Teacher's Assistant

Compass Health Center; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision plans

401k with company matching

PTO including parental leave

CEU seminars

Job summary

Compass Health Center in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood seeks a Teacher’s Assistant. This role blends direct patient interaction with administrative work and supports patients with diverse psychiatric needs in a school-year program with summers off.

You’ll supervise learning environments for under-18 programs, set up rooms, manage materials, assist with assessments, help with devices and Wi‑Fi, and coordinate with doctors, nurses, therapists and teachers while protecting patient privacy.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and adolescents.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Flexibility is critical.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily supervision and support for the learning environment across U18 programs.
• Implement classroom behavior management strategies for patients as needed.
• Set up and facilitate rooms for supervised study, ensuring room is equipped with appropriate supplies.
• Distribute printed work sent by email or printed from online resources.
• Scan and e-mail completed work back to school contacts.
• Manage, proctor and support the administration of assessments for each patient, including noting special instructions/testing accommodations.
• Set up computers/tablets for patients and support patients to connect to Compass Guest Wifi, in addition to securing all Compass technology when not in use.
• Monitor patient technology use to ensure patients are following technology guidelines.
• Engage in frequent communication and collaboration with team members.
• Check and respond to daily emails, voicemails and Teams messages.
• Ensure safe patient transitions from room to room.
• Communicate patient requests with doctors/nurses/therapists/teachers, as needed.
• Support with walking patients to/from lobby when they arrive and need to leave, as needed.
• Administrative tasks such as data entry, attendance, and general paperwork.
• Maintain patient privacy at all times.
• Supervise patient lunch period, as needed.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Skills

Time management

Communication

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor's Degree – preferred

Job description

Weekly outpatient therapy isn't always enough, and a trip to the ER isn't the only answer. Patients and their families rely on CompassHealth Center whenincrisis – every day, wehelp people overcome depression, anxiety, suicidality, obsessions/compulsions, trauma, chronic pain, and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.

About This Role

We are seeking a Teacher’s Assistant to join our team! This role will be a blend of direct patient interaction and general administration work. If you are passionate about providing patients with exemplary care, while being sensitive to their individual psychiatric conditions, you would be a great addition to our team.

Our centrally located Chicago office is nestled in the vibrant neighborhood of North Center, not to mention the social events hosted on our fully furnished rooftop!

This is a full time position throughout the school year with summers off.

What You'll Do:

• Provide daily supervision and support for the learning environment across U18 programs
• Implement classroom behavior management strategies for patients as needed
• Set up and facilitate rooms for supervised study, ensuring room is equipped with appropriate supplies
• Distribute printed work sent by email or printed from online resources.
• Scan and e-mail completed work back to school contacts
• Manage, proctor and support the administration of assessments for each patient, including noting special instructions/testing accommodations
• Set up computers/tablets for patients and support patients to connect to Compass Guest Wifi, in addition to securing all Compass technology when not in use
• Monitor patient technology use to ensure patients are following technology guidelines
• Engage in frequent communication and collaboration with team members
• Check and respond to daily emails, voicemails and Teams messages
• Ensure safe patient transitions from room to room
• Communicate patient requests with doctors/nurses/therapists/teachers, as needed
• Support with walking patients to/from lobby when they arrive and need to leave, as needed.
• Administrative tasks such as data entry, attendance, and general paperwork
• Maintain patient privacy at all times
• Supervise patient lunch period, as needed
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Who You Are:

• Experience working with children and adolescent
• Flexibility is critical
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, including the ability to juggle multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced and changing environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Bachelor’s Degree – preferred

We know job descriptionscan be intimidating, so if this sounds like an opportunity for you, please don't hesitate to apply!

Who We Are

Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisis-level mental health, bringing passion, connection, and patient-centered care to the PartialHospitalizationand Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland, we serve hundreds of patients every day, ranging from ages 5 through adulthood, in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual programming. Compass fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.

A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us, and hopefully will be to you, too. Cultural humility, teamwork, continuous improvement, connection, patient centered care, passion, innovation, and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.

We know that you will be dedicated to your purpose here. We look at that investment as a two-way street. We are proud to offer plenty of space for growth, and opportunities to pursue continuous development within our organization.

For eligible positions, our other benefits include: comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans, 401k program with company matching, generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment), and continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities.

What's Next?

Compass is committed to cultivating diverse and dynamic teams who exude passion for their craft, so whether or not you check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply – we’d be grateful to hear from you!