For over 60 years, the Trudeau Center has been at the forefront of transforming the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our programs make an immediate and long-lasting impact on individuals of all ages, lifting them up by providing the support they need to thrive. And we have big plans to continue growing and evolving that work in the months and years to come.
Our Mission, Vision & Values
- Mission: Our mission is to promote an enhanced quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Vision: We envision a diverse community where all people are valued and treated with dignity and have access to resources to help them lead productive lives.
- Values: We serve all individuals with compassion and respect. We are accessible and responsive and actively seek their input to better serve their needs.
Summary of Job Responsibilities:
Provide service coordination activities when assigned and direct/indirect treatment interventions to infants and toddlers. Participate in multidisciplinary evaluations as needed. Provide documentation of interventions consistent with Early Intervention Regulations.
Essential Functions & Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Protect the rights and dignities of individuals with developmental disabilities and extend these rights and dignities to family members or guardians.
- Uphold and comply with all safety programs and policies to maintain a safe work environment for employees, consumers, family members, and visitors.
- Commit to organizational quality initiatives by participating in programs that assure quality improvements and team processes.
- Provide essential functions, service coordination, and primary therapy in home-based, community, or center settings to achieve goals in all necessary areas.
- Participate in arena-style multidisciplinary evaluations, taking responsibility for assessing pre-linguistic and linguistic communication development and providing oral and written information to the child’s parents and other team members.
- Provide individual speech/language therapy treatment through family training and counseling when indicated through consensus of the multidisciplinary team, including the parents, and written into the child’s IFSP.
- Follow the Rhode Island Early Intervention Competencies.
- Obtain consultation from other team members in areas outside one's own expertise, such as social work, cognition, and motor development, in order to fully address the needs of individual children on the caseload.
- Serve as classroom staff in developmental groups and provide leadership in toddler groups, as directed.
- Maintain licensure and professional knowledge through participation in professional organizations, conferences, and in-services.
- Document all activities in accordance with your own licensure regulations and any requirements necessary for billing, agency policies, or early intervention regulations.
- Follow all agency guidelines and department-specific policies, e.g., sick time or vacation time usage, call-in policies, dress codes, etc., as specified in the personnel manual and Early Intervention-specific procedures.
- Perform other duties as directed by the supervisor related to the organization’s mission, goals, and operations.
Education, Experience, and Skills:
Master’s degree plus ASHA CCC registration and valid R.I. Speech/Language Therapy License required; 2-5 years experience providing treatment to infants and toddlers (birth to age three) in a family-focused, home-based setting; experience in the transdisciplinary provision of services. Advanced knowledge in one or more special treatments of PDD/autism; second language, signing, and/or experience working with minority racial, ethnic, and immigrant populations. Must have and maintain pediatric CPR certification.
Benefits at Trudeau:
- 14 Paid Holidays
- Vacation, Sick, and Personal Time
- Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
- Employer Paid Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance
- Voluntary Long-term Disability Insurance
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