Educational Therapist
Los Angeles, CaliforniaMental health is an essential component of total health. As mental health professionals, we’re on the front lines every day, using the latest advances to help those in need. If you share our passion for care and our commitment to helping those around us, you’ll have the resources you need to make a real difference. Our services include adult and child therapy as well as help with addiction and eating disorders.
- Job Type: Full-time
- Job Level: Individual Contributor
- Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
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Educational Therapist
Primary Location Los Angeles, California
Worker Location Onsite
Job Number 1321610 Date posted 11/21/2024
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Description:
Under the supervision of the Manager of Educational Therapy, provides direct and indirect educational services to children with learning difficulties. These services include psycho-educational evaluation and assessment, diagnostic and prescriptive interventions to remediate specific auditory and visual processing disorders, various academic challenges, provide educational advocacy support and coordination of school/home/therapy continuity andcoordination.
Job Summary:
Under the supervision of the Manager of Educational Therapy, provides direct and indirect educational services to children with learning difficulties. These services include psycho-educational evaluation and assessment, diagnostic and prescriptive interventions to remediate specific auditory and visual processing disorders, various academic challenges, provide educational advocacy support and coordination of school/home/therapy continuity andcoordination.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide direct and indirect educational services and support to children and adolescents with learning disabilities or difficulties, one to one and in group settings, utilizing various learning methodologies and modalities.
- Administer diagnostic evaluations, analyze and interpret educational data to develop students learning profile.
- Develop and implement prescriptive learning plans to address outlined learning objectives established through various forms of assessment.
- Maintain on-going progress monitoring notes and evaluation to determine students response to interventions.
- Educate and assist parents or guardians in advocating for appropriate educational placement, instruction and services, utilizing both state and federal special education laws.
- Relate and communicate with children, parents, school personnel, and other allied professionals as it pertains to social emotional well-being and prevailing educational needs.
- Provide formal trainings and presentations to small and large, internal/external audiences.
- Provide community outreach and consultation within the purview of core competencies to schools, and/or community organizations.
- Maintain Educational Therapy/ Professional (ET/P) level designation.
- Perform other duties to assist in implementation and execution of the Centers mission and vision as assigned.
Basic Qualifications:Experience- N/A
Education- Eligible candidate must achieve and maintain Educational Therapy/Professional (ET/P) designation within 18 months of employment
- Masters Degree in Special Education, Educational Therapy, or Reading Instruction or
- Reading Specialist Certification (this certification also requires a masters in education) or
- Pupil Personnel Service Credential in School Psychology (this credential also requires a masters in education, educational psychology, or school psychology)
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- Masters Degree in a related field with Educational Therapist/Professional (ET/P) designation
License, Certification, Registration- N/A
Additional Requirements:- Bilingual may be required- - if so, must pass QBS1 with a passing score..
- Eligible candidate must pass or have passed the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA) Written Examination as a condition of employment
- Eligible candidate must clear health screening report, Livescan clearance, child abuse index check, criminal record statement.
- Ability to organize and implement multiple projects, tasks and learning opportunities
- Experienced in administering both formal and informal academic assessments for K-12 population within the last two years.
- Experienced in prescribing and administering evidenced-based reading interventions for K-12 population within the last two years.
- Knowledge of various learning methodologies and modalities.
- Knowledge of both state and federal special education laws.
Preferred Qualifications:- Board Certified Educational Therapist (BCET)
- Two (2) years of Educational Therapy experience
- Five (5) years experience working as a special education teacher, resource specialist, reading specialist or intervention teacher
- Masters Degree in Special Education with Educational Therapist/Professional (ET/P) designation
Notes:
- Due to hours of operation, Saturday schedule will be coordinated with manager and hours will range from 4-8 hours depending on community programming.
Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,Watts Counseling Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Working Hours Start: 09:30 AM
Working Hours End: 06:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B11-PSC|NUHW|NUHW Psych Social Chapter
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Watts Counslng & Lrning Cntr 1 - LC-WattsCounselng&Learng - 0801
Pay Range: $40.37 - $49.1 / year
The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
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For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
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