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West Ottawa Public Schools

Behavior Educational Assistant

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What they do

A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.

$36,084 / year median in Michigan

+7% projected growth

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Job Description

JobID:
4079
Position Type:
Support Staff/Behavioral Education Assistant Date Posted:
7/29/2026
Location:
Woodside Elementary School Date Available:
08/2026
Closing Date:
Until filled
Notice of Support Staff Posting Position:
Educational Assistant Posting # 4079
Woodside Elementary School Posting Dates:
July 29 2026-
Until Filled Reports To:
Principal Beginning:
August 27, 2026
Hours:
15 hours per week
Responsibilities:
Lead student reading and math groups Organize and maintain school supply orders. Monitor recess and lunch, outdoors, daily Collaborate with teachers and staff to ensure school safety protocols are followed Assist with student behaviors/management Other duties as assigned by the school administrator
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Reaching :
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Lifting :
Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
Grasping :
Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Talking :
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Hearing :
Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound. Repetitive motions : Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is subject to environmental conditions. The worker should provide consistent and reliable in person attendance.