Teacher Assistant

Mission:
The mission of The Guild for Human Services is to educate, encourage and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities so they may achieve their full potential to lead high-quality lives and participate meaningfully in the community.

At The Guild you can join a workforce of creative, dedicated, and passionate employees working every day to enhance the lives of youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and other challenges.

Major Duties/Responsibilities:

* Implement student individualized behavior treatment plan and record data

* Recommend and/or participate in the development and implementation of specific communication and behavior management programs for selected assigned students

* Provide supervision/monitoring of students during breaks, lunches, community trips and other times as assigned/necessary.

* Maintain effective and ongoing contact with other day and residential staff to ensure continuity and consistency of programming for assigned students

* Work as a member of a team to maintain a clean, safe, positive learning environment for each individual

* Assist students in acquisition of self-care skills when necessary.

* Bachelor preferred

* Training or experience teaching skills to a students who have mental health diagnoses and/or developmental disabilities

* A valid driver's license

* Must meet Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI)

* Reliable transportation to residential homes located in Massachusetts

* Physical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needs