Developmental Specialist - bilingual Job Albuquerque area,New Mexico USA,Healthcare

Please review the educational requirements below.

Are you bilingual? Do you love working with families and children? Do you have a degree? Then this job is for you! We are willing to train the right candidates.

Alta Mira is a non-profit organization that has been supporting individuals with developmental or intellectual delays or disabilities, and their families, since 1985. We provide services to all age groups. We support over 800 children annually through our Early Intervention Program and 1500 adults in our Family Support Services. We employ over 60 employees and 250 independent contractors. We are an excellent employer with a high level of schedule flexibility and very rich benefits.

We are one of New Mexico’s Top Workplaces in the category of work/life balance.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position.

Some of our benefits include:

$1000 sign-on bonus
Paid Time Off – from 150 to 304 hours a year
Paid Sick Leave - 1 hour for every 30 hours worked
Paid Holidays – 5 holidays per year
Winter Break – agency is closed from December 24th through New Year’s Day (paid)
Educational Leave – 40 hours after 6 months of employment
Bereavement Leave – up to 24 hours
Medical – 3 plans to choose from through BCBS, ranging in premiums from $0 to $159.21.
Dental - free
Vision – vision through VSP at $2.05
SIMPLE IRA – Matched $1 for $1 by the agency for the first 3% of employees' annual pay
Group life and Long-Term Disability – agency pays for 25K
Individual life and Short-Term Disability – available, paid by employee
Mileage reimbursement - $0.725 per mile, if required to drive during work hours for work purposes
Discount Program
We are a 501c3 program that allows employees to enroll their student loans in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the Federal government.

SKILLS

Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.
Able to provide reliable transportation for home visits.
Able to work as a trans-disciplinary team member.

EXPERIENCE

2 years’ experience required. More than 2 years of previous Early Intervention experience.
New Mexico certification as a Developmental Specialist 2, bachelor’s degree required.
New Mexico certification as a Developmental Specialist 3, master’s degree required.
Current New Mexico driver's license, or ability to arrange transportation to meet agency needs assigned.

Job Responsibilities

Participate as a team member in initial and ongoing developmental assessment activities with infants and toddlers in the areas of communication, play, cognition, fine and gross motor skills, adaptive behavior, and social/emotional skills.

Administer, score, and interpret formal testing instruments as appropriate. Testing procedures are carried out accurately and reliably, and in a manner that is culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate.

Integrate informal assessment, behavioral observation, developmental history, and information regarding everyday routines and activities with formal testing information to reflect a holistic view of the child and his/her needs in the written evaluation report.

Review the written evaluation report and give feedback to the SC regarding assessment information, grammar, spelling, and overall content of the report.

Support SC in completing ECO summary forms at the initial IFSP and subsequent IFSP meetings.

Carriers out assessment procedures in a sensitive manner regarding the family’s everyday routines and activities.

Participate in eligibility determination.

Collaborate with families and other staff during team assessments.

Participate in planning an appropriate Early Intervention program for each child and family through the IFSP process (including the initial IFSP and subsequent reviews).

Actively participate with team members and parents in IFSP development…