Therapeutic Teacher - Therapeutic Day Program, Temp

CERTIFIED THERAPEUTIC TEACHER or QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL 

 

FUNCTION OF JOB

 

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

 

CHARACTERISTIC WORK

 

• Develop therapeutic plans for specific children and implement programs which encompass all areas of development.
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• Assess and evaluate clients; implement daily educational program for school-aged children; document client progress through written reports, notes, and summaries.
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• Maintain Standard Course of Study coupled with enrichment activities while child is receiving day treatment services.
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• Actively participate 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.
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• Maintain 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.
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• Effectively communicate client’s status to team members.
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• Act as liaison between community and the program. Actively partner with the school system to support the client’s educational needs both during and post treatment. 
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• Participate in community integration outings to practice social skills in a less structured environment.
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• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. Support Lunch Set-up.

 

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND GIVEN

 

Oral and/or written instructions are received from supervision.  Provide direction and guidance to support personnel.

 

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS

 

1. Bachelor’s degree in child development, early childhood education, special education, recreational therapy, music therapy or related field of study.
2. Exceptional Children certification/license; or Certification/Licensure in Specific Discipline/Field preferred but not required.
3. Preferred Two years teaching experience in a child development program, teaching, or therapeutic setting.
4. Preferred Mental health experience working with children with behavioral problems

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Amount of time spent performing the following activities:

0% 35% 65%     to to to     35% 65% 100% N/A Activity     X   Standing     X   Walking X       Sitting     X   Bending     X   Reaching with arms   X     Finger and hand dexterity     X   Talking     X   Hearing     X   Seeing X       Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling:        

20 lbs. maximum

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50 lbs. maximum

       

100 lbs. maximum

 

 

ADDITIONAL DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

 

1. Master’s degree in education or related field.

 

 

 

                                                

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.

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