RIPIN
Full-time, $20-22/hr
Bilingual Spanish Required
Parenting Experience with EIP Required
Bilingual Early Intervention Parent Consultant
Salary Range: $20-$22/hour
About RIPIN:
RIPIN deploys a peer model to support people with special healthcare and education needs across the whole lifespan. Founded in 1991 by a group of parents of children with special needs, RIPIN continues to be peer-led: a majority of our board and more than three-fourths of our staff are parents or caretakers of loved ones with special needs. RIPIN’s peer professionals now help more than 45,000 Rhode Islanders every year navigate healthcare, schools, and other support systems.
Job Summary:
The Bilingual RIPIN Early Intervention Parent Consultant Program is funded through the Executive Offices of Health and Human Services, the lead agency for Rhode Island’s Early Intervention system. RIPIN oversees the hiring, training and placement of a parent consultant in each of the Early Intervention Programs, located throughout the state. The primary purpose is to provide the Early Intervention system with an authentic parent voice and to support, educate and inform families whose children are enrolled in an Early Intervention Program (EIP).
Essential Functions:
- Fluency (speaking, reading, writing) in English and Spanish required to help the Early Intervention Program (EIP) by using the skills you’ve gained as a parent or primary caregiver of a child who has been in an EIP
- To act as a resource to families and Early Intervention Providers
- To help families by providing support, education, accessing community resources and facilitating both in-person and virtual workshops and support groups
- To empower families with information and support as they transition from the EIP
- To help families get more involved with the EIP and understand their important role
- To represent the families in EI and their voice/perspective at various meetings
- Attend RIPIN, program, and other meetings as assigned.
- To actively engage with families to participate in the yearly Family Outcomes Survey
- Complete and submit all required paperwork accurately and in a timely manner
- Promote RIPIN programs in Rhode Island
- Accept other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Parent or family member of a child recently involved in an Early Intervention Program
- Strong communication skills to speak to groups, including staff, providers, and parents
- Ability to work both independently and in collaboration with others
- Knowledge of Early Intervention services and the Transition Process
- Ability to work with a broad cross-section of Rhode Island parents and professionals in community and office settings
- Ability to cooperatively work on a team
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of RIPIN and the community