Education Aide

Education Aide

Join our team as an Education Aide
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The Education Aide provides academic support and services to pediatrics, adolescents, and adults adjusting for the effects of age, culture, background, experience and developmental status. As a support of academic, behavioral and life skills this employee directly supervises students in areas of educational programming and activities.

• Supervise students at all times.
• Assist students with their academic work and their daily school routine.
• Interact with students in ways that are therapeutic, respectful and trauma sensitive.
• Utilizes preventative and de‑escalation techniques that are consistent with Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI).
• Assist teacher as requested and actively engage with students in the classroom.
• Assist students with morning/evening transportation between the cottages and school via agency bus.
• Teach students living skills such as decision making, personal control, interpersonal communication and problem solving, dressing, grooming and eating.
• Instruct and monitor to ensure that the daily routine, structure and habilitative programming is maintained and all related standards are met.
• Supervise and assist in transporting students as required.
• Manage a clean and safe work environment.
• Assist in the planning and implementation of the treatment plan.
  
  Complete all required school and agency paperwork in a timely manner and within policy expectations (e.g., IR’s, school logs, attendance, lunch forms, daily behavioral data, etc.).
• Perform any other duties listed on the program specific responsibility checklist assigned by the supervisor.
• Assist students with maintaining & succeeding with individual behavior plans.
• Any other duty as requested by your supervisor.

• Computer skills
• Customer skills

Service Workers

High School Diploma/GED

No experience required, but would prefer some experience in the mental health field.

None

New Hire Orientation

The overall nature of the position is sedentary requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions. Frequent physical demands include standing, walking, sitting, climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination. Occasional physical demands include lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling.