The Pre-Vocational Aide provides appropriate care and treatment in a therapeutic environment that promotes the physical, emotional and behavioral health of each student and assists them in developing adaptive life skills. Pre-Vocational Aides work as a part of a collaborative therapeutic team in directly assisting students wit their pre-vocational and job coaching activities. They are expected to establish therapeutic rapport with our students as well as open communications and support among co-workers. The Pre-Vocational Aide is directly accountable to the Pre-Vocational Instructor who provides supervision and training and is a non-exempt, hourly employee.

Duties

• Perform direct care of all assigned students, i.e. eating, toileting and personal hygiene training during vocational services both on and off campus
• Directly delivers vocational services, incorporating therapeutic services both on and off campus.
• Transport students to and from classes to job coaching opportunities both on and off campus in a safe and secure manner following state and agency transportation policies.
• Assist in providing assigned students with all necessary Pre-Vocational and therapeutic services;
• Implement student positive behavior support practices utilizing appropriate techniques and forms to monitor, assess and document situations and student status.
• Implements crisis intervention techniques (CPI) in accordance with policy, procedure and agency training.
• Develop an understanding of the Mass. Curriculum Frameworks
• Provide input to the Pre-Vocational instructor of assigned students during evaluation periods, i.e. annual summaries, six month reviews, and quarterly reports
• Other duties as assigned by supervisors