Behavior Support Specialist - Audubon School

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 at Devereux PA Children's Services has its Advantages

You will work directly with our Audubon students with frequent behaviors in a school setting that is located in Norristown, PA

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

Everyday as a Behavior Support Specialist you will:

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

• Carry out specific interventions that are developed by the Behavior Analyst (BCBA).

• Transfer skills to individuals’ natural support in the least restrictive environment.

• Support teachers in managing student behavior

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

Devereux Day Academy is a private academic school program located in Norristown, PA. Devereux Day Academy is licensed to serve students in grades K-8 who have been identified with the following primary disabilities: Intellectual Disability, Autism, Emotional Disturbance, Specific Learning Disability, and Speech or Language Impairment. The core curriculum has been aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards, as well as the curricula of our partner school districts. This alignment will facilitate smooth transitions to and from the program for your students. The goal of the curriculum is to provide students with learning experiences that foster increased engagement and success through differentiated instruction, evidence-based instructional strategies, and rigorous learning expectations.

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Qualifications

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

EXPERIENCE: At least 1 year of work experience with children or adolescents with behavior challenges preferred.

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 Date1 week ago(11/4/2024 3:24 PM)

Requisition ID2024-40676

CategoryClinical

Position TypeFull-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.

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