UHS·North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Teacher provides direct instruction and educational services to hospitalized children and adolescents to help them maintain or improve their academic performance. They also assist in ensuring a smooth transition back to the home school setting post-discharge.
Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field. Current Arkansas Special Education Teaching Certificate. Completion of any required certifications for the Education Program as approved through the CEO, Current CPR and Handle with Care (HWC), or obtain within 3 weeks of hire.
Total education, vocational training and experience: Minimum two (2) years experience in specialty and one (1) year experience in a mental health facility, preferred. Documented experience working with children (ages 5-12), adolescents (ages 13-18).
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ABILITIES: Effective verbal and written skills needed to maintain intensive contact with patient’s home school counselors and teachers, and as appropriate school district personnel throughout the patient’s hospitalization, as well as post-discharge. Working knowledge of psychiatric treatment modalities, including behavior management techniques. General knowledge of state and federal laws governing Special Education – Approved School Programs. Must be able to understand and respond to complex written and oral instructions. Must possess skills necessary to respond quickly and calmly under stressful or emergency situations. 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. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success. Notice At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning
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Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a related field and a current Arkansas Special Education Teaching Certificate. A minimum of two years of experience in the specialty and one year in a mental health facility is preferred.
Market context
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