Early Intervention Specialist (Contract)

Early Intervention Specialist – Contract / Part-Time

📍 Montgomery, Berks & Chester Counties, PA

🕒 Flexible, Community-Based Role

Empower Families. Support Development. Make an Early Impact.

Join The Arc Alliance Children’s Services Early Intervention Program and help young children with disabilities build foundational skills during the most important years of growth.

As an Early Intervention Specialist, you will coach and support caregivers in strengthening children’s functional and developmental skills through everyday routines and activities. This role is relationship-based, family-centered, and focused on empowering caregivers to help their children thrive in natural environments.

What You’ll Do

• Provide caregiver coaching using a routines-based, family-centered approach

• Conduct formal and informal developmental evaluations

• Deliver direct early intervention services

• Complete session documentation and billing in accordance with state EI regulations

• Maintain required direct service levels

• Participate in team meetings and collaborate with staff and county partners

• Complete 24 hours of required annual state EI training

• Assess equipment needs and guide families in proper use

• Build supportive relationships with families and community providers

Why Join Us?

✔ Flexible, part-time contract schedule

✔ Meaningful, family-centered work

✔ Supportive and collaborative team environment

✔ Opportunity to make a measurable impact during early childhood

If you’re passionate about early childhood development and empowering families to support their child’s growth, we encourage you to apply today.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Special Education, Family Studies, or related field

• OR 15 credit hours in one of these areas

• One year full-time (or equivalent) experience working directly with preschool children with disabilities and their families

• OR college/university-supervised practicum or teaching experience with young children with disabilities

• Valid Driver’s License and automobile insurance

• Clear PA Criminal Background Check, PA Child Abuse Clearance, and FBI Criminal Record Check

Requirements

• FBI, Criminal History, and Child Abuse Clearances (required at hire and maintained per regulations)

• Legally authorized to drive in Pennsylvania

• Reliable transportation

• 3-year driving record check (required at hire and updated annually)

• Recommended automobile coverage: $100,000/$300,000 liability and $100,000 property damage

• Ability and willingness to travel throughout Montgomery, Berks, and Chester Counties

Physical Requirements

• Frequent verbal and written communication

• Ability to use and interpret early intervention assessment tools

• Frequent sitting, standing, and ability to maneuver equipment

• Ability to observe, assess, and document child development