Special Education Paraprofessional - St. Charles School

Job Description

Job DescriptionDescription:

St. Charles School, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, is looking for full-time Special Education Paraprofessionals to join our dedicated team for the upcoming 2025/2026 School Year. The paraprofessional will work 34 hours per week. The first day of school is scheduled for August 25, 2025.

Working under the direction of a certified teacher, the Special Education Paraprofessional will assist students with special needs and support the teacher with classroom activities and clerical functions.

St. Charles School provides academic, social, emotional and behavioral services in a therapeutic setting for male and female students in grades K-8. We are a private provider of special education serving public school students. Our curriculum is non-religious. With decades of experience supporting child trauma survivors, St. Charles is uniquely positioned to work with children who display severe behaviors in the typical classroom setting. We provide a safe and nurturing environment to help students heal, build meaningful connections; and over time, develop the positive behaviors to successfully reintegrate into traditional school environments.

Benefits:

· Generous paid time off, including sick time, pay for school holidays, winter break and February and April vacation weeks.

· Affordable healthcare plan options with a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) to reimburse most of your out of pocket expenses.

· Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

· Critical illness, accident, long-term disability, legal plan and pet insurance available

· Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance

· Flexible Spending Account

· 401K Plan, with 3% automatic employer contribution (after 1 year of employment)

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Assist with the implementation of daily lesson plans under the direction of the teacher

• Provide one-on-one or group instruction after initial instruction by the teacher

• Assist students with self-help, motor skills, academic skills and social skills

• Adapt materials and equipment to meet specific needs and learning styles of the student

• Assist in implementing speech, physical and occupational therapy goals by working with students to meet IEP goals

Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED

• Experience working with at-risk and high-risk children is preferred

• Accept, understand and relate to students who have behavioral, emotional, learning or physical disabilities

• Must be able to stand for long periods of time

• Willing to be trained and/or updated in First Aid and CPR

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of computer systems preferred

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin, marital or familial status, age or mental or physical handicap