Therapeutic Teacher - Summer Therapeutic Day Program

JOB SUMMARY: 

Implements the daily educational therapy plan for school-age children in a day treatment program during the summer months. Defines the organizational and instructional strategies to facilitate learning and self-regulation of behavior through active utilization of program incentives. 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 

Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Health and Human Services field, such as recreational or music therapy or psychology. Two years' teaching and/or human services experience in a behavioral health, child development program, academic, or therapeutic setting preferred. Master's degree in Education or related field preferred. 

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: 

Preferred certification or licensure in field of discipline. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

1. Develops therapeutic plans for specific children and implements programs, which encompass all areas of development. 

2. Assesses and evaluates clients. Implements daily educational program for school-aged children. Documents client progress through written reports, notes, and summaries. 

3. Maintains Standard Course of Study coupled with enrichment activities while child is receiving day treatment services. 

4. Actively participates in the creation and or maintenance of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) which includes the gathering of behavioral data, psycho-educational testing and assessment and all supportive documentation that would support a smaller classroom setting to best meet the educational needs of the child post treatment. 

5. Maintains public school documentation which includes daily attendance, quarterly report cards, documentation to verify teacher/parent conferences, school work samples to include in child's CUMM Folder maintained at Central Office and any other documentation mandated by the child's home school and or State of North Carolina. 

6. Communicates client's status to team members effectively.

7. Acts as liaison between community and the program. Partners with the school system to support the client's educational needs both during and post treatment. 

8. Participates in community integration outings to practice social skills in a less structured environment. 

9. Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein. 

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: 

Knowledge of developmentally appropriate early childhood teaching practices Ability to develop rapport with children, parents, and co-workers Ability to develop and/or implement a high-quality, age appropriate curriculum to successfully engage children and foster social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development Strong group management skills with children Effective organizational and planning skills Effective interpersonal skills Ability to conform to an established work schedule Ability to communicate in a concise and effective manner Ability to understand and follow instructions precisely Ability to exercise tact, discretion and confidentiality 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

Fast paced, high energy, working environment 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected proces