Child Development Specialist

# Child Development Specialist IWayfinder LA Campus
- Los Angeles, CA 90043## Overview Salary Range $23.00 - $26.00 Hourly Position Type Part Time Job Shift Day/AM Education Level4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage Up to 50%
Category Nonprofit
- Social Services## Description At
** Wayfinder Family Services**, we understand the unique challenges facing some of our state’s most vulnerable children, youth and adults. Those with disabilities, those without a home of their own, those who have been abused and many, many more. We answer the call for them. We believe in the amazing potential in, and for, each and every one of them. And, together, we find a way to turn that potential into reality.

** Program and Role Summary
** Wayfinder’s
** Child Development Services
** provides early intervention in person to children from birth to age 6 with visual impairment or multiple disabilities. Young children maximize any vision they have and reduce developmental delays. Parents learn to provide their child with therapeutic stimulation and advocate for their child’s education and care. Child development reduces the need for special education and increases independence for children with disabilities.

The primary focus on the
** Child Development Specialist,
** is to provide specialized services to families of young children with vision impairments and/or multiple disabilities from birth through five years of age.  The Child Development Specialist provides home instruction, lesson plans, resource information, and referrals to local community-based organizations, advocates for the client’s family, and partners with parents and caregivers to empower them as advocates for their child. The hourly wage range for this role is $23.00 - $26.00.

This is a part-time position budgeted for 20 hours/week.
** This position is home-based and will cover the catchment areas of the Westside Regional Center, South Central Regional Center, and Frank

D. Lanterman Regional Center.
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* Primary Responsibilities:

*** Provide direct intervention in the child's natural environment: home, at a center-based site, or a hospital. Coordinate your schedule to meet the family's needs, ensuring the weekly visits are met as authorized by the Regional Center or School District.
* Conduct functional vision and developmental assessments using observation, parent interviews, authentic assessment strategies, and formal assessment tools. Per the frequency of the Regional Center, assessments include but are not limited to Oregon, DAYC-2, and HAWAII (HELP). Frequency includes but is not limited to every 3, 6 or 9 months.
* Participates in developing and implementing each child’s Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) and outcomes in collaboration with the family and education team, providing progress reports as required by each Regional Center or Local Education Agency.
* Assists and supports family in transitioning to the public school system or appropriate preschool setting (Birth to 3 children).
* Actively collaborates with community-based providers of related services, including medical and educational providers, to help identify children with vision loss and developmental delays and provide access to services as part of Child Find.
* Completes and maintains client case files and client database, including :
Face Sheet, Home Visit Log Notes, intake forms, Developmental Profile, Family Program Plan, Physician Reports, Correspondence, Reports of Medical Visits, IFSPs, IEPs, assessments, and Medi-Cal documentation.
* Other duties as outlined in the position description.## Qualifications
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* Education and Experience:

*** A minimum of a B.A., B.S. degree in Special Education, Child Development, Orientation and Mobility, Infant or Early Childhood, Social Work, or…