Education Specialist (FSH)

Job Description:

Education Specialist (FSH)

Description

Education Specialist

Job Location:

Fulton State Hospital

Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services (SORTS)

600 East 5 th Street

Fulton, MO 65251

Why you’ll love this position:

Fulton State Hospital is a community of caring, skilled people, partnering with individuals challenged by mental illness to inspire healing and recovery. Through Respect, Encouragement, Compassion, Opportunity, Value, Excellence, and Responsiveness, YOU will contribute to individuals’ recovery and positively impact those you serve. The Education Specialist works with clients who have history of mental illness, trauma and sexual offenses. Responsibilities include planning and implementation of a variety of activities to enhance the quality of lives for clients in the SORTS program.

Your Benefits Package (paid for by your employer at no cost to you or cost is shared)

• Pension/Survivor Benefits
• Basic Life Insurance (term)
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Holidays (13)
• Annual Leave & Sick Leave (starting at 10 hours per month of each)
• Workers’ Compensation
• Unemployment Compensation
• Strive Employee Life & Family (SELF) program
• Medical Insurance
• Social Security Retirement
• Medicare

Optional Benefits (you pay premiums)

• Optional Life Insurance (term)
• Universal Life Insurance
• Optional Spouse & Dependent Life Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance

Optional Tax-Saving Benefits (you contribute money toward tax and retirement savings)

• Cafeteria Plan
• Deferred Compensation (MO Deferred Comp)
• Health Savings Account (for those who are eligible)

Additional Perks

• Distributed work
• Flexible scheduling
• Paid conferences and opportunities for continuing education

The SORTS program is looking for an Education Specialist to meet the academic needs of adults with mental illness and sex offending behaviors. Attention and guidance about Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requirements is given for those to whom it applies. The Education Specialist will be responsible for providing academic screenings and education groups, facilitating rehabilitative groups, providing case management services, and offering input about individual clients to the interdisciplinary treatment team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree
• Current, valid teacher certification issued by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in special education
• 2 years of professional teaching experience as a special education teacher

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Salary:

$61,611.36 per Year