Overnight Teaching Assistant *$2,500 Sign-on Bonus* - Wright School
Core
Provide direct services, instructional support, and implement a therapeutic behavior management system for children displaying aggressive or explosive behavior.
Role type
Overnight Teaching Assistant (Youth Program Education/Assistant I)
Builds
A safe, therapeutic, home-like environment for children with emotional disturbances or mental disabilities.
Domain
Mental health / Behavioral therapy / Child development
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Crisis intervention, role modeling, counseling at point of performance, on-the-spot decision-making, activities of daily living, language and communication modeling
Preferred skills
Establishing rapport without physical control, working with clinical staff to plan treatment, managing disruptive children physically, experience in re-education programs, behavioral management with youth with emotional disturbance
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Implement therapeutic behavior management systems, provide direct services and instructional support, model appropriate language and communication, assist with activities of daily living, intervene in crises, maintain a home-like environment
Seniority
Entry-level / Individual Contributor