Essential Functions:
- Organize and manage the FIT inventory. Keep up to date when new equipment is added.
- Place orders for any supplies needed for the team.
- Attend weekly meetings.
- Attend parent meetings when appropriate.
- Create data collection sheets for each child every month and hand out to teachers.
- Partake in the RTI process with assistance of universal strategies, small groups and one on one intervention related to behavior modification, academic etc.
- Assist the interventionists with creating social stories, adaptive modification tools, data sheets or any other tasks they may need assistance with.
- Assist teachers with various needs in their classrooms.
- Keep Calendar in the office up to date with meetings, schedules etc.
- Create electronic and hard-copy Files for new FIT kids as well as keep current files up to date with all paperwork including IFSP’s family meetings, goals etc.
- Assist with annual screeners if needed as well as Sensory Profiles
- Keep the office organized and materials accessible for the interventionists.
- File all papers that come into the office in their respective areas.
- Keep up with any articles, strategies, or magazines, conferences that may be beneficial to share with the team.
- Add to resources available in the office with up to date articles, research, strategies etc.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Experience working with children with special needs
- Strong written, and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with the early childhood population
- Basic Microsoft office skills
- Bachelor’s degree in any field
- Experience working with interdisciplinary team of therapists
Required Qualifications:
- Candidates need to be graduate Students currently enrolled in a program at the Morgridge College of Education, Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) or Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) at the University of Denver.
Working Environment:
- Unexpected interruptions occur often
- Stress level is moderate to high.
Physical Activities:
- Occasionally required to move about the office/campus with the capability of transporting objects up to 20 lbs.
Compensation and Benefits:
- This position is eligible for a federal work-study, which requires eligibility through the Financial Aid Office.
- This position is also open to non-work study funded students.
- Students will be paid $19.29-22/hour.
- In compliance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), non-benefited employees accrue one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours per year.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement & Notice of Background Check
The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. For more information, please see the University of Denver’s Non-Discrimination Statement.
All offers of employment are based upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. These are required for all part-time, full-time and student employee hires.
