Description

Pay-rate: $22.50 - $25.65 (based upon experience)

Do you want to join a team of professionals that strives to keep abreast with new research and offers compassionate services designed to uplift and care for the youth population? Do you want to work in an educational setting working with Children and Adolescents?

Being a Behavior Support Specialist for Devereux PA Children's Services has its Advantages

You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need at our CARES School located in Downingtown, PA.

Shift: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm (52 week year round position)

Everyday as a Behavior Support Specialist you will:

• Ensure safety of the individuals in your care

• Provide behavior management support to individuals in a school setting.

• Support teachers in managing student behaviors

• Ensure efficient communication among the school staff members and leadership

You will be offered:

• Support for your professional development by receiving supervision, training, and guidance from experts in the field

• Environment that is supportive, educational and clinically focused.

• Ability to increase your knowledge and improve your skills related to behavior intervention, functional assessment and collaboration with a team that is inclusive and individualized

• BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY AFTER 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT (1st day of the 30 days)mydevereuxbenefits.org

• ASCEND - Career Accelerator Program

Center for Autism Research and Educational Services (CARES), located in Downingtown, PA is seeking Instructional Support Specialists to provide direct behavioral intervention to student. We offer an environment that is supportive, educational and clinically focused. This position will give you the opportunity to work directly with children diagnosed with Autism 1:1 within a structured classroom environment with Special Education Teachers, Behavior Analyst and Autism professionals. You will increase your knowledge and improve your skills related to behavior intervention, functional assessment and collaboration with a team that is inclusive and individualized.CARES serves up to 60 children, ages 5 through 22, with a confirmed primary diagnosis of Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, or Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD/NOS).

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Qualifications

EDUCATION: Registered Behavior Technician certification or RBT eligible; required. Bachelor’s degree in a human service field preferred.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum of at least one year previous experience working in a special education or behavioral healthcare setting.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 2 weeks ago (6/5/2024 4:10 PM)

Requisition ID 2024-37756

Category Clinical

Position Type Full-Time

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.