Teachers Assistant

Weekly outpatient therapy isnt always enough and a trip to the ER isnt the only answer. Patients and their families rely on CompassHealth Center whenincrisis every day wehelp people overcome depression anxiety suicidality obsessions/compulsions trauma chronic pain and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.

About This Role

We are seeking a Teachers Assistant to join our growing team! This role will be a blend of direct patient interaction and general administration work. If you are passionate about providing patients with exemplary care while being sensitive to their individual psychiatric conditions you would be a great addition to our team.

Our location in Northbrook is our first and largest facility and consists not only of our widest variety of programs but also serves as a pilot site for many of our new treatment offerings

This is a full time position throughout the school year with summers off.

What Youll Do:

• Provide daily supervision and support for the learning environment across U18 programs
• Implement classroom behavior management strategies for patients as needed
• Set up and facilitate rooms for supervised study ensuring room is equipped with appropriate supplies
• Distribute printed work sent by email or printed from online resources.
• Scan and email completed work back to school contacts
• Manage proctor and support the administration of assessments for each patient including noting special instructions/testing accommodations
• Set up computers/tablets for patients and support patients to connect to Compass Guest Wifi in addition to securing all Compass technology when not in use
• Monitor patient technology use to ensure patients are following technology guidelines
• Engage in frequent communication and collaboration with team members
• Check and respond to daily emails voicemails and Teams messages
• Ensure safe patient transitions from room to room
• Communicate patient requests with doctors/nurses/therapists/teachers as needed
• Support with walking patients to/from lobby when they arrive and need to leave as needed.
• Administrative tasks such as data entry attendance and general paperwork
• Maintain patient privacy at all times
• Supervise patient lunch period as needed
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Who You Are:

• Experience working with children and adolescent
• Flexibility is critical
• Excellent time management and organizational skills including the ability to juggle multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced and changing environment
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Bachelors Degree preferred

We know job descriptionscan be intimidating so if this sounds like an opportunity for you please dont hesitate to apply!

Who We Are

Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisislevel mental health bringing passion connection and patientcentered care to the PartialHospitalizationand Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland we serve hundreds of patients every day ranging from ages 5 through adulthood in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.

A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us and hopefully will be to you too. Cultural humility teamwork continuous improvement connection patient centered care passion innovation and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.

Benefits & Perks

We know that you will be dedicated to your purpose here. We look at that investment as a twoway street. We are proud to offer plenty of space for growth and opportunities to pursue continuous development within our organization.

For eligible positions our other benefits include: comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans 401k program with company matching generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment) and continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities.

Whats Next

Compass is committed to cultivating diverse and dynamic teams who exude passion for their craft so whether or not you check all the boxes we encourage you to apply wed be grateful to hear from you!