SVCSP2738 - INSTRUCTIONAL/BUS/MODERATE/PERSONAL CARE AIDE (ITINERANT)

West Virginia K-12 Jobs; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

West Virginia Department of Education is seeking a dedicated Instructional/Bus/Moderate/Personal Care Aide (Itinerant) to support students with intensive needs. The role involves direct personal care, mobility assistance, behavioral support, and collaboration with certified staff in inclusive settings.

You may transition from the T4 Academy to Stratton Elementary as needed, with full responsibility for health plans, safety procedures, and use of assistive devices, under supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience working with students with disabilities or challenging behaviors
• Ability to assist with daily living needs including toileting and feeding
• Willingness to follow health care and behavior plans under supervision

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision and attend to personal care needs
• Implement health care and behavior plans
• Work with students in a team teaching setting under certified professionals
• Assist with positioning, lifting, and handling as directed by teachers
• Operate adaptive equipment and communication devices as trained

Skills

Medication administration

CPR/First Aid trained

Behavior management

Team collaboration

Tools

Adaptive equipment

Prosthetic devices

Augmentative communication devices

Job description

SVCSP2738 - INSTRUCTIONAL/BUS/MODERATE/PERSONAL CARE AIDE (ITINERANT) JobID: 75870

This posting is for a Personal Care Aide currently working within the T4 Academy located at the Office of Special Programs.

T4 Academy daily schedule:

Upon successful transition of the student, the work location for this position will be at Stratton Elementary.

Stratton Elementary daily schedule:

SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION SP512 & SP512.A

These positions include working with students who may:

• Have serious behavior problems
• Have uneven patterns of intellectual functioning
• May have difficulty in understanding and expressing emotions
• Have disturbance in the capacity to relate appropriately to people, events and objects, communication, and social behavior
• Have no real fear of danger to self or others
• Have difficulty generalizing, following directions, sequencing, and staying on task outside their area of interest
• Resist change in routines
• Be nonverbal or delayed in language, speech, or meaningful communication
• Require assistance with the daily living needs of these children include toileting, special skills for feeding with extended time, assistance in mobility, placing student in a prone stander, frequent position changes throughout the day
• Exhibit low levels of cognitive functioning and problem solving
• Need academic assistance in specific educational programs

These positions also require:

• Administration of medication to Special Education and Regular Education Students in accordance with West Virginia Code §18-5-22 and County Policy
• Lifting a minimum of 100 lbs. vertically
• Working with adaptive equipment, prosthetic devices, and augmentative communication devices
• Participation in and implementation of specialized training, including CPR, First Aide, Passive Restraint, Behavior Management, etc.
• Working with developmentally disabled students, medically fragile and/or orthopedically impaired students
• Providing direct supervision and attending to personal care needs
• Implementation of health care and behavior plans
• Working in a team teaching setting under the supervision of certified professionals
• Implementation of intervention techniques, positioning, lifting and handling techniques designed by teacher and related services providers
• The use of Physical Intervention and Support Techniques
• Job coach responsibilities with appropriate training as needed

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

For more information, please contact Ryan Stafford , Title IX Coordinator, 105 Adair Street, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-256-4500.