Child Care Worker

Description

Walden School

Non-Exempt/Hourly

12-Month

Full-time

Hourly Pay Range: $21.25 - $30.25

In-Person

American Sign Language Required

$1,500 Sign-on Bonus

Housing Resources Available

Tuition Reimbursement

Benefits Options May Include:
Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Employer-Matching 403(b), Generous Time Off Benefits, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care, and more!

The Learning Center for the Deaf is a nationally-recognized leader of services for deaf and hard of hearing children, adults and families. To learn more, click the following link, https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

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The Learning Center for the Deaf is on a journey to create an inclusive and welcoming space for people of all backgrounds. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates our TLC community members' diverse narratives. We embrace and value multiple approaches, experiences, and perspectives. TLC believes that diversity fosters innovation. We are committed to cultivating a place where everyone can feel they belong.

Walden School is a nationally-recognized residential therapeutic and education program for deaf children and youth ages 8 to 22 who have often experienced significant adverse childhood events as well as language deprivation.

Day Child Care Worker Supervisor

Responsible for assisting teachers in the classroom, supporting students in the dorm on non-school days, supporting treatment goals, and providing supervision of students.

Assist the teacher with classwork and activities, including 1:1 support and small-group work as assigned by the teacher.

Meet weekly with teachers to coordinate classroom activities and expectations.

Supervise students’ daily routines and assist with daily living skills.

Support and assist students working on treatment goals.

Develops and maintains meaningful and supportive relationships with the students while maintaining appropriate adult/student boundaries.

Provide students with a level of supervision consistent with the treatment plan and the Walden School safety policies.

Some restraints may be required when working with young students or students with special needs, however, TLC embraces and celebrates a spirit of inclusion and diversity, and reasonable accommodations and modifications will be made whenever possible. The diversity of our student population may require that some assignments have a heavier physical responsibility due to safety.

May be delegated and trained to conduct medication administration or certain medical procedure responsibilities for students.

May be required to drive students or clients and additional driving responsibilities as needed.

Employees may be asked to occasionally travel, requiring they work outside of their regular hours.

Perform other tasks as assigned by the classroom teacher, Department Supervisor and/or Program Leader.

Convey all pertinent information concerning students to other staff via e-mail, logs, and incident reports.

Write logs daily for following students and incident reports as necessary.

Read and become familiar with the profiles and background information of each student in their unit.

Utilize crisis intervention strategies consistent with the Professional Assault Crisis Training program.

Attend training as assigned by the supervisor.

Maintain current certification in PART, OSHA, Pro-Act, and First Aid.

Consistently follow TLC/Walden School policies and procedures.

Supports daily living skills activities that are fun, informative, and educational, increasing independence.

Prepares living skills activities that are age- and skill-appropriate for students in the unit.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or new…