Early Intervention Educator

Key Responsibilities:

1. Plan and implement curriculum

• Co-prepare curriculum plans in time for the group and communicate these plans to the teaching team.
• Plan, prepare and implement activities and lessons which are age appropriate, according to the level, skill and social development of the group of children served.
• Supervise and interact with the children in all areas of the programme, outdoors and during field trips away from the programme.
• Maintain an environment that helps each child to have a positive experience throughout their learning years.
• Be familiar with and adhere to the programmed policies, health and safety regulations and emergency procedures and be ready to implement these if necessary.

2. Organise regular meeting with the team including EC teachers such as:

• Setting/monitoring goals for activity matrix (whole school – EI + EC + TT; monthly)
• Lesson/activity planning (EI + EC; once a week)
• Touch point (EI + EC + TT; once a term a class)
• Pre-PTC and PTC (EI + EC + TT + parents; half yearly)
• Filing and documenting of children's progress such as Brigance (upon enrolment and yearly), ages and stages (half-yearly) and intervention notes (daily)
• Coordinating workshops for parents and EC teachers (4 a year)
• To co-teach with the EC teachers (parallel teaching model for a start and into station teaching once teachers are in ready stead)
• Completing take home task for parents to complete over the weekend, in collaboration with EC + TT

3. Conduct children assessment and therapy planning

• Conduct functional assessments to determine required therapy interventions
• Formulate client-centred and SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely) goals in collaboration with children's and relevant stakeholders
• Select appropriate and specific outcome measures to enable evaluation of therapy progress and outcomes
• Provide therapy recommendations based on evaluation of children's needs
• Communicate assessment results, therapy plans, goals and outcome measures to children's and other relevant stakeholders

4. Provide clinical guide and intervention

• Adhering to clinical protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Provide clinical expertise and consultation for research and education

• Provide interventions for children's both in the inclusion and integration setting whenever needed

• Evaluate therapy progress and outcomes using selected therapy outcome measures at regular intervals
• Modify therapy plans based on children's progress and motivation as well as therapy outcome measures collected
• Improve intervention by adoption of new techniques and technologies
• Communicate intervention plans, outcome measures, progress and discharge criteria to relevant stakeholders
• Empower children, caregiver and teachers on methods to enhance health, mobility and functions through self-management strategies
• Prescribe assistive devices and equipment according to children's' and teachers' needs

5. Perform clinical administration and operations

• Educate parents, caregivers and teachers on available clinical services
• Monitor utilisation of equipment and resource materials

6. Continuing education, research activities and training

• Participate in continuous professional development
• Conduct continuous professional development

Job Holder Requirements:

• Diploma in Early Childhood/Child Psychology/Early Childhood/Psychology, with Advance Diploma in Early Intervention (Special Needs)
• Experience: Minimum 2 years of working experience in related field

• Other Knowledge / Skills / Attributes:

• Able to communicate with clients' family members and caregivers of various races and religions

• Able to work in an inter-disciplinary team, that includes social workers, therapists and other teaching colleagues, taking on the key worker roles eventually
• Experience in inclusion in an early childhood setting in recent years

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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