Special Education Personal Care Assistant

A personal care assistant provides one-to-one support and assistance to a student, including support and assistance in the use of medical equipment (for example, augmentative communication devices; activities of daily living; and monitoring health and behavior). A personal care assistant may provide support to more than one student, but not at the same time. When the personal care assistant is not working with an individual student in meeting personal care needs, the personal care assistant may be assigned to work with more than one child meeting their instructional needs.

A personal care assistant is a paraprofessional who works under the direction of a certificated staff member to support and assist in providing instructional, behavioral, and functional programs and personal care services to a child with disabilities. The support and assistance includes one-on-one review of material taught by certificated staff and implementation of positive behavior support plans. Services may be provided in a special education class, regular education class or other instructional setting (e.g., community-based instruction) as provided in the student’s IEP.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assist the classroom teacher and other professionals in maintaining a safe and orderly school environment for the student(s).
• Assist the special education and regular education teachers in the delivery of appropriate strategies.
• Under the direction of the teacher, provide instructional support for the purpose of supporting/reinforcing lessons
• Under the direction of the teacher, collect observational and academic data for the purpose of progress monitoring.
• Maintain student’s files/records for the purpose of documenting activities and/or providing reliable information.
• Under the direction of the teacher, follow and implement positive behavior support plans.
• Handle student’s personal needs (e.g., specialized feeding, toileting, diapering, etc.) for the purpose of providing care to the student whose primary area of concern is of medical orientation.
• Assist student’s safe transitions from/to locations and environments within and around the school (e.g., bus, cafeteria, community-based instruction, etc.).
• Participate in specialized training related to specific individualized needs of the student(s).
• Respond appropriately to emergency situations as per standing orders and other policies and procedures.
• When other paraprofessionals assigned within the building are absent, the administrator of the building may reassign other paraprofessionals to support special education student(s) based on a priority of needs.
• Perform such other tasks within the expectation of this job category and/or assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned or delegated by the principal or special education director/coordinator.
• Must be able to assist in the transfer (standing to sitting, sitting to standing, etc.) of a child up to 150 lbs.
  
  

Job Type: Full-time 7:30-4:00Salary: $17.25/hr, benefits available for full-time employees. A pay increase to $18/hr will be given to employees that stay past their 90 day probationary period.

WHO WE ARE: Collective Montessori School (CMS) is a community based Montessori school. All students receive individualized, thoughtful instruction with an emphasis on educating the whole child. Collective Montessori School offers instructional programming for grades K3 through 8th. We provide hands-on, individualized, whole child education with an emphasis on diversity, collaboration and inclusion through the Montessori Philosophy.