Teacher’s Assistant

We are seeking a Teacher’s Assistant to join our growing 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 location in Northbrook is our first and largest facility, and consists not only of our widest variety of programs, but also serves as a pilot site for many of our new treatment offerings

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