CROSSROADS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC·Agra, Oklahoma
Create and manage a warm, challenging learning environment for children with disabilities using developmentally appropriate early intervention. Support individual children and families while fostering teamwork and professional excellence within the Head Start program.
Crossroads Youth & Family Services, Inc. is seeking a Special Needs Assistant for its Agra Head Start located in Lincoln County. The Special Needs Assistant assists in creating and managing an attractive, warm, and challenging learning environment for children with disabilities, incorporating developmentally appropriate early intervention, learning, and care activities that meet the needs of the group as well as those of individual children and families.
Here is your chance to make a difference in a child’s life, to help families, and to build relationships while working in a fun, challenging environment that fosters teamwork encourages leadership, and inspires professional excellence.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s License and maintain acceptable liability insurance
Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal and analytical skills required;
Must be knowledgeable in computers and other basic office equipment;
Knowledge of community resources, methods and practices of health and safety precautions, providing age-appropriate education services and facilitating family involvement in program services.
It is the policy of Crossroads Youth & Family Services, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or handicap. Persons of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
The conditions here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
This classification is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may be required to perform other reasonable duties as assigned by management. Crossroads Youth & Family Services, Inc. reserves the right to revise or change classification duties and responsibilities as the need arises and consistent with the Head Start / Early Head Start Policies and Procedures Policy manual.
Market context
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