Student Service Aide

Easterseals is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access by enriching education, enhancing health, expanding employment, and elevating community. We do this with life-changing programs for children and adults with disabilities, families, and Veterans. We achieve this through our nearly 200 community partners throughout Massachusetts.

Join our team at Easterseals Massachusetts, a non-profit organization with a mission to provide services to ensure that children and adults with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play.

Student Services Aide (SSA)

Seasonal Position / July 1st through August 23rd

Monday- Friday 8:30am-3:30pm

Easterseals is currently seeking Student Service Aide’s (SSA) to join our team at the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children (PRHC) in Canton, MA. The SSA will provide direct support and personal care assistance for students during recreational activities.

Essential Functions:

• Assists students requiring support in addressing personal care needs as needed and/or assigned (e.g. peri-care, diapering, changing clothing, feeding, etc.) for the purpose of allowing students to understand cultural issues and life skills needed to successfully integrate into the camp environment
• Assists in the educational and social development of students under the direction and guidance of teachers, recreation leaders, and other professionals
• Assists students to access their electronic communicators, switches, pointers, feeders, etc. and ensures the equipment is hooked up and functioning properly
• Assist in the monitoring of students during assigned periods within a variety of environments (e.g. rest rooms, playgrounds, hallways, area parking lots, special events, etc.)
• Support student to enable them to fully participate in scheduled activities (including but not limited to entering the pool and participating in barn/animal activities with the student)
• Assists students in and out of wheelchairs; transporting students in their wheelchairs in and around PRHC campus grounds

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience providing personal care to youth and/or adults with physical disabilities
• Knowledge of the special needs of students who have behavioral, learning, or physical disabilities
• Knowledge of pertinent academic areas and learning situations

Preferred Experience:

• 1-3 years’ experience as a PCA or school aide
• Experience as a classroom aide

Additional Requirements:

Easterseals Massachusetts conducts extensive background checks and professional references for all potential employees. If selected for hire, candidates must be able to provide a recent physical indicating the ability to perform the essential functions of the job either with or without accommodations, proof of negative TB, and required immunizations including Covid-19.

Easterseals Massachusetts is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. We base all employment decisions on each individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetics, or any other legally protected characteristic.