Education Specialist

Education Specialist (Full-Time) – Boelkins Program What you’ll do

Working in one of our residential homes alongside our experienced care team, you’ll implement individual treatment and education plans tailored to meet the needs of youth ages 10-16 in our program. You’ll mentor, join in recreational activities, provide support within a classroom setting, and create a warm, loving home for teens who need a refuge.

We’re starting team members up to $23 per hour with a generous benefits package. You’ll join a passionate, purposeful, and collaborative team who is committed to doing what it takes to give youth a brighter future.

The teens who come to live at Wedgwood often have little sense of what a loving home feels like. As a Wedgwood Shift Supervisor, you can help instill the compassion, self-worth, and optimism that our residents need to overcome their trauma, addiction, and behavioral health issues. You’ll work alongside our expert clinical care team to mentor residents, building relationships utilizing trauma-informed care techniques, helping them develop healthy life skills, and teaching teens to use their voices for position outcomes.

By consistently showing up for our residents, you can help transform lives and have an impact on generations to come.

Schedule: Monday
- Friday, 7am to 3pm.

• Assist clients in coming prepared and on time for school.
• Support and encourage students to positively participate and complete all school tasks.
• Assist students in the classroom with academic areas, in conjunction with the teacher.
• Respond to and address student behavioral issues as they arise.
• Consistently meet with the teacher(s) before and after school. Provide the communication link between school personnel and the program staff on a daily basis.
• Document pertinent observations on student’s behavior and successes during school; track re-groups and suspensions.
• Be available to assist other YTS staff in event of shortage and/or crisis.
• Check school sheets for assignments and leave information for YTS to monitor completion.
• Report on education issues at team meetings, providing advocacy and support.
• Assist with milieu coverage, as needed, including before and after school.
• Monitor classroom, enabling teacher to make school contacts and/or do lesson plans (up to 3 hours per week).

• Bachelors required in one of the following disciplines:
  Social Work, Psychology, Guidance and Counseling, Consumer or Community Services, Criminal Justice, Family Ecology, Sociology, Human Services or Education.
• Prior experience working with youth in a classroom setting preferred.
• Subscription to the Statement of Faith of Wedgwood Christian Services and agreement with the goal, purpose and objectives of the agency.

Since 1960, Wedgwood Christian Services has been dedicated to boldly taking on the toughest problems facing children and families through residential care, counseling services and community programs. Leaning on our faith and core values of integrity, compassion, excellence, and diversity, we tackle the crucial work of supporting and restoring the wellbeing of all those who call West Michigan home.

Mission: Wedgwood Christian Services extends God's love to youth, adults, and families through professional counseling and educational services.

Core Values: Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, and Diversity