Early Intervention Specialist-Arlington

For over 50 years, MHMR has provided community-based services for youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), mental health conditions, and substance use disorders, as well as babies and young children with developmental delays. MHMR employees use a person-centered approach to fulfill the mission:
We Change Lives! Using innovative approaches, MHMR partners with community organizations to provide services and a hopeful future.

Do you have a passion for making a difference? Join our team to make a difference.

Asan Early Intervention Specialist, you will provide service coordination and/or specialized skills services, to developmentally delayed infants, toddlers and their families asidentifiedin the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and from the point of referral to eligibility determination. Ensures that all (0-3) children are servedtimelyand appropriately and in keeping with their procedural safeguards,rightsand needs. Focuses on supporting the parent-child relationship so that positive outcomes can occur.

It comes to the belief that parenting is the most important job there is and that every parent/caregiver can be successful.

Defined

Education:

Adaptive Physical Education, Child Development, Child Life, Communication Disorders, Family Studies, Health, Human Development Psychology, Social Work, Rehabilitative Counseling/Rehabilitation Services, Sociology, Special Education

Preferences:
One (1) year ECI or related human services experience with children ages birth to 3 years old, Bilingual preferred

Substitutions:
Any bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 hours of semester course credit relevant to early childhood intervention, including 3 hours of semester course credit in early childhood development or early childhood special education OR Be registered as an EIS in the State of Texas prior to 09/01/2011

License/

Certifications:

Valid Texas Driver's License

MHMR offers an excellent competitive benefits package designed to support the well being of our employees and their families. Our benefits include a retirement plan with company matching, day one PTO accrual, ten paid holidays plus a floating holiday, employee assistance programs, and comprehensive wellness programs that promote physical, mental, and financial health.

MHMR is committed to your future; we’re a qualifying employer for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs which offers long term financial relief opportunities for eligible team members.

We are committed to providing strong, meaningful benefits that make a real difference in the lives of employees and their eligible dependents. Our benefits philosophy emphasizes work–life balance, personal wellbeing, and access to resources that help employees thrive both professionally and personally.

• We Connect People  in Our Community
• We Link People to Resources
• We Empower People

• Respect for people who are active in planning their services
• Recovery is a life-long process of better health
• Success as positive outcomes for each person
• Participation of people and their families in the process
• Inclusion in the community through services that promote growth and independence
• Safe, ethical, and cost-effective services
• Best practices in current research in medical, psychosocial and organizational fields
• Collaboration with other organizations for better services

MHMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MHMR prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, covered veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. This applies to all agency employment practices and decisions, including but not limited to, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, transferring, reassigning, promoting, demoting, compensation, benefits, terminating and other terms and conditions of employment.