23-24 - Black Hawk - SEA Medically Fragile - .875 FTE (35 HPW) - 1 Year Position

Black Hawk Middle

Medically-fragile Special Education Assistants provide assistance to students with a variety of complex health conditions that impact engagement, participation, and performance across all learning environments in the inclusive school and community settings. Duties may include, but are not limited to: wheelchair mobility and maneuvering, positioning, transferring and or lifting with or without mechanical assistance, feeding with or without adaptive assistance , delegated medical procedures, delegated medication administration, bathrooming, diapering, documentation and maintenance of daily procedure or treatment records, and assisting with the instructional program using instructional materials that are adapted to meet the needs of students from 3-21 years of age.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work with a wide range of students with health, physical, emotional, intellectual, and/or behavioral disabilities.
• Student support needs could include g-tube or oral feedings, diapering, bathroom assistance, mobility training including use of adaptive equipment, mobility, positioning, wheelchair/ambulation assistance, and other medical procedures as prescribed.
• Under the direction of the teacher, provide instructional support to students in specialized and inclusive learning environments and at community-based sites.
• Under the direction of a teacher, assist students individually and in small groups with specialized programming.
• Monitor and support student behavior consistent with strategies outlined in the behavioral educational plan (BEP).
• Support social skills development.
• Be familiar with restorative practices in regards to conflict resolution.
• Provide physical assistance (proximity or direct support) in transporting students between classrooms and other learning environments.
• Assist trained personnel with loading and unloading students from vehicles.
• Accompany and support students on school related outings.
• Help staff with student’s adaptive/self-care needs throughout the day as needed.
• Maintain health records and follow established health plans and health protocols specifically related to student’s complex health needs, including daily charting and data collection, (i.e. charting seizure activity).
• Other duties as assigned when student is not in attendance (i.e. supervise lunchrooms, recess, playground, and hallways).

Hours of work: to be determined by student and school

FTE/Hours Per Week: to be determined by student and school

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Desire to work with students who have complex health needs.

• Strong communication skills (with staff) in order to relay changing health status of student that occurs during the day with health office or school-based staff

• Ability to implement the prescribed health plan designed by the health team.
• Ability to implement recommendations from occupational and physical therapists concerning positioning, feeding, bathrooming, mobility, transferring, etc.
• Ability to consistently follow appropriate hygiene practices as outlined in MMSD Health Policies and student’s care plan.
• Ability to monitor and respond to student behavior as outlined in the student’s behavior education plan (BEP).
• Ability to maintain student confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students who are non-verbal or unintelligible, culturally-diverse students, health services staff and community partners in a professional and timely manner.
• Ability to push and maintain control of a student’s manual (non-motorized) wheelchair.
• Follow all MMSD District and Health Services Guidelines and emergency protocols for students.
• Experience working cross-culturally and/or commitment to work toward one’s own cultural competence, i.e., valuing difference/diversity, recognizing personal limitations in one’s skills and expertise, and having the desire to learn in these areas
• Recognize one’s implicit bias’ and own a commitment to MMSD and Health services equity vision, anti-racism knowledge and practice improvement