Paraprofessional

Responsible for assisting the student with assigned tasks of direct care and daily living activities that improve quality of life by allowing our patients to remain in a school setting while adhering to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times.

• Maintain a kind, up-beat, positive, considerate, and compassionate attitude
• Act as a role-model exemplifying qualities of dignity and respect
• Maintain working relationships with your student(s) and their teachers
• Collaborate with teachers to support students' growth and development
• Be willing to seek and accept advice, guidance, support, and feedback
• Assists the teacher in maintaining student control, orderly behavior in the classroom, helps motivate the assigned student(s); cues appropriate behaviors, and refocuses the student(s) when necessary.
• Assists the assigned student(s) with instructional activities planned and developed by the teacher
• Assists the assigned student(s) with review of teacher assignments; repeats/simplifies teacher presented instructions; helps student(s) in seatwork activities; redirection and prompting to task, and reviews material originally presented to students by the teacher.
• Assists the teacher in housekeeping tasks in the classroom.
• Tends to the personal needs of the assigned student(s), including but not limited to toileting and other hygiene needs, physical needs such as wheelchair/walker transfers, feeding schedules, monitoring medical conditions and behavior management.
• Ensures that certain specially designed instruction of the assigned student(s)’ Individual Education Plan (IEP) are implemented. These may include but are not limited to; student hygiene, referrals to the School Nurse, behavior support plans, home-school communication, supervision during transition time, assignment book/book-bag checks.
• Data collection as assigned by the teacher or administrator, including but not limited to behavior charts, daily logs, progress monitoring, program charting, or daily summary notes.
• At the direction of the classroom teacher, communicates with the student(s)’ family, classroom teacher(s), and administration observing confidentiality of student related issues.
• Accompanies the assigned student(s) upon arrival, at lunch, dismissal, on field trips and to activities outside of the classroom as indicated in the assigned student’s IEP or when necessary.
• Assists related services therapists/teachers as needed throughout therapy sessions.
• Other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher or building administrator.
• Help patient maintain good personal hygiene, such as:
  
  Assistance with bathing, toileting, grooming, shaving, skin and nail care, oral hygiene, dressing and eating
• Thorough completion and coordination of all required documentation, such as:
  
  Maintaining and completing the necessary patient/family and Company documentation records upon conclusion of each visit
• Observe and report significant changes in patient’s condition to Supervisor

• High school graduate, GED or equivalent of education and training
• Registration or Certification as required by state law and regulation
• Current CPR certification
• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessments, documentation and compliance with aide care and policies and procedures

• Current CPR Certification may be required as stipulated by state or contracting agency

• Continuing Education as required by state

• Pediatric and adult experience as appropriate for the patient.

• Adhere to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times
• Support student(s) in using technology and adaptive devices they need to complete…