AES - Paraprofessional (NE)
On-siteEssex, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Assist students with direct care tasks including toileting, hygiene, grooming, feeding, and mobility transfers while maintaining confidentiality and professional boundaries. Support instructional activities by cueing behaviors, prompting seatwork, simplifying instructions, and ensuring Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals are met. Collaborate with teachers to maintain classroom order, manage behavior, and facilitate transitions, while accompanying students to lunch, dismissal, and field trips. Complete daily documentation, data collection, and progress monitoring logs as assigned. Communicate with families and administration regarding student needs and report significant condition changes to the supervisor.
Required Qualifications
- High school graduate, GED or equivalent of education and training
- Registration or Certification as required by state law and regulation
- Current CPR certification
- Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessments, documentation and compliance with aide care and policies and procedures
- Basic computer skills
- Current CPR Certification
- Continuing Education as required by state
- Pediatric and adult experience as appropriate for the patient
- Adhere to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times
- Support student(s) in using technology and adaptive devices they need to complete schoolwork, communicate, and navigate throughout the school
- Demonstrate attentiveness, the ability to stay focused, and attention to detail
- Possess good oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Must be able to speak, write, read and understand English
- Must be able to travel to/from school/job location on a consistent and timely basis
- Must be able to sufficiently reposition students and move equipment without assistance
- Must have sufficient strength and manual dexterity to safely operate equipment, including grasping and manipulating small objects
- Must be able to appropriately respond physically and mentally to emergency situations
- Must be able and willing to wear personal protective equipment as needed
- Must be able to function in a wide variety of environments which may involve exposure to allergens and other various conditions
- Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids and infectious diseases
- Required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons
Desired Qualifications
- Must be able to lift 25 pounds
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds
- Must be able to sit and kneel on the floor and stand up independently
- Must be able to climb stairs
- Must have visual and hearing acuity
- Must have strong sense of smell and touch
- Must be able to appropriately respond physically and mentally to emergency situations. This may require physical strength, agility, and ability to function under stressful circumstances to evacuate a patient, to provide physical support to the suddenly weak or disabled student, or to perform one-man CPR for a prolonged period
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