Paraeducator Assistant

16 hours ago

Wichita, Kansas, United States Rainbows United Inc Full time
Job Summary

A Paraeducator serves typically developing children and children with developmental disabilities in a child care setting age birth to 5 years. The person in this role aids in the classroom with duties that include feeding, diapering, toileting, participating in activities/games and housekeeping duties. This is a part-time position.

Essential Job Functions
  • Assists the Teacher in providing a warm and nurturing environment in which the children can grow.
  • Assesses the child's day to day strengths and needs through observation and maintains records as required.
  • Provides input to classroom planning, both long term and short term.
  • Maintains open communication with Teacher, parents, and other staff members.
  • Complies with Agency and departmental safety policies and procedures.
  • Performs other tasks as assigned.
  • Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds in person.
  • Ability to determine and identify items and children in the periphery, near, and far visual fields.
Qualifications
  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Prefer 1 year working with special needs children or children aged 2 weeks to 5 years.
Skills
  • Ability to read and write the English language.
  • Ability to perform work tasks within the physical demand requirements as outlined below.
Work Environment

This position operates in a classroom setting both indoors and outdoors.

Physical Demands

Sitting: 1 - 2 hours in an 8-hour work shift. Alternates to standing on a frequent basis.

Standing: 4 - 6 hours in an 8-hour work shift. Alternates to sitting on a frequent basis

Walking: 1/2 - 1 hour in an 8-hour work shift.

Lifting: 1 - 10 lbs. Continuously Toys, chairs, files, etc. 11 - 20 lbs. Continuously Equipment, children, supplies 21 - 50 lbs. Frequently Equipment, children, supplies

Carrying: 1 - 10 lbs. Continuously Toys, chairs, files, etc. 11 - 20 lbs. Continuously Equipment, children, supplies 21 - 50 lbs. Frequently Equipment, children, supplies

Pushing: Required to push children in wheelchairs on a continuous basis.

Bending: Continuously

Squatting: Continuously

Kneeling: Continuously

Crawling: Continuously

Climbing: Rarely - stairs (Frequently for multi-level facilities)

Grasping: Continuously

Reaching: Continuously

Fine Manipulation: Continuously

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