Location: Franklin,MA, USA
The Franklin Public Schools, a Prek-12 district, seeks a skilled and experienced personal care assistant to work in the early childhood program at ECDC.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
* Adapt to the student's mode of communication as necessary for instructional purposes.
* Assists with toileting, feeding, and positioning of student;
* Communicate with the teacher(s) on behalf of the student.
* Assisting the student to transition successfully from one setting to the next.
* Maintains and respects the confidentiality of student and school personnel information
* Work with lead teacher to provide pre-academic, social, and emotional support and intervention
* Collects data
* Performs reinforcement instructional services as delegated by the teacher, including reinforcing activities in the visual, auditory, motor and cognitive areas as well as life skills.
* Assists with related services, i.e., occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech, adapted physical education, and vision;
* Assists the assigned student on and off the van at arrival and departure times
* Attends training as required for performance of job. This may include, but is not limited to crisis intervention, CPR and First Aid.
* Accompanies the assigned student and assists the teacher during emergency drills.
* Completes any other duty or assignments as directed by the Principal and/or Special Education Administrator
Qualifications:
* Experience as a personal care attendant or certified nursing assistant preferred
* Experience in public school setting, preferred
* Experience working with pre-schoolers with developmental disabilities preferred
* Able to take initiative and work independently
* Compassion
* Empathy
* Reliability