Early Intervention Specialist

Do you have experience with children and a passion for working with children with Developmental Disabilities? We have an exciting opportunity for an Early Intervention Specialist to join our friendly team.

CLIMB Learning specialises in intensive Early Intervention for young children with developmental disabilities or delay. We combine evidence based teaching, positive behaviour support and speech pathology to deliver comprehensive programs that help children to reach their full potential.

The benefits of working at CLIMB include:

- Small friendly and supportive team who work closely together
- Small caseload working intensively to support a small number of children and their families
- Ongoing professional development support and mentorship
- Flexible work hours and supportive work environment to accomodate working parents/students
- Support with study and career progression

The Early Intervention Specialist will be an integral part of the CLIMB team. The role involves:

- Supporting preschool aged children 1:1 within a group environment
- Implementing fun and effective therapy and early intervention sessions, using evidence based programs, under the supervision of the Clinical Director/ Speech Pathologist
- Assisting in the day to day running of the intensive early intervention program including set up, organisation of therapy and activities and end of day tasks
- Supporting the children to communicate using a total communication approach including augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in everyday situations
- Supporting children to achieve their individual goals
- Supporting children with socially significant daily living tasks that are important to their independence, dignity and autonomy.
- Communicating with and supporting a small number of families both in person and via media
- Participating in extensive professional development in the areas of evidence based curriculums and programs, communication (including working with non-verbal children), and Positive Behaviour Support
- Writing clinical case notes
- Preparing and creating therapy resources

We are looking for the following from our Early Intervention Specialist:

- Degree or working towards a degree in a related area (Speech Pathology, OT, Physio, Psychology, Teaching/Early Childhood)
- A minimum of 2 years experience working with children
- Experience in working with children with additional needs
- Experience/ strong interest in AAC, feeding, Developmental Disabilities and/or literacy
- An understanding of Positive Behaviour Support
- A passion for learning and a willingness to take on further study (supported by CLIMB)
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work as part of a team

If you think you could be a good fit for our team please get in contact with a cover letter and your CV to Lexy (Clinical Director) and will be in contact to discuss the role with you further. We look forward to hearing from you

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 15-30 per week

**Salary**: $27.00 - $35.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Professional development assistance

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Flexible hours
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Mosman, Nsw 2088: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Early childhood education: 2 years (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 12/06/2023
Expected Start Date: 03/07/2023