Teacher III bei Heartland Human Care Services

Summary:  

Join Our Team as an Instructor! 

Are you passionate about education and making a positive impact in people's lives? We are seeking an enthusiastic Instructor to provide instruction within the guidelines established by the Organization and specific departments. You will have the opportunity to teach in various settings, including classrooms or program participants' homes, to classes, small groups, or individuals. Your role may require you to remain on premises during break and/or meal periods at a residential program. Individual accountabilities and work volume will be established through the development of annual Success Objectives, providing a clear framework for your professional growth and impact. If you are a motivated educator looking to make a difference, we want to hear from you!  

Apply today and join us in empowering our community through education.

Our Benefits: 

• Medical insurance. BCBS PPO, EPO, and HSA Plans   
• Dental insurance.    
• Vision insurance.    
• 401(k) 3% Employer Contribution.    
• Paid maternity leave.    
• Paid paternity leave.    
• Commuter benefits.  
• Professional Development Assistance.  
• Disability insurance    
• FSA Spending Account   
• Life Insurance   
• Employee Assistance Program   
• Special Vendor Discounted Offerings on Travel, Amusement Parks, etc.

Essential Functions: 

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Provides instruction, assesses curriculum and develops new curriculum to meet participant needs and program objectives.  Acts as the team leader in team teaching situations.  
• Develops recruitment techniques and recruits program participants; develops assessment and intake procedures, and provides assessment and intake services to program participants; maintains good relationships with other service providers and recruitment sources; assesses participant needs for referral to additional service providers and makes appropriate referrals.  
• Records individual and group progress as dictated by contract compliance and professional standards. 
• Compiles and analyzes statistics and prepares drafts for statistical/programmatic reports for supervisors as requested. 
• Orders and maintains inventory of instructional materials; develops resources to support program objectives; provides transportation and other financial assistance to program participants under program guidelines.  
• Participates extensively in staff meetings, in-service training, and organization activities; may lead staff meetings as requested in absence of supervisor; participates in additional training as assigned. 
• Demonstrated through knowledge of instruction theory, technique, and activities; carries the volume of work required by department standards, individual program, and organization.  MBO’s can be expected to affect individual accountabilities in daily operations.  
• Other duties may be assigned. 

Education and Experience: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field. Three years of experience in service provision.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (K/S/A): 

• Access to regular, dependable and timely transportation 
• Ability and comfortability working with people of varying socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Excellent communication skills. Strong networker, convener, relationship builder and communicator with experience collaborating with diverse work teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information possessing skills to handle situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
• A high degree of collaboration and emotional intelligence, self-motivation, and analytical ability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange; Windows operating systems; and other software routinely used by Heartland Human Care Services.

Work Arrangement:  

This role is eligible for a “hybrid” or “remote” work arrangement. If hybrid, it is expected this person would be able to meet for “in person” meetings when needed or at the request of others. In-person meetings may be required on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, etc.). There may also be the availability to work from home when appropriate. 

Work Environment:  

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Each program site operates on a 24/7 basis, 365 days per year.  To meet both the needs of our participants and contractual obligations, employees are required to be flexible in regard to scheduling and work location.  
• Program sites are located throughout the Chicago area, including the North and West and South sides of Chicago.  Employees may be required to report to any one of our locations on a temporary or permanent basis.

Physical Demands:  

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
• The employee must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crawl.
• The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. 
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee must have unrestricted ability to provide physical restraint.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement 

Heartland Human Care Services makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.