Transportation Paraprofessional

TRANSPORTATION PARAPROFESSIONAL

Transportation Department

BENEFITS: Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 20-22% employer contribution to your PERA retirement plan, paid holidays, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, education benefits, amongst others. For full time employees.

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $ $21.20 per hour

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The hours for this position are flexible: part-time, full-time, mornings only, afternoons only, a mix of both, 1 day per week up to 5 days per week.  Please note your availability in your application.

SUMMARY:  Collaborate with bus drivers by monitoring and assisting students with special needs to ensure safe, efficient, courteous, and customer-service oriented experience for students, parents, and staff.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• No experience required.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Intermediate interpersonal relations skills.

Ability to:

• Consistently report for scheduled work.
• Learn and master skills related to transporting students with special needs.
• Diffuse and manage stressful situations.
• Maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job.
• Demonstrate emotional stability with challenging situations.
• Work within a moving vehicle for up to four hours.
• Work in existing and varying weather conditions.
• Maneuver heavy wheelchairs (manual and electric) that total weight up to 800 pounds.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate's degree.
• Experience working with school age children.
• Experience working with in a special education environment.
• Bilingual Preferred

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Consistently monitor students with varying special needs during the bus ride. Assess any medical or behavioral situation and take safety steps accordingly; identify problems and act quickly, safely, and according to District protocol and guidelines. Provide initial first aid/emergency care when needed. Exemplify understanding of, compassion, and tolerance for students' physical conditions and lack of body function control.

• Provide emotional and behavioral support and physically assist students with a variety of special needs and disabilities with entering/exiting the bus, walking, sitting, securements, backpacks, etc. Use a variety of equipment to ensure students are safely and comfortably secured. May include but not limited to: wheelchair lifts, securements, vests, seatbelts, integrated seats, etc.
• Safely secure wheelchairs on board the bus without compromising wheelchair structure. Identify and execute emergency release mechanism if necessary. Properly adjust a student's safety vest and its attachments and properly position student adjustments of wheelchair and car seats. Maintain and replace District equipment as needed.
• Perform pre- and post-trip vehicle inspections with the bus driver.
• Clean up and properly dispose of body fluids in a designated disposal site. Safely clean and sanitize windows, seats, floor, seat belts, and tie-downs.
• Communicate student information to the bus driver, parents/guardians, and/or teachers when needed. Prepare and submit all required records and reports in a timely and acceptable manner. Maintain the students' emergency card book that contains confidential information.
• Collaborate with the bus driver to formulate an emergency evacuation plan. Execute emergency evacuation procedures if necessary, which may include stopping and securing the vehicle in the event the bus driver is incapacitated, and utilizing bus equipment including but not limited to the bus radio, emergency signal lights, first aid kit, and fire extinguisher. Read maps of area and know route directions to assist any substitute bus driver. Work as a team with the bus driver to best service the affected student(s) while confined to small spaces.
• Maintain all required certifications and participate in regularly scheduled training meeting.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

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