Inclusion Specialist

Job Description

#BECOMEANALLYTODAY! #ALLIESNEEDSALLIES

$2,500 SIGN-ON INCENTIVE BONUS

FOR CONSIDERATION: Email cover letter and resume to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Full Benefits Package offered, including:

• Competitive Pay
• 12 Holidays per calendar year
• 2 Personal Days - birthday and anniversary of employment
• 10 Vacation Days per year (increases with tenure)
• 10 Sick Leave Days per year
• 10 Jury Duty Days
• 100% Employer Contribution to:
  Health - Kaiser or Anthem, Dental, Vision
• 401k Retirement Plan with a 50% employer match for the first 4%
• 100% Employer-Paid Life and Accidental Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – for team members and dependents

Additional benefits:

• Pet Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Discounts on movie tickets, amusement parks, travel, hotels, sporting events, shows, and more.
• Initial and ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Opportunities for growth and advancement
• Employee referral incentive - $1,500
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Credit Union Membership

Every child needs a childhood. Allies for Every Child (Allies) exists to give at-risk children and children living in poverty the foundation they need to increase their life choices and lead fulfilling lives. For nearly 40 years, Allies has been providing thousands of at-risk children and their families with critical, high-quality child development and family wellness programs (including comprehensive early education and Early Head Start services), family strengthening interventions, foster care and adoption services, and a range of vital, integrated services, including mental health services, educational assessments, trauma and disabilities screenings/advocacy, nutrition services, dental and vision screenings, and pediatric health consultations.

In 2024, Allies expanded its reach, serving even more children and youth in foster care and those transitioning to adulthood through Extraordinary Families, a program of Allies for Every Child.

The Inclusion Specialist (IS) is responsible for consultation, collaboration, and monitoring of children with special needs and/or disabilities, who are enrolled in Allies programs, including providing support in the classroom and at family childcare provider locations. This position works within an interdisciplinary team setting to ensure full inclusion of children with disabilities. The Inclusion Specialist works closely with the education teams and Director of Inclusion Services (DIS), to ensure support for children with special needs and/or disabilities, monitor access to individualized services, and provide appropriate referrals to relevant community agencies to address developmental delays, as needed.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for supporting the administration of developmental screenings for children 0-5, agency wide
• Monitors, tracks and processes completed developmental screenings, agency wide
• Maintains understanding of relevant State and Federal regulations and standards (e.g. EHS, CDSS)
• Ensures that children and families are supported through the linkage process to community agencies and appropriate services
• Maintains electronic data and documentation (disabilities) in Child Plus for children enrolled in Early Childhood Education programs
• Ensure Allies staff have access to children's current IFSP/IEP to facilitate lesson planning and individualization
• Support the DIS to ensure that these IFSP/IEP are consistently reviewed with the child’s primary educator
• Under the supervision of the DIS, provides coaching and support to Allies staff to ensure provision of appropriate environment accommodations
• Visits family childcare provider sites to monitor individualization of services and inclusion of children with special needs and/or disabilities
• Conducts classroom observations to monitor individualization of…