Child Development Specialist

Salary

Competitive Rates, Based on Experience ($35 / hour - $45 / hour)

Benefits

• Sign on bonus (up to $1000)
• Create your own schedule
• Flexible schedules & locations of your choice
• Professional support & development
• Paid admin time (travel time/reports/scheduling)
• Paid mileage between sessions
• Tech stipend each month
• Eligible for direct deposit
• Medical Benefits Available to Part-Time Employees
• May be eligible to earn sick time
• May be eligible to participate in Sunny Days 401(k) plan
• Supportive and positive team environment
• Opportunities to serve infants and toddlers with developmental delays and their families in both their home and community-based settings
  
  

Looking for a flexible, challenging and rewarding opportunity to work with infants, toddlers and their families? Join our team of dedicated professionals who make a daily difference in the lives of young children by providing quality, home-based early intervention services.

Sunny Days of California, Inc. specializes in the area of early intervention, serving children with developmental needs from birth to three years of age. Sunny Days is a nationwide agency and has programs throughout the state of California. Our programs are multidisciplinary, providing occupational, physical, and speech therapy, as well as child development services.

We are looking to grow our team of Child Development Specialists in your area!

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct developmental assessments, provide child development services utilizing the Parent Coaching Model (Rush & Sheldon)
• Follow each child’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and work with the family to develop strategies to help each child reach their specific developmental goals
• Utilize the family-centered parent coaching approach to build caregivers’ confidence and skills and to ensure that progress is generalized
• Provide services in the child’s natural environment, in families’ homes, daycare centers and/or other community settings; virtual services also currently available
• Provide re-assessments and write progress reports (typically bi-annual)
• Maintain confidentiality of information regarding children and families (in accordance with HIPAA and/or State/Federal regulations)
  
  

Requirements

• Master’s degree preferred/ required (for Orange County only) in child development, early childhood, teaching or related field OR a special education teaching credential
• Early Intervention Experience Preferred
• Home-Based Service Delivery Experience Preferred
• Strong Interpersonal Skills
• Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus!
  
  

Sunny Days is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, age or covered veteran status. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.