Tutor/Teacher's Assistant - Newport Healthcare

Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love—and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.®

Responsibilities:

The primary purpose of this role is to provide supervision for our clients and to ensure their safety while building a rapport with them. This includes providing assistance to each client during school and in handling individual problems; responsibility for setting of limits for behavior; creating documentation of the clients’ progress; identifying the possible need for professional services and communications of such findings to professional staff.

Essential Duties:

• Actively work alongside teacher pair to grade written assignments or teacher scored assessments.
• Consistently monitor and collect data for each client. This includes: maintaining the Excel spreadsheet for academic progress, taking attendance, and assisting with daily check-ins and goal setting forms.
• Draft weekly progress reports, which will be sent out by the classroom teacher.
• Input case notes into EMR prior to treatment team meetings.
• Collect classroom inventory - school supplies, paper, pencils, etc.
• Practice compliance with all policies and record keeping requirements.
• Remain current and up to date on all trainings (HealthStream, CPR, CPI, etc.) and certifications required to maintain employment with Newport Academy.

• H.S. Degree or GED required bachelor’s level degree in related field preferably in Mathematics/Science.
• Prior work experience in other behavioral health treatment settings with adolescents a plus.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.  Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

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