The Baker Center for Children and Families (formerly: Judge Baker Children’s Center) established in 1917. The Baker Center for Children and Families, “JBCC” is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents whose mental health problems threaten to limit their potential. JBCC was named in honor of the Boston Juvenile court’s first Judge Harvey Humphrey Baker, a visionary in child welfare. Judge Harvey Baker was among the first to advocate a system based on understanding and treatment to help troubled youth, rather than one using punishment or incarceration. Today, integrating education, service, research, and training, The Baker Center for Children and Families has become a national leader in the field of children’s mental health.

The Baker Center for Children and Families is currently hiring. If you are looking for a place to get involve and be a part of a great organization, Baker Center is the place for you! The Baker Center for Children and Families has an exciting JOB TITLE opportunity!

For more information on the Baker Center for Children and Families, please visit: www.bakercenter.org

About Manville School

Manville School, a program of the Baker Center for Children and Families, is a therapeutic day school providing special education, clinical, and behavioral support for students in kindergarten through tenth grade with complex social-emotional, behavioral, and learning needs.

Manville provides services for up to 115 students from over 50 school districts in the greater Boston area, and has approximately 100 educational, clinical, and behavioral staff members. Manville integrates comprehensive, evidence-based clinical services, innovative educational programming, and tiered behavioral supports to ensure that students with unique needs experience social-emotional development and academic success. For more information on Manville School, visit bakercenter.org/manville.

Manville School believes that all of its members - including students, staff, and caregivers - have a right to feel safe, seen, and respected. Manville School values and celebrates all identities and a community of diversity and belonging for all.

School Nurse

The School Nurse is a full-time position for Manville’s Day School. The School Nurse provides leadership and oversight of all medical functions of the school through: direct service, collaboration with a part-time registered school nurse, and close collaboration with Manville’s Clinical Director and Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Essential Duties

• Assess student health status and identify needs on a routine daily basis.
• Administer medications with documentation and accurate record keeping.
• Provide training to staff for medication administration.
• Perform daily first aid treatment to students and staff.
• Work collaboratively with part-time School Nurse.
• Order and maintain health office supplies.
• Develop individual nursing care plans.
• Maintain and continually monitor health policies and emergency procedures.
• Collaborate with outside care providers.
• Provide psychoeducation/health counseling to students and families.
• Manage students’ health records.