Personal Care Service Provider - Transportation

Personal Care Service ProviderAssists students with disabilities on the bus with personal care services outlined in their Individual Education Plan (IEP).High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred. Must be 18 years of age.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. There may be alternatives to the qualifications as the board of trustees may find appropriate.Assists with Activities for Daily Living or Instrumental Activities for Daily Living (locomotion/mobility, positioning, escort, etc.) Maintains effective control over students and reports discipline problems to the driver and appropriate administrator.Communicates information with teachers and parents on a daily basis about student needs on the bus.Implements behavioral interventions outlined in students' IEPs, completes Student Discipline Referrals as needed/required, and turns in to the Operations Section.Assists in loading and unloading students with disabilities according to their individual needs.Assists with seatbelt and wheelchair securement and other individual needs of the students while riding the bus.Operates two-way radio equipment and communicates with transportation operations staff as required for successful completion of route.Assists driver in maintaining interior cleanliness of assigned bus.Performs such other tasks as may be assigned by the Transportation Operations Supervisor or the Executive Director for Transportation Services.This job has no supervisory responsibilities.Ability to operate wheelchair lifts, ramps, and securement locks.Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak clearly and effectively over a radio communications system, before groups of students and sponsors, and before groups of customers or employees of the organization.Continual sitting, reaching, and repetitive hand and arm motions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk and hear; stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing and pulling. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus during the hours of daylight and darkness.Repetitive hand motion; regular walking, grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension, reaching; may climb ladders.Moderate lifting and/or carrying up to 50 pounds or more.Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.Work with frequent interruptions; emotional control under stress.