Special Education Teacher Assistant - Personal Care
About The Position
This role involves assisting special needs students with their personal care needs, including hygiene, toileting, and dressing. The assistant will support students with multiple challenges in the classroom and school environment, follow prescribed behavioral and instructional programs, and maintain composure during stressful situations. The position may require physical flexibility for running, walking, lifting, and responding to physical needs. Training in student health-related awareness and intervention will be provided. The assignment may be at multiple sites based on student needs, and may involve general help during downtime. Record keeping and parent contact may be required. Key characteristics sought include being child-centered, adaptable, calm, respectful of dignity, patient, confidential, and alert.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Demonstrated understanding of student needs.
- Ability and desire to work with special needs students.
- Ability to assist student(s) with multiple challenges in the classroom/school environment.
- Ability to follow through with prescribed behavioral management or instructional programs.
- Ability to maintain composure and communication during stressful situations.
- May need good physical flexibility such as ability to run, walk, lift and/or respond to student physical needs.
- Willingness to be trained in area(s) of student health related awareness and intervention.
- Willingness to be assigned at multiple and potentially differing sites and locations depending on individual student needs as determined by the District.
- Ability to work with blood testing, insulin, ports, suctioning, diastat, medication dispensing, etc.
- Willingness to be assigned as general help during "down-periods".
- Maintain various records and file, parent contact may be required.
- Wheelchair assistance may be required.
- Good attendance required.
Nice To Haves
- Child-centered
- Adaptability
- Calm demeanor
- Respect for dignity
- Patience
- Confidentiality
- Ability to alertly focus during times of potential distraction
Responsibilities
- Assist student(s) with personal needs, including hygiene, diapering, toileting, and clothing.
- Assist student(s) with multiple challenges in the classroom/school environment.
- Follow through with prescribed behavioral management or instructional programs.
- Maintain composure and communication during stressful situations.
- Provide physical flexibility such as running, walking, lifting, and responding to student physical needs.
- Be trained in areas of student health-related awareness and intervention.
- Be assigned to multiple and potentially differing sites and locations depending on individual student needs.
- Assist with blood testing, insulin, ports, suctioning, diastat, medication dispensing, etc.
- Provide general help during "down-periods".
- Maintain various records and files.
- Parent contact may be required.
- Provide wheelchair assistance.
- Maintain good attendance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
