Highlands Behavioral Health System Hiring for Teacher – Behavioral Health Job at Littleton, CO Full Time

Teacher – Behavioral Health

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Highlands Behavioral Health System is an 86 bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in Littleton, CO. Highlands features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs. www.highlandsbhs.com

JOB TITLE: TEACHER

Plans curriculum, classroom schedule, and prepares lessons/plans and other instructional materials to meet individual need of students, considering state and school requirements, physical, emotional, and education levels of development by performing the following duties.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. An individual must be able to successfully complete all post-offer requirements and comply with company policies and procedures while serving as a positive role model for youth and peers. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) from four-year college or university; and one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Valid State Teacher’s License and appropriate Endorsements Requirefd

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develops and implements individualized academic programs by performing formal and informal assessments of academic achievement, social-emotional development, and vocational skills according to governmental and organizational guidelines. Prepares materials, individualized lesson plans, and activities according to assessment goals.
• Develops and implements behavioral objectives by reviewing referral and assessment data.
• Establishes, monitors, and documents goals and objectives for individual student needs with assistance of treatment team.
• Implements expectations and consequences as appropriate for each student as outlined in behavior management plan.
• Administers standard classroom procedures by maintaining current school records and maintains confidentiality of all student records per program guidelines.
• Ensures line-of-sight supervision of assigned students, maintains structured environment to ensure student involvement as appropriate

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment for this position is a residential facility setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to residents who may ask inappropriate personal questions, display socially unacceptable personal behaviors, use profanity and sexually-explicit phrases, make insulting remarks or threats regarding appearance, age, sex, or race, and exhibit defiance, dishonesty, and assaultive or self-destructive behaviors.

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Highlands Behavioral Health System offers comprehensive benefits for the Registered Nurse (RN) position, such as:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries

What do our current staff members value at UHS?

An environment that puts patient care first. We provide excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for leadership development with UHS. Supportive and responsive leadership. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

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 subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates with matching skillset and experience with the best possible career 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 feel suspicious of a job posting or job-related email, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $53,797.00 – $80,695.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Credentialing: 1 year (Required)
• Teaching: 1 year (Required)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No