Travel Chaperone

WORKING TITLE: Travel Chaperone
STATE CLASSIFICATION TITLE: Direct Support Professional III
DEPARTMENT: Weekends Home
POSTING #: 24-022
TWC JOB ORDER #: 16387562
MONTHLY SALARY:  $1,750.00 – $1,835.00
SHIFT: 20 HOURS/WEEK Friday 1:30pm-11:30pm, and Sundays 9:00am-7:00pm OR Friday 12:00pm-11:00pm, and Sunday 8:00am-7:00pm.  Schedule may shift to Thursday and/or Monday approximately once a month.  Applicants must be available all these days.
OPENING DATE:  01/17/2024
CLOSING DATE:  Until Filled
CLASSIFICATION / GROUP #:  5123 / A12

$500 recruitment bonus available for a limited time (contact HR for details)

Ways to Apply

Essential Job Functions

• Accompanies students to and from their home communities on weekend trips, ensuring their safety and well-being.
• Supervises and assists students at departure, during the trip, and at all stops.
• Participates as a member of student teams and implements the student’s educational plans during the weekends home trips.
• Fosters the education of the students in academic, daily living, leisure time and social skills based upon the programs written by the teachers and team.
• Maintains Vehicles and weekends home facilities so as to provide for safe transportation of students and a safe environment.
• Attends work regularly in accordance with TSBVI leave policy.
• Complies with all agency policies and procedures.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• Skill in working harmoniously with children and adults.
• Must know or be willing to learn basic sign language (for certain assignments).
• Must have sufficient physical strength to assist in lifting and/or transferring students up to adult age.
• Ability to communicate, receptively and expressively, through both sign language and oral speech, or just oral speech, with ASL fluent and non-signing staff and students.
• Former students who apply must not have been enrolled as students for the past three years

Preferred Qualifications

• One-year full-time experience as a Residential Instructor at TSBVI OR one-year full-time experience in a closely related direct care capacity.
• Skill in using sign language.
• Experience working with children.
• CPR and First Aid certification.