TEACHER/EDUCATOR (PEL required) - ACADEMY, Full time (SIGN-ON BONUS) Job at Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital, Chicago, IL

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  • Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Responsibilities

Join our team! Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient psychiatric and partial hospitalization treatment for children and adolescents, ages 3 to 17. We strive to provide compassionate care to every patient we serve.

Sign on bonus potential for qualified candidates!

JOB SUMMARY:  Participates in ongoing educational assessments of patients.  Provides instruction to patients while maintaining an orderly and disciplined structure in the classroom.  Develops special interventions for patients unable to function within the classroom setting.  Assists in curriculum development.  Participates in patient treatment planning and staffings when necessary.  Understands the basic growth and development milestones with appropriate interventions specific to the age and population served.  Completes patient lesson plans.  Completes and maintains all records as required.  Maintains an adequate supply of appropriate instructional materials relative to patient’s age and functioning level.  Participates in case management activities as required.  Assures the maintenance of a safe and sanitary environment.

For information about the benefits we offer, please visit UHS Benefits Service Center .

Qualifications

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:   To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to demonstrate competency in the criteria listed in this job description. The specifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability to meet the minimum requirements for this position.

Education:   Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters preferred.

Experience:   One year teaching ED/BD children and/or adolescents preferred.

Licensure/Certification: Valid P EL, Illinois teaching certificate required; certification in Special Education preferred.

Knowledge: Prefer knowledge of effective teaching skills and educational strategies with a special education population, individual and group management skills, therapeutic relationships and processes, age specific growth and development, limit setting and crisis and behavior management.

Supervision Received:     Director of Academy

Supervision Exercised:   None

Line of Promotion: Director of Academy

Working Conditions:   Exposure to psychiatric patients who may exhibit violent/aggressive behavior. Potential for exposure to communicable diseases, blood/body fluids and other hazardous waste. General hospital environment.

Physical Requirements: Ability to communicate verbally and in writing. Physical agility to manage patients. Push, pull and lift up to 50 pounds. Intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending, reaching and stooping

The physical requirements described here are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

Job Classification: Exempt

This job classification in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Clinical Educator will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by Director of the Academy.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: or 1-800-852-3449.

Job Tags

Full time, Local area, Relocation package,

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