Personal Care Assistant/Teaching Assistant- Preschool
Easterseals of Southeastern PennsylvaniaMedia, PennsylvaniaFull timePosted 6mo agoStill open, checked every nightHow this pay compares
This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open caregiver jobs in Pennsylvania post a median of $16.50 an hour, the middle half $15–$17.50, across 641 jobs that state their pay. Caregivers employed in Pennsylvania earn a median of $14.14 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
Caregivers in Pennsylvania: pay by town and employer
The Caregivers & Home Health Aides job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly
What Pennsylvania requires of a caregiver
Pennsylvania issues no caregiver credential of its own, by its own rules.
- Before assignment, a direct care worker must hold a Pennsylvania nurse's license, pass the agency's competency exam, or complete a qualifying training program (agency-developed, a 42 CFR 484.36 home health aide program, the state nurse aide program, or a Medicaid waiver program's training); personal care work adds topics such as bathing, transfers, feeding and toileting.
- Staying active: The agency reviews each worker's competency at least once a year.
Caregiver and home health aide jobs in our research
- How long these jobs stay listed: Still listed at 7 days 85.3%
- Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.64x · Clicks 27
- How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 75.8% · Stating an hourly rate 73.5%
From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 9 Nov 2026. Every figure for Caregiver and home health aide jobs
About the job
Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania is seeking full-time Personal Care Assistant/Teaching Assistants to support the behavior and educational services provided to students in our school setting. Our school programs service young children with severe and complex disabilities including autism, physical disabilities, and communication limitations.
The Personal Care Assistant/Teaching Assistant will fill a critical role in the expansion of Positive Behavior Supports within Easterseals. The primary role involves implementing strategies as outlined in Positive Behavior Support Plans which could include but are not limited to providing direct instruction based on the student's IEP goals. This individual will need to demonstrate flexibility in that they may be serving one student at a time or be supporting a classroom teacher in an assistant role.
- Associate degree or higher in a related field and/or current RBT certification required.
- Experience working with children with disabilities and/or challenging behavior preferred.
- CPR/First aid certification preferred.
- Reliable transportation is required for possible travel to additional school sites.
- Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania is a 501(c)(3) organization for public service loan forgiveness eligibility purposes.
- Please review the background check requirements information located on the ‘Careers’ page of our website: https://www.easterseals.com/sepa/who-we-are/careers-at-easter-seals/
- Easterseals is an equal opportunity provider and an equal opportunity employer.
From Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
Selected agencies hiring now
All agencies and apps →
White Glove PlacementTravel nursing agency
Places travel, local, per diem and locum tenens clinicians across nursing, allied health, behavioral health and physician roles.
Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs
These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.
Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.
Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.
New caregiver and home health aide jobs in Pennsylvania, by email
One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.
About Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania hires caregivers, mental health staff and therapists in Pennsylvania.
Hires in PennsylvaniaPay on its listings: 50% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
More open jobs at Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania
More caregiver and home health aide jobs
Experienced in home care or senior care?
One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.
Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania openings, sent to you weekly
Each week we send the newest postings from Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.