Licensed Vocational Instructor

Job Description Who We Are Looking For:

Are you the Licensed Vocational Instructor we have been looking for? In this position you will be able to convey your passion for helping others by working with our youth!

Anchor Academy is a therapeutic day school that specializes in trauma‑informed services for students ages 10–22 with complex trauma histories, mental health issues, educational challenges, and/or behavioral difficulties. Anchor Academy offers students a supportive environment that addresses their education, clinical, pre‑vocational, recreational and behavioral needs. Individual, group, nursing, and milieu counseling are provided.

Anchor Academy utilizes unique ARC (Attachment, Self‑Regulation, and Competency) and BCC (Building Communities of Care) treatment frameworks that focus on building individual capacities for emotion regulation, personal strengths, and healthy relationships. Certified special education teachers provide students with curriculum that is aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework.

Anchor Academy is seeking a highly organized and professional candidate to serve as a licensed Vocational Instructor with experience teaching transitional skills to middle and high school aged students with disabilities. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, patient, and have experience utilizing and applying the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.

The ideal candidate will have experience building, maintaining, and collaborating with community partnerships and developing transition plans for students. The ideal candidate will have experience providing support and guidance to students developing and strengthening their pre‑vocational and vocational/job skills. The ideal candidate will have the ability to facilitate in‑person and remote vocational classes. The ideal candidate will have the ability to work with students in a clinically appropriate manner while maintaining a challenging learning environment.

Experience working with students in a therapeutic school setting is preferred. Anchor Academy uses an interdisciplinary approach working collaboratively with the educational, clinical, nursing, and vocational departments.

Monday – Friday 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

The pay for this position is $20.00 to $30.00 per hour. This reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for this role at the time of posting the position. The actual compensation an employee is offered may vary based on several factors such as experience, education, licensure, certifications and qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.

Be who you are! JRI is committed to creating a workplace built on respect, collaboration, and opportunity, where every employee is valued and supported in making a meaningful impact.

• $2,000 bilingual bonus to new hires who speak a second language fluently, other than English, and will use it to serve our clients!

• Reimbursement is available for employees to cover the registration costs and annual fees for any professional license required for work such as LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, RN and more!

• Access to our excellent Blue Cross medical and Delta Dental benefits.

• Retirement benefits including 401(k) matched up to $800 a year and pension after 5 years of employment.

• Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to almost $4,000 per year and discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities!

• Wellness benefits including access to employee engagement groups, self‑care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.

• Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full‑time employees in your first year and much more!

Bachelor's Degree is required.

Massachusetts certification in moderate disabilities / working towards certification by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is preferred.

Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and leadership abilities.

Knowledge of the needs of the population served; understanding of the range of interventions and treatment required by this population.

Background Check:
Acceptable CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) and OIG background check.

At JRI, you will learn to provide physical interventions and verbal de‑escalations to provide the safest therapeutic atmosphere for our youth.

Background and driving record checks will be performed.

JRI is an equal opportunity employer.

Justice Resource Institute strives to serve the needs of underserved individuals, families, and communities with compassion and dignity.