Job Description: Family Training Counseling and Home Visits (General Educator)
Position Summary:
General Educator is to be a member of a multidisciplinary team to support and provide services for children from birth to age 3 with developmental delays or disabilities in their natural environment (home, daycare, etc.)
Family training, counseling, and home visits (FTCHV)
are services provided, as appropriate, by qualified personnel to assist the family in understanding their child’s needs and enhancing their child’s development, FTCHV services provided by a General Educator includes but is not limited to the following:
- Use evidence-based practices to support the family capacity in enhancing their child’s development within their daily routines and activities,
- Support the family in understanding and communicating their child needs.
- Conduct an Multidisciplinary Development Evaluation (MDE) to determine initial and on-going Part C eligibility and/or identify present levels of development. The MDE includes an evaluation of the child’s present level of functioning in each of the following developmental areas: cognition: physical (including vision and hearing): communication; social or emotional; and social or emotional; and adaptive, and also include a review of pertinent records related to the child’s current health status and medical history.
- Function as Primary Service Provider (PSP) to serve as the liaison between the family and other team members in order to support all outcomes and objectives in the child’s individualized Family Support Plan (IFSP) by utilizing coaching practices and receiving support from Consultants who represent the identified areas of need in order to support the child’s family to strengthen their abilities in promoting the child’s learning and development within daily routines and activities; and
- Participate in the IFSP meetings and other meetings (i.e., Family Support Team (FST) meeting, Joint Visit Planning ( JVP) meeting, Transition meeting ) regarding the child’s progress.
Position Qualifications:
General Educator shall Minimally have a Bachelor’s degree in education or other related fields.
Other Duties May Include:
- Participating in fundraising activities for UCPAH.
- Participating with UCPAH staff to ensure safety, sanitation and security of office assets of the organization.
- All other duties assigned.
- Ensure a positive and healthy work environment.