Service Coordinator

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintains a minimum caseload of thirty-five (35) clients/families (if full-time).
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with families based on trust and respect as support and assistance is provided.
• Functions as a member of the child’s interdisciplinary team, shares information, and consults with other professionals.
• Facilitates the early intervention process and works with families, caregivers, and other IFSP team members to develop functional Individualized Family Service plan (IFSP) goals or outcomes.
• Monitors and evaluates the IFSP for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed as established by policies and procedures established by Part C of IDEA and BabyNet.
• Supports each client/family by consistently sharing relevant information about local community, state, and national resources.
• Participates in interagency meetings, telephone calls and/or face to face contact with other IFSP team members or outside agencies.
• Assists the family in gaining access to health care, community resources, services, and/or funding sources to help meet their needs.
• Serves as transition coordinator for the family by submitting transition referrals, maintaining timelines, and providing follow-up services with receiving Part B agencies.
• Works closely with the local school district and other Part B agencies to coordinate the child’s transition to Part B services.
• Provides families with information on current research and evidence-based practices related to the needs of their child.
• Provides linkage, referral, advocacy, service planning, and crisis support as needed.
• Assists families in establishing their role as an advocate for their child.
• Submits accurate and timely routine documentation (clinical service notes) as required by DHHS and KIDS policies and procedures.
• Ensures client records are kept confidential, accurately maintained, organized, and up to date as required by DHHS and KIDS policies and procedures.
• Attends all KIDS staff meetings and/or other meetings and trainings as required by the Executive Director or EI Program Manager.
• Must be willing to travel established territory as needed.
• Performs other duties as designated by the Service Coordination Supervisor, EI Program Manager, or Executive Director.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

A Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas:

• Education: Early Childhood, Special Education, Early Childhood Special Education, or Elementary Education
• Child/Human Development
• Interdisciplinary Studies (with approval from BabyNet State Office): with a focus in Early Childhood, Special Education, Early Childhood Special Education, or Elementary Education
• Child Life
• Family Studies/Family and Consumer Sciences
• Licensed Professional Counselor
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
• Psychology
• Public Health
• Social Work
• Sociology

And (REQUIRED): At least one year of documented experience working with infants and toddlers OR working with children ages birth to 5 years with disabilities.

Must submit an application to the Team for Early Childhood Solutions (TECS) office and meet requirements for the South Carolina Infant-Toddler Credential.

PREFERRED: At least one year of experience with South Carolina's BabyNet Early Intervention Program.