Child Development Specialist

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CORE JOB SUMMARY
The Child Development Specialist works with children, their parents, and educators in assessing a child’s development needs, deficiencies, and goals. Moreover, this position offers parents and caretakers advice on how to best overcome the challenges presented by developmental issues.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Provides evaluations, reports, goals, direct therapy, and consultation services.
• Implements services and activities for children with a variety of developmental and diagnostic indicators.
• Delivers consultation services to parents, caregivers, teachers, and community specialists and professionals regarding client progress and recommendations.
• Assists children with physical, social, and behavioral needs.
• Maintains effective communications with parents.
• Preserves confidentiality while communicating with parents and other departments about individual children and family needs and progress.
• Ensures all licensing regulations are complied with at all times.
• Inputs patient data into appropriate computer systems in a timely manner.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Implement the Florida FLEPIC coaching model for center-based services to provide evidence-based coaching to caregivers and early intervention providers.
• Support early interventionists and service coordinators in strengthening coaching practices during classroom time and at team meetings.
• Provide reflective feedback and model effective coaching strategies that promote caregiver engagement and child development.
• Participate in professional development on the FLEPIC framework to maintain fidelity in coaching practices.

• Participate in initial and ongoing eligibility evaluations and assessments with the multidisciplinary team.
• Conduct developmental screenings and assessments as assigned, using standardized tools in accordance with Early Steps policies.
• Interpret evaluation results for families and team members to support eligibility determination and service planning.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience required

Certification and Licensing:

• Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job.

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