Bus Personal Care Assistant

Job Title: Bus Personal Care Assistant Wage/Hour Status: Non-Exempt

Reports to: Transportation Director Pay Grade 1: Auxiliary Pay Plan

Dept/School: Transportation Department Initiated Date: February 24, 2003

• Pre-screening may be conducted by an approved medical vendor prior to starting employment.

medical vendor prior to starting employment.

Revised Date: January 14, 2021

Funding Source: 192 Special Education

District Primary Purpose: To assist and promote La Joya ISD in implementing a rigorous curriculum/instructional program that supports student success and achievement.

Department Primary Purpose: Provide safe and efficient transportation so that students may enjoy the fullest possible advantage from the District's curriculum and extracurricular program.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification: Eighth grade or higher; Age 18 years

Experience: Knowledge of the physical, mental and emotional child development process, safety and emergency procedures.

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• Insure that all students are seated and strapped with seat belts at all times.
• Review and check bus for students at the end of route.
• Assist the driver in loading and unloading wheelchair students onto or off the van by manipulating the wheelchair.
• Assist the driver by keeping the children reasonably quiet and orderly.
• Escort students to and from their classroom upon arrival and dismissal at school.
• Perform other assignments as deemed necessary by the bus driver.
• Is under the direct supervision of the bus driver during the time the van/bus is operational.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Transportation Director.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Mental Demands:

Maintain emotional control under stress; ability to communicate effectively verbally and written, ability to maintain effective control over groups of students.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Ability to stand, walk and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl (0 to 30% of the work day).
• Talk or hear (34 to 66% of the work day).
• Able to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, push/pull and reach with hands and arms (67 to 99% of the work day).
• Lift and carry objects weight from 10 to 15 lbs (0 to 33% of the work day).
• Special vision, requirements include: 20/20 (corrected), ability to identify and distinguish colors. Be able to adjust eye to bring an object into sharp focus, judge distances and spatial relationships and observe an area peripherally.
• Work environment; exposure to wet, humid conditions (34 to 67% of the work day) and working near moving mechanical parts (0 to 33% of the work day).
• The typical noise level for the work environment is loud noise.
• Hearing requirement include: ability to hear alarms on equipment, client calls and instructions from department staff.
• Repetitive motion actions include: use of foot control, both feet (5-6 hrs of the work day) use of hands, both hands (5-6 hrs of the work day), grasping simple/light objects (5-6 hrs of the work day), grasping firm/heavy objects (3-4 hrs of the work day).
• Follow all Work from Home Protocols when working remotely.

POSITION WORKING DAYS: 184 Days (7 hours per day)