Description

HIRING IMMEDIATELY

We offer:

Sign On Bonus= $1,000 for Full Time

Sign on Bonus= $500 for Part Time

Do you enjoy utilizing your skills to impact children and adolescents in a classroom setting? Are you looking for a collaborative environment to share your passion for helping others?

If you answered, Yes, then consider working as an Instructional Support Specialist in our Devereux Brandywine School, located in Glenmoore, PA!

Being an Instructional Support Specialist at Devereux has its Advantages

You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need.

We offer:

• Tuition Assistance for those seeking higher education
• On-going training opportunities to include: internal training in the behavioral healthcare field and additional job-related training and conferences.
• Best available, highest quality, low-cost benefit options- A stable national non-profit employer that offers a strong support system and is forward-thinking in their clinical practice and research.
• Full time hours M-F 7am-3pm/ 8am-4pm
• Rates starting at $16.50/hr up to $18.81/hr

Located in Glenmoore, Pa , this postion will support teacher's direction by providing assistance with academic, social, and behavioral needs of assigned clients. Assists in the implementation of a basic educational programming and performing duties as directed by the building administrator or classroom teacher inclusive of indvidual tutoring or one-on-one support for a student with special needs.

Devereux Pennsylvania Children's Services (DPACS) center serves children, adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Located in West Chester and Malvern Pennsylvania, services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF), residential treatment (RTF), acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP), assessment services, community-based mental health services, community-based employment training and social skills training, and approved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6-21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives. A primary focus throughout the program is the philosophy of Program-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PW-PBIS), a program-wide system of care that promotes and rewards positive behaviors, and prevents negative behaviors, to create safe, supportive living environments. Each year, more than 1,000 children and adolescents receive specialized care, in the environment best suited to the unique challenges they face, all with the goal of providing each child with the academic, social, emotional and life skills needed to flourish in their home community

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff. All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) COVID-19 vaccine mandate requires staff without an approved medical or religious exemption to be fully vaccinated to be employed in this program. If you are fully vaccinated, you will need to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or have an approved medical or religious exemption prior to starting.

Keywords: Direct Support, PCA, Personal Care Assistant, Instructional Support, 1:1, Special Education, teaching assistant

Qualifications

EDUCATION: High School Diploma required. Associates Degree or completion of two years of post-secondary education from an accredited college or university preferred.

EXPERIENCE : Previous experience working in a special education or behavioral healthcare setting with students with severe/complex behavioral/emotional issues preferred.

Devereux requires all individuals interviewing for a position involving contact with children to complete The Diana Screen, a screening that assesses a candidate's understanding of appropriate boundaries between adults and children.

Posted Date 1 month ago (6/23/2022 12:54 PM)

Requisition ID 2022-24895

Category Education

Position Type Full-Time

Remote No