***As of 10/18/2021: Proof of COVID-19 vaccination card required for employment unless proof of exemption***

Our Mission:

Since 1967, Odyssey House has gone beyond helping individuals beat drugs and alcohol. We help rebuild lives. There’s more to recovery than just getting clean. We help individuals get healthy again, too, with medical and dental care, fitness programs, support for your mental health and more. Individuals can stay with their children while in treatment, while learning new life skills, so they can stay together and repair other broken relationships in their lives. We provide educational and work skill trainings, outpatient services and available housing assistance, so individuals can step back into real life with a real future.

If that sounds different than other treatment programs, you’re right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.

In addition to competitive salaries, Odyssey House offers our Assistant Teacher:

• A 35-hour work week (as opposed to a 40-hour work week)
• Vacation Plan and Holiday Schedule
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance (Two Plans)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Additional Insurance Coverages (hospitalization, accidental, critical illness coverage)
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
• 403(b) Plan
• Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
• Ability Assist Counseling Services (through The Hartford)
• Commuter Benefits
• Educational Assistance Programs
• Special shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
• RUFit?! Fitness Program
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Assistance
• Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
• Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher

Who Our Assistant Teacher Is:

• Teaching young children between the ages of two (2) months and five (5) years old in a classroom setting has been a long-standing passion of yours.
• You are a team player and are dedicated to the wellbeing and safety of children that are within your care within the classroom.
• Supervising and managing child engagement are both tasks that bring you joy within your workday.
• Modelling appropriate adult-child interactions for parents comes naturally to you.
• You are a positive, passionate, dependable team member who has exceptional communication skills.
• Being on-call and working a flexible schedule including working evenings, weekends or holidays does not bother you.

What Our Assistant Teacher Needs:

• Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate, working towards CDA certificate or Associate Degree in related field required.
• High School Diploma or G.E.D. and two (2) years of experience working with children required.
• Associates Degree and one (1) year of experience working with children preferred.
• CPR/First Aid Certification required, if candidate does not have certification, must be able to acquire them within 30 days of employment.
• NYS Central Registry Check and fingerprint clearance required.
• Knowledge of NYC Department of Health regulations and codes.
• Must be able to lift small children.
• Proficiency with computer operation (Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook programs).

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.