Child Development Specialist Sat & Sun

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• Job Level
  :
  
  Entry Level (less than 2 years)
• Level of Education
  :
  
  High School/GED
• Job Type
  :
  
  Part-Time
• Date Updated
  :02/04/2026
• Years of Experience
  :
  
  Up to 2 Years
• Starting Date
  :
  
  ASAP
• Work Hours
  :16

Our Mission:

The Village was one of the first agencies in the country to provide homes for neglected children. Today, we continue to achieve our mission “to build a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children” by providing a full range of behavioral health,early childhood and youth development, substance use treatment and support services for children, adults and families in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut region.

Named a Connecticut Top Workplace for five consecutive yearswithnationaldistinction for workplace culture and diversity,equity and inclusion practices, you can be sure you’re joining an organization that’s just as committed to your success as we are tothose we serve.

Starting hourly rate $20.50 per hour

Shift: Saturday and Sunday 7am-3:30pm (includes a half hourunpaid break)

• Staff of the Month (gift card rewards), Perfect Attendance Awards,staff appreciation events (agency wide and program specific) throughout the year with food and prizes, appreciation shout-outs inemails and weekly newsletter
• Culture and Connection Committee - staff driven group that creates and participates in the implementation of staff engagementactivities and groups to create a collaborative, mutually supportive and personally rewarding work environment.
• On the floor coaching and development
• Opportunity for career growth and mentorship
• Regular upward assessments to provide feedback on employee needs
• Employee Assistance Program - includes free counseling services.

JOB SUMMARY

The Child Development Specialist I participate as a key member of amulti-disciplinary treatment team in the treatment and/or education of children with significant emotional, behavioral, and learning disabilities. She/He ensures that the children’s physical and emotional needs are met daily and supports the children’s academiclearning by focusing on the enhancement of their social, recreational,and behavioral functioning.

ABOUT EAGLE HOUSE

Eagle House is a 24-bed psychiatric residential treatment facility(PRTF) that serves as a step down, or diversion, from inpatient hospitalization for children ages 6-12 who present with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties due to significant trauma history. Eagle House helps prepare them for transition to community-based treatment, and/or a family or foster care setting,through providing intensive clinical support services like ongoing psychiatry and nursing evaluations, individual, group, and family therapy sessions, case management, and special education services.

Youth are typically in the program for around 4 months. We use atrauma-informed model of care to build relationships with youth inorder to stabilize them and help them improve overall functioning.

Through building supportive and therapeutic relationships with theyouth, members of the…