Developmental Interventionist - Permanent, Full Time

Location: 78C Commercial St., Dominion                    Hours: 35 hours per week (8:30AM – 4:30PM)

What we offer:

NSECDIS offers a competitive compensation package including:

• Salary: $34.20 per hour ($62,244.00 per year) with annual adjustments up to 8 years
• 105 hours Vacation, 105 hours Sick time
• Group Health Benefits Plan (including Extended Healthcare, Dental and Wellness services)
• Contributory Defined Benefits Pension Plan
• Paid holidays (provincial & federal) as well as a paid winter holiday shutdown

As well as:

• Continuous Professional Development
• A chance to support families and educators in your community

Who we are:

Nova Scotia Early Childhood Development Intervention Services (NSECDIS) provides province-wide services for families of children, birth to school entry, who may be at risk for, or with a diagnosis of, developmental delay. Our goal to promote improved developmental outcomes for children through consultation, coaching, information sharing, support and services designed to meet the individual needs of the child and family. Services emphasize the enhancement of skills and ability through planned interactions to promote child development and family capacity and are delivered in the child’s home and community-based programs.

We also facilitate Early Learning and Child Care program and Early Childhood Educator capacity building through coaching within child care and Pre-primary programs with use of The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children.

As an employer we offer a supportive environment where staff are encouraged to follow their passion within our field. We believe in continuous Professional Development and growth. Our teams are comprised of compassionate trained professionals who enjoy serving their communities.

Duties include:

• In home coaching with families and community consultations to establish and implement family led meaningful goals and strategies
• Supporting capacity building in families and educators by providing participatory experiences and opportunities that strengthen knowledge and skills and promote a positive sense of competence and confidence
• Connect families with community partners/resources and support navigation within service systems
• Maintaining positive relationships and continual communication with families and their support teams to facilitate joint programming
• Tracking of child and family progress and goals through timely and accurate documentation of all caseload observations and data within our internal database system and support files
• Other related duties as required

Qualifications & Skills:

• A minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Development or related field
• Experience working with children from birth to school age with developmental disabilities and their families is essential
• Strong planning, organizational and time management abilities are required
• Excellent communication (oral & written)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Adaptable and dependable
• Valid driver’s license and access to own reliable vehicle is required daily