Job Description

Are you a compassionate Teacher with a heart to educate children and teens in a trauma-informed behavioral health setting? Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral is looking for you! We are currently recruiting for a Part-time Teacher.

Position Summary

The Teacher will be responsible for providing education in a safe environment while maintaining age and developmentally appropriate educational standards. The Teacher will participate as an integral member of the treatment team and in developing the continuing care plan regarding educational placement upon discharge.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Teach smaller classes of between 8-15 students with additional staff support
• Interact therapeutically with the residents in one-to-one, community, group and classroom situations. Reacts therapeutically in a crisis.
• Prepare and implement sequential curricula for all students based upon the student’s past records and/or the Individual Education Plan (IEP) developed by the student’s IEP Team.
• Instruct students in core academic subjects using a variety of techniques to reinforce learning and to meet students’ varying needs and interests, while establishing clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.

Benefits for full-time employees include :

· Tuition Assistance

· Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300+ locations!

· Diverse programming to expand your experience

· HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses

· Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off

· Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

· 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

· Pet Insurance

· SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

· More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

Education : Bachelor’s degree in education. Master’s degree preferred

Experience :

Minimum of two (2) years in Student or Special Education preferred.

Prefer previous experience working with children and adolescents with special educational needs.

Age-Specific Competencies :

Licensure/Certification : Current, State of South Carolina Teaching Certificate in the following area: Secondary Education. CPR and CPI Certification required.

HIPAA : Has access to and adds information to the Medical Record. May only access medical record of assigned patients.

About Our Organization

Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health, a subsidiary of UHS, is located on the beautiful Ashley River near Charleston, SC, Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health lends a helping hand to people struggling with mental health and substance use disorders. At Palmetto Behavioral Health we are looking for exceptional people who share our mission of providing superior quality healthcare services and our culture of Service Excellence: treat everyone as a guest, demonstrate professionalism and excellence, practice teamwork.

Please visit us online at

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network, and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Job Tags

Similar Jobs