Child Development Specialist
1 month ago
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The University of Miami Health System, "UHealth", Department of Pediatrics Early Steps Program has an exciting opportunity for a Child Development Specialist. 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.
- 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.
- Participates as a team member in the evaluation and ongoing assessment of children's developmental functioning using formal and informal testing measures and tools to examine the cognitive, gross/fine motor development, language, social-emotional, and self-help skills of infants and toddlers at risk for or presenting with developmental delays. The assessment focuses on the use of standardized psychological measures of development. Interprets developmental/medical assessment and evaluation results for families as part of a multidisciplinary team, under the supervision of a Ph.D. Psychologist.
- With the team, develops an Individualized Family Support Plan (IFSP) that includes an individualized plan of care for interventions in the natural environments for infants and children 0-3, based on child and family assessments. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to determine the best available service for the child/parent within the community.
- Educates parents about the child's strengths and weaknesses and developmental needs by participating in the Family Support Planning Process. Provides direct instruction to families and other caregivers on strategies to meet identified individualized needs and outcomes as written on the IFSP. Participates in updating and implementing the IFSP, and evaluates developmental progress as necessary to determine efficiency of interventions.
- 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.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- Certification in relevant specialty or field
- Minimum 2 years of experience
- Bilingual English/Spanish.
- Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
- Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
- Commitment to the University's core values.
Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.
The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.
UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.
Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.
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