One-on-One Teaching Assistant

Nexus-Onarga Family Healing is located approximately 90 miles south of Chicago, only a few miles from I-57 on a historic site in Onarga, IL. Nexus-Onarga provides boys, ages 10 to 20, a structured, homelike environment where they can safely address their problematic sexual behaviors and their emotional and behavioral issues. Nexus-Onarga is part of Nexus Family Healing, a national nonprofit network of mental health agencies providing innovative, customized help for children and families struggling with emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues.

In a 1 : 1 Teaching Assistant position, you would have the opportunity to work alongside a team of Educators at our onsite therapeutic Grand Prairie School. In this role, you would provide support to education faculty in areas of student learning in both the educational and residential settings to ensure resident supervision, safety and academic success primarily supporting the needs of one assigned student requiring 1 : 1 assistance.

Primary responsibilities :

• Provide 1 : 1 educational assistance to an assigned client within a classroom setting.
• Provide client supervision and mentorship.
• Ensure student resident safety and collaborate with co-workers to maintain an environment that is positive, respectful, clean, and safe.
• Attend staff meetings and training sessions as required by Nexus. Understand and support the Nexus philosophy and treatment modalities.
• Understand, upload and comply with all Nexus policy and procedures regarding student resident confidentiality.

Required Education and Licensure :

Nice to Have :

Work Schedule & Salary :

This position supports a year-round school with paid break weeks & holidays off throughout the year

Work Environment :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The job requires extended periods of sitting. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Nexus' Comprehensive Benefits Include :

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion :

At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions will be focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.

Our ICARE Values :

APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM! When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives - including your own!

Keywords : "Paraprofessional" "Teaching Assistant" "Teacher Aide" "1 : 1 Aide", "Student Aide", "1 : 1 TA"

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Salary : $17 - $18