About us

Light on Path, Inc. Infant Development Program is a full-scope Early Intervention Program providing child development and therapy services to infants and toddlers ages 0-3 years and their families in their homes. We are vendored with the North Los Angeles County Regional Center and provide services in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valley areas. We provide competitive salaries, flexible schedule, comprehensive benefits package for full-time and partial benefits for part-time employees. We are a professional family providing support, training, guidance, assistance, and team spirit.

Job Description - Child Development Specialist

We are looking for a committed, child-centered, and family-focused Child Development Specialist to conduct developmental sessions in the field of Early Intervention. We provide comprehensive services for infants and toddlers ages 0-3 years in their most natural environment, typically home or daycare. We service families in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys with the bulk of our clientele is in the San Fernando Valley area. We are vendored with the North Los Angeles County Regional Center. You will offer effective, child-centered, and family-focuses services that will facilitate child's developmental growth and empower families. The successful candidate will have a holistic perspective and will be able to readily adapt to fit the client and the home environment. We currently provide both, in-home and virtual services, however, the absolute majority of our referrals (at least 85%) are for in-home services. Spanish speaking candidates get priority hiring, as we are in desperate need of Spanish speaking specialists.

Responsibilities

• Child Development Specialist must be able to evaluate and monitor infants and children birth through the age of 3 years to determine physical and mental development, including social, motor development, self-help, cognitive and language skills, be able to document activities, track progress and formulate therapy plans, including exercises and activities for parents to administer

• Minimum Educational Requirement Degree: Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field

• Child Development Specialist must have sufficient knowledge, training, experience, and competency to be able to effectively support the child and the family, provide parenting training and advise, provide parent support, guidance, and education on early developmental milestones, ways to facilitate child's successful achievement of those early developmental milestones in the nurturing and supportive, yet challenging way

• Previous early childhood experience (not necessarily as a child development specialist) for at least 1 year is required

• Requirements for this position include, but are not limited to: excellent interpersonal communication skills; experience building relationships over time; knowledge and experience in areas that include the theories and principles of child growth and development, early childhood education (birth to age 3), and family support; exceptional sensitivity and flexibility in terms of cultural, linguistic, socio-economic, family dynamic, and other diversity

• Child Development Specialist must be willing to see our little clients in their homes in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valley areas, have a reliable car, possess current and valid California Driver's License, CPR/First Aid, and strictly adhere to our safety/COVID-19 protocol

• We are primarily interested in hiring full-time specialists, but our part-time minimum weekly requirement is 15 hours scheduled hours per week (this does not include travel time); our minimum full-time requirement is 33+ scheduled hours per week (again, this does not include travel time)

• Although not required for hiring, but of great benefit and a major hiring consideration is the ability to functionally communicate in Spanish and/or Armenian

Job Types

Full-time, Part-time

Salary: Base Rate

$23.00 - $35.00 per hour

In addition to the base rate, driving time, mileage, and cellphone use are reimbursed additionally and separately from the base rate. It’s difficult to average, but, depending on the total caseload, these additional reimbursements typically average to a minimum extra $3 an hour up to $7.50 an hour.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
• Partial holiday pay
• Professional Liability and Workers Comp insurance coverage

Schedule options/flexibility

• 8 hour shift

• Day shift

• Holidays

• Monday to Friday

• Overtime

• Weekend availability

We do not set your schedule, it is completely up to you when you want to work, as long as you follow our guidelines of 15 minimum hours weekly and no more than 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week unless approved for overtime by the administrative team. This job allows for flexibility with scheduling so that you can arrange your work schedule around your life and not the other way around.