Child Development Specialist - Los Angeles, United States - Smile Pediatric Therapy & Diagnostics

Description

Founded by a therapist,
Smile Pediatric Therapy & Diagnostics has been providing therapy, assessments, and early intervention programs to infants, toddlers, and school-aged children—in clinic, home, and school settings—for over 8 years.

Located near the Los Angeles areas of Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, and Downtown, we are currently seeking a
Child Development Specialist to join our dynamic team.

SMILE IS A FUN, PROGRESSIVE THERAPEUTIC PEDIATRIC CENTER OFFERING:

• Initial and ongoing training/mentorship to all employees including intensive Registered Behavior Therapist (RBT) training and Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) training
• Stimulating environment, with direct mentorship from multidisciplinary experts in behavior therapy, as well as occupational therapy, speech therapy, & child development.
• Highly competitive negotiated pay
• Excellent health, dental, vision, and vacation benefits
• Ample opportunities to grow professionally
• Great company culture

The
Child Development Specialist will primarily work closely with our Behavior Therapy Leadership to provide support to individuals with autism in a group, clinic-based setting, while working as a part of a multidisciplinary treatment team.

We are looking for individuals who are compassionate, excellent with children, fun, creative, flexible, self-motivated and have good interpersonal skills to work with our Smile families and alongside our Smile therapists and staff Bilingual speakers please apply


Job Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in early childhood development, or a related degree including but not limited to: behavior intervention, special education, child development, psychology, etc.
• MUST have minimum one year of experience in a childcare environment (e.g., preschool, clinic setting, social skills groups, etc.)
• Experience working with or providing treatment to children with or at risk for ASD with knowledge of Applied Behavioral Analysis and DIR/Floor-Time Treatment approaches
• At least 6 months of experience working with the pediatric population (generally, 12 months to 6 years of age)
• Ability to provide direct services to families and children across a variety of settings (clinic, home, community)
• Effective planning and problemsolving
• Excellent oral communication and written skills, as well as strong interpersonal skills
• Must be compassionate, innovative, flexible, selfmotivated and be able to work with families and children in a supportive way to foster learning and development
• Must be able to work alongside Smile's therapists and staff members to support a dynamic, positive work environment
• Bilingual speaking a plus

We look forward to hearing from you


Pay:
$ $25.00 per hour


Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location:
In person