior experience working with children from birth to age three and their families
• Valid driver's license and access to a personal vehicle are required to do home visits in Milton, Quincy, and Randolph

Aspire Health Alliance is committed to and passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate, support, and promote diversity of thought, culture, and backgrounds. As an employer committed to equal opportunity, we base all employment decisions on each individual's capabilities and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other protected characteristic. Aspire Health Alliance strives to fully reflect the clients and communities we serve and believes that a diversity of interests and cultures leads to a stronger and more innovative organization.

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