Description
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Student Responsibilities:
- Engage with adults on the autism spectrum in a way that promotes dignity and improved quality of life
- Actively participate in professional development and extracurricular activities
- Proactively manage student behavior according to shared expectations of the program director
- Prepare lesson plans
- Lead activities including yoga, gardening, art projects, and daily walks
- Provide assistance and training to adults on the autism spectrum with meals, hygiene, activities
- Create a fun learning environment
School Responsibilities:
- Model the school's values and core beliefs
- Set and work toward ambitious behavioral and vocational goals
- Use feedback from supervision to improve mentorship practices
- Meet weekly with team members to discuss current plans, barriers to progress, and potential solutions for increasing progress and guaranteeing treatment integrity
- Deliver community-based instruction and workplace oversight
- Collect and use observational data
- Engage families and community members in the learning process
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to implement and reinforce all components of a consistently positive, creative and solutions-oriented school culture
COMPETENCIES:
A. Problem Solving/Decision Making - Able to assess needs and consider course of action to best meet those needs
B. Monitoring - Able to monitor participant progress and respond to unmet needs; able to monitor provider service provision and billing practices and to ensure accuracy
C. Planning - Establish effective objectives, priorities, and implement plans; anticipate obstacles and consider alternatives
D. Coordination - Make adjustments in casework to coordinate efforts with other agencies to ensure consistency and adequate follow-up
E. Action Orientation - Take initiative rather than passively accepting; takes action and attempts to influence events to achieve goals
F. Work Commitment - Willingly commit extra effort and time to get a job done; identified with organization goals; exhibit excellent time management abilities
G. Oral and Written Communication Skills - Ability to exhibit appropriate use of grammar and spelling in written communication, exhibit5 appropriate use of grammar in oral communication, ensure oral and written communication is professional
H. Building Relationships - Able to establish rapport with provider agencies and staff, Easterseals administrative and other program staff
I. Team Playing - Work cooperatively with other Easterseals Support Coordinators/Supervisors
J. Mission Advocacy - Able to identify with project and Easterseals objectives; adequately, constructively and directly communicate these objectives
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree; preferred but not mandatory in Human or Social
- A commitment to fulfill the school's mission and vision
- A passion for helping children and adults with learning differences
- Experience working with children and/or adults with autism
- Familiarity with Applied Behavior Analysis
- The desire to be part of a true Professional Learning Community
- Flexibility, patience, perception and empathy
- A "Can-Do" attitude
- Show respect and courtesy to students, parents, and colleagues
- Accept feedback from supervisors in a polite and constructive manner
- Communicate effectively to students, parents, and colleagues
- Maintain confidential information about students and their families
- Act as a positive role model and representative of Chartwell both at Chartwell and in the community
- A strong desire to increase instructional efficacy by receiving and implementing feedback
- An unwavering commitment to help each of our young learners excel behaviorally, academically, emotionally and socially
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS with or without accommodation:
- The employee is regularly required to operate a computer and communicate with others on the phone and in person
- The employee is frequently required to walk, sit, use hands and lift /move lightweight items
- Ability to move independently within the facility and the community
- Ability to care for student in caring and professional manor
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Work is performed in a normal working office setting that is environmentally controlled and out in the field
