Early Care and Education Inclusion Coach*

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account 
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

The Early Care and Education Inclusion Coach works with early childhood education (ECE) staff to promote successful inclusion of children with special needs into targeted early educational settings. This includes classroom assessment; goal planning; individualized technical assistance; assisting with identification of children with special needs; participation in the development of an Individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP) and/or Individualized Education Plan (IEP); facilitation of therapy consultation; and coordination of referrals to others who may provide services to a target child.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (with or without accommodation):

• Demonstrates an understanding of and implements all processes, policies, and procedures used in EBF coaching services as applicable.
• Recognizes the need to maintain a dual focus on both relationships with participants and program activities fostering an assets or strengths-based approach.
• Demonstrates an understanding of child development, developmentally appropriate practice, positive guidance and discipline, child-centered approaches, and management in early care and education settings.
• Adheres to EBF core values, mission statement, and the Codes of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
• Meets all timelines as outlined in the program contract and by EBF.
• Travels to assigned child care centers, group homes, and family home providers to provide onsite coaching.
• Orients early care and education staff to program policies, requirements and commitments to the project.
• Guides the development of an individual classroom or center plan which includes a goal setting process that is developed through assessment, observation, and collaborative discussion.
• Engages in collaboration with other involved ECE professionals or technical assistance providers within EBF and outside agencies.
• Assists ECE staff in identifying children in need of further evaluation and provides support to staff in communication with families about the need for further evaluation.
• Assists ECE staff with how to incorporate IFSP/IEP outcomes within the classroom daily routine and activities.
• Assists ECE staff with how to collaborate with the IFSP/IEP team to support the child’s growth and development.
• Meets regularly with program participants and quarterly with other technical assistance providers, including Quality First.
• As needed, plans and implements training in a variety of areas based on best practice principles in adult learning and identified goals and objectives of improvement plan.
• Utilizes training techniques that are interactive and offers participants an opportunity to reflect.
• Follows ethical guidelines for early childhood professionals.
• Maintains established work schedule, is punctual, keeps appointments, is willing to adapt schedule to meet unexpected needs and changes, and utilizes time effectively.
• Cooperates with other consultants in all aspects of design, delivery and evaluation of training and coaching.
• Provides constructive, strength-based feedback to colleagues, participants, and other technical assistance providers.
• Attends staff meetings and shares pertinent information with supervisor and team members regarding work progress, successes, barriers, concerns, and other areas that may have an impact on the department’s services or image.
• Responds promptly to emails and voice messages.
• Clearly completes all required data collection and documentation including program applications, enrollment agreements, individual center plans, and coaching logs.
• Proofs and revises work for correct gramm