What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASST DIR - EDUCATION position at Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center?
Responsibilities
Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provides quality mental health care and education services for adolescents, ages 11–17 who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, educational, family and social challenges. The dedicated professionals at Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provide quality mental health treatment for children. The program establishes healthy behaviors and prepares children to transition back home.
Palm Shores is currently hiring an Assistant Director of Education.
The Assistant Director of Education position leads and directs student support services, student discipline, student event attendance, specialists’ program decisions and supervisory responsibilities. Reinforce the provision of educational services by assisting the administrative and clinical responsibility for Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center. Support the direction and coordination efforts to meet educational needs of all residents, both special and regular education, in conjunction with IEP’s and requirements of regulatory agencies and school boards. Facilitate leadership and supervision of teachers, assuring that educational needs of the residents are met and ensure that the program meets standards and is effective.
Essential Functions
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
Qualifications
Education: Master’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in supervision and an educational setting.
Licensure/Certification: Florida teaching license in ESE. HWC Certification.
Must be able to pass a Level 2 Background Screening and Pre-employment Drug Test.
Must be able to interact positively with patients on a daily basis whose behavior may be challenging, uncooperative or aggressive.
Must be able to work successfully under highly stressful conditions;
Must be able to collaborate with other multidisciplinary team members in an appropriate fashion;
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.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
We are aware of a scam whereby impostors are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information.
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.
Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provides quality mental health care and education services for adolescents, ages 11–17 who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, educational, family and social challenges. The dedicated professionals at Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provide quality mental health treatment for children. The program establishes healthy behaviors and prepares children to transition back home.
Palm Shores is currently hiring an Assistant Director of Education.
The Assistant Director of Education position leads and directs student support services, student discipline, student event attendance, specialists’ program decisions and supervisory responsibilities. Reinforce the provision of educational services by assisting the administrative and clinical responsibility for Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center. Support the direction and coordination efforts to meet educational needs of all residents, both special and regular education, in conjunction with IEP’s and requirements of regulatory agencies and school boards. Facilitate leadership and supervision of teachers, assuring that educational needs of the residents are met and ensure that the program meets standards and is effective.
Essential Functions
- Works with the Director of Education (DOE) in shaping the culture, mission, and values of the school, and develops and implements administrative procedures consistent with federal and state laws and school practices.
- Monitors and ensures compliance with student records, clinical records in regards to education, IEP’s IIP’s and other documentation of educational services, and treatment progression.
- Creation and implementation of improvement plans and monitoring of progress toward proficiency on observation rubrics of teachers
- Planning, coordinating, leading/supporting IEP’s, and 504 Plans
- Ensuring teachers implement appropriate research-based interventions and are able to fulfill the required needs of Individual Learning Plans (IEPs) and 504 Plans.
- Ensures that training on and monitoring of standardized assessments as related to the identification of students.
- Survey Compliance
- Registration/Enrollment/Discharge
- IEP/ESE oversight
- Testing
- Substitute
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
Qualifications
Education: Master’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in supervision and an educational setting.
Licensure/Certification: Florida teaching license in ESE. HWC Certification.
Must be able to pass a Level 2 Background Screening and Pre-employment Drug Test.
Must be able to interact positively with patients on a daily basis whose behavior may be challenging, uncooperative or aggressive.
Must be able to work successfully under highly stressful conditions;
Must be able to collaborate with other multidisciplinary team members in an appropriate fashion;
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.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
We are aware of a scam whereby impostors are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information.
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.