About the Role
Shrub Oak International School (SOIS) is a therapeutic day and residential school for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions. We offer unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment, utilizing advanced evidence-based clinical and academic approaches.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate daily care needs, department procedures, and programmatic outcomes for students.
- Collaborate with departmental staff to ensure all students maintain a regular and appropriate schedule of events and daily living activities.
- Build trusting relationships with students, understanding their unique needs, promoting a positive, inclusive environment by empowering self-advocacy, collaboration and independence.
- Support the individualized ITEP and other developmental goals for each student, collaborating with the ITEP team and documenting efforts and progress.
- Complete administrative tasks, including shift logs, maintenance requests, incident reports, and progress tracking.
- Mentor and support students in developing life skills, advising them on a range of issues, collaborating with other departments as needed and consistently tracking concerns.
- Serve as a resource for students and staff, guiding programs, activities, and academic support.
- Transport students in a company vehicle to day to day activities as required.
Requirements
- High school diploma/GED or equivalent required.
- 1 year of work experience in a high-volume/demanding customer service or human service position required.
- At least 3 years of work experience in a high-volume/demanding customer service or human service position preferred.
- Special consideration given to those with EMT/EMS, CNA/HHA/PCA, or similar experience.
- Valid driver's license with the ability to pass a DMV driving abstract preferred.
- Ability to transport students in a company vehicle may be required.
- Crisis management and de-escalation experience required.
- Experience handling aggressive clients/customers, assisting with hygiene and personal care activities preferred.
- Must be able to ambulate around the campus, including hills, stairs, grass and gravel.
- Must be able to react and move quickly during student crisis, both for the safety of the student and for the staff.
- Must be able to run across the campus and throughout the school to catch/monitor an eloping student, and/or to remove yourself from an unsafe situation.
- Must be able to pass TCIS (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools).
- Must be able to bend, stretch, sit, crouch or kneel for sustained periods of time if implementing a hold.
Skills
- Strong written communication skills for documentation, progress notes, incident reports, and administrative tasks.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.).
- Strong verbal communication skills to engage effectively with students, staff, and external contacts in a positive and professional manner.
- Ability to manage challenging behaviors and apply effective de-escalation techniques in high-stress situations.
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Resilience and composure.
- Ability to process information efficiently, especially in crisis situations.
- CPR
- First Aid
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools (TCIS)
- Mandated Reporter Training
Location
- On Site
Work Type
- Non-exempt
Experience Level
- 1 year of work experience in a high-volume/demanding customer service or human service position required
- At least 3 years of work experience in a high-volume/demanding customer service or human service position preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma/GED or equivalent required
Salary/Compensations
- $20.00+ based on experience
Benefits
- Reduced Cost Meals every shift on site (All)
- Employee assistance program (EAP) (All)
- Insurance coverage: Health, vision, dental, life, supplemental and pet insurance (FT)
- Flexible spending account (FSA) (FT)
- Generous Paid time off (PTO) (FT)
- 401k w/company match (FT)
- Tuition/Professional development assistance (FT)
About the Company
- Shrub Oak International School (SOIS) is a therapeutic day and residential school for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions.
- Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment.
- Our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.
- SOIS maintains a smoke-free environment to ensure the health and safety of our students, employees, and community.
- We are a residential school located on a scenic 127-acre campus which includes multiple buildings and a working farm for student programming.
- The work environment will include both indoor and outdoor spaces.
- SOIS is a community of dedicated professionals that work together to find meaning with and for our students.
- We strive to make every day memorable in positive ways, and to manage students’ difficulties as a team.
- We are accountable, timely, and show up whenever needed to support our students and each other.
- We are guided day-to-day by our four core principles: We Care, We are Innovative, We are Collaborative, We are Resourceful.
Equal Opportunity
- Shrub Oak is an equal employment opportunity employer.
- Shrub Oak International School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Reasonable accommodation can be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to apply for a job or to perform the essentials functions of their job.
- Requests may be approved if the position/department/school/students will not be adversely affected.
- Please advise us if you require a reasonable accommodation.
