BASE Special Needs Assistant

Adams 12 Five Star Schools; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is seeking a BASE Special Needs Assistant at Meridian Elementary School in Thornton, CO. The role provides specialized childcare, education, and recreational activities for students with significant support needs, including during field trips.

Responsibilities include supervision, safety, behavior guidance, and collaboration with parents and staff. Requires a high school diploma or equivalent; experience with special needs students preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience working with special needs students preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and support in before and after school (BASE) setting for students to participate in program activities.
• Assist SSN students in daily routines and personal hygiene, including feeding and diapering; monitor safety and assist with medical needs as directed.
• Communicate with parents and staff; open/close and secure school building; prepare snacks and clean areas.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

BASE Special Needs Assistant JobID: 15642

• Position Type: BASE & After School Programs/ BASE Special Needs Assistant
• Date Posted: 8/19/2026
• Location: Meridian Elementary School
• Closing Date: 08/24/2026

GRADE: G7 (Hourly Range/Step 1 - Step 9: $21.34 - $26.96)
MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $21.34
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 13.75
FTE:0.34375
MONTHS PER YEAR:
JOB CODE: 100506
POSITION TYPE: – PERMANENT/REGULAR
LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

SUMMARY:

Assist students with significant support needs (SSN) by providing specialized and individualized childcare, education, and recreational activities and during field trips.Duties include providing direction, guidance and assistance to students; effectively handling student discipline situations; ensuring student safety and security; monitoring behaviors and functional life skills; communicating with parents, staff, teachers, site director and site leader; opening, closing and securing school building; preparing snacks; providing infant and childcare including feeding and diapering; cleaning classroom areas; recording attendance, assisting sick or injured students; and creating new activities. Assist students in maintaining personal health and hygiene functions; assist students to and from classes and bus stops.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. 1.Provide supervision and support in before and after school (BASE) setting for students to fully and safely participate in program activities. Assist SSN students by supervising, guiding, monitoring, and encouraging acceptable social behavior during crafts, art projects, games and other activities. Provide developmental stimulation and ensure student needs are being met. Record attendance and contact parents regarding student absences.
2. 2.Assist SSN students in performing daily routines, including getting to and from class and bus stops, field trips, using toilets, diapering, feeding and personal hygiene. Assist students with medical needs including trachs, feeding tubes, catheterization, distributing and recording medication administration to students as directed and provide CPR and general First Aid when needed. Sanitize, disinfect and clean learning environment and general work area of all bodily fluids.
3. 3.Provide assistance to site directors and leaders, including but not limited to, communicating with parents and other staff regarding child behavior or program information; perform intervention and create incident reports as needed; calling parents to get authorization for an unauthorized adult to pick up the student from the program and checking identification of adults picking up students; preparing snacks and cleaning the activity and kitchen areas after use; opening and closing school building; and securing school building at the end of the program by locking doors and turning off lights.
4. 4.Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience working with special needs students preferred.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Successful completion of a post-offer physical examination is required prior to commencement of job duties.
• CPR, First Aid and Universal Precautions certifications required within 90 days after entering position. Will be required to take medication administration training as needed.
• Universal Precautions training required within 3 months after entering position.

SALARY INFORMATION:

All Classified positions are paid on anhourlybasis. All Newly hired classified employees are placed initially on Step 1 of the pay grade for their position. Classified employees can advance an additional 7 steps (maximum Step 8) based on their previous experience. Final hourly placement on the Classified Salary schedule is dependent on the Grade Level for the position being posted and employees' previous work experience. "Grade" refers to position or job classification and "Step" refers to the number of work experience credit or service years. See ourClassified Salary Schedule for hourly rates. For additional compensation information, please refer toThe Classified Master Agreement .

BENEFITS INFORMATION:

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date). To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview .