Director - Early Intervention Program

Position:

Director of Early Intervention Program

Location:

East Hanover, NJ

Shift:

Mon - Fri (9am-5pm)

Benefits:

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k (Up to 4% Match), Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Plan, 4-Weeks Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Employee Life Assistance Program, Access to Atlantic Federal Credit Union and NJM Insurance, Secure Advantage, Discount at Local Childcare Academy and ADP LifeMart.

Responsibilities:

• Understands, interprets, and applies state and federal laws, rules and regulations pertaining to early intervention services; participates in administrative meetings; responds to specific questions, issues or problems concerning enrollment of children or participation of families.
• Ensures quality by assessing provision of service and evaluating the effectiveness of service delivery; responsible for program general supervision plan, program self-assessment using NJEIS format, overseeing outcomes management system, participating in internal audits, producing surveys, and developing action plans.
• Determines need for early intervention service areas by participation in regional collaborative activities, communication with state officials, other service providers, and additional means of gathering information; maintains active relationship with local and state Department of Health and New Jersey Early Intervention officials.
• Plans, enacts, manages, and monitors annual operating budget in conformity with funding source requirements; determines proper allocation of resources; submits required statistical reports to CEO and finance office, funding agencies, and others as required; participates in quarterly budget review; may participate in negotiations with state governing officials concerning funding issues; reviews and approves requisitions, orders materials, equipment, and supplies.
• Provides technical support to staff; develops training programs for staff in conjunction with Director of Training.
• Supervises all administrative aspects of a fee-for-service model by providing consultation, advice, information, and guidance; performs other administrative and human resource tasks as required.
• Investigates, manages, and resolves complaints and problems; participates in formal and informal mediation of disputes.
• Maintains pertinent files and records; receives reports from staff and produces reports for agency management.
• Serves as a senior manager of Pillar Care Continuum; attends regular management, policy, and supervisory meetings; participates in various agency management assignments; attends management training sessions and staff training.
• May function as a service provider within the early intervention system by participating at IFSP meetings.
• Manages Early Intervention Management System; reviews practitioner’s logs for accuracy, timely entry, and documentation of session notes/progress summaries.
• Reviews and approves ADP timecards while comparing to Early Intervention Management System Entries.
• Reviews EIMS billing through the EIMS billing portal reports and claim research.
• Attends and participates in ABCD, SICC, REIC, and County meetings.
• Travel is a condition of employment.
• Performs other functions as directed by supervisor, Pillar Care Continuum management, or funding source representatives.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Rules and regulations of IDEA 2004.
• Familiar with criteria of New Jersey Early Intervention Programs.
• Practices and principles of early childhood education of developmentally delayed infants.
• Ability to train and complete trainings as needed.
• Supervise activities of a diverse group of employees.
• Respect and maintain confidentiality.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain proper working relationships with supervisor, team and family members, administrators, funding officials.
• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Adhere to and enforce Pillar Care policies, personnel policies, Early Intervention Pillar/state policies and procedures and safety regulations.
• Work independently with general supervision.
• Commitment to goals of family-focused service delivery system.
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Qualification:

BA or BS degree/Master’s in education, social service, rehabilitation, or a related field; at least five years progressively responsible experience working in the Early Intervention system, at least one year of which was in a supervisory capacity; experience planning, budgeting, organizing, and managing projects of a similar size and complexity or an equivalent combination of experience and education; transportation required; skill in one Early Intervention discipline.

Other Qualification/Requirements:

• Successfully completed state required Early Intervention Training.
• Procedural Safeguards online Modules.
• Register in the Learning Management System.
• Introduction to IFSP development.
• ePyramid Model for early intervention.
• PIWI training, (Parents interacting with Infants).
• Brazelton Touchpoints.
• MSU professional development topics in infant and early childhood mental health.