What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Behavior Specialist position at CHILDRENS GUILD INC?
Job Details
Job Location
The Childrens Guild School of Prince Georges County - Chillum, MD
Position Type
Full Time
Salary Range
19.60 - $28.50 Hourly
Description
About Us
The Children's Guild is a nonprofit organization serving children, families, and child-serving organizations. We are dedicated to transforming how America educates and cares for its children through education, behavioral health, management, and consulting services. The Children's Guild operates the Monarch Academy public charter and contract schools, Monarch Preschool College Park, The Children's Guild DC Public Charter School, The Children's Guild Transformation Academy, the TranZed Academy for Working Students, TranZed Apprenticeships, therapeutic group homes, treatment foster care, and outpatient mental health clinics. We are among the most experienced child-serving organizations in the Greater Baltimore / Washington region and are currently expanding in national and international programs. Each year, the agency's continuum of care and hundreds of professional staff help thousands of youths and young adults and their families to achieve, excel and succeed. We invite you to be part of our innovative team!
The primary roles of the Assistant Behavior Specialist are to 1) Support the Children's Guilds behavior motivation model and provide modeling, and mentoring to staff executing the model; 2) Maintain regulatory compliance with all governing requirements and licensing agencies (COMAR, MSDE, OSSE); 3) Identify needs then develop and provide training experiences for school personnel including teachers, teaching assistants, therapeutic behavior aides, social workers, resource instructors, and related service providers; 4) Provide direct assistance to resource instructors and therapeutic behavioral aides in compliance with regulations for identified students; 5) Work collaboratively with the schools IEP coordinator and student LEAs to assure standards of service delivery are aligned with requirements from each jurisdiction served and; 6) Serve as a behavioral resource to parents, community providers, and the greater school community.
Accountability
- This position is accountable to the Behavior Director.
Skills and Responsibilities :
Key Result Area #1 : Responding to Mindset in Behavior
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Key Result Area #2 : Management of Behavioral Services in the School
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Key Result Area #3 : Regulatory Compliance
This KRA is successfully completed when the professional :
Key Result Area #4 : Training
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Key Result Area #5 : Professional Development
This KRA is successfully completed when the professional
Key Result Area #6 : Positive Student Intervention
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Key Result Area #9 : Workplace Conditions
This KRA is successfully completed when the professional :
Qualifications
The qualifications of this position include the commitment and drive to develop the potential of others and the interpersonal skills necessary to do so. The successful candidate will also possess a value system that is consistent with the organization's philosophy and goals, demonstrate leadership skill, be mentally alert, physically healthy and possess the stamina needed to work with children in a dynamic environment. The professional in this position must also possess a desire to grow, learn and change, and to serve as a role model. This professional will work closely with both the behavioral resource instructors as well as the clinical team.
This position requires significant knowledge and experience with behaviors associated with emotional disturbance and autism in children grades K-12.
Academic Preparation and / or Experience :
Must have a current Registered Behavior Technician Certificate approved the BCBA Board.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and / or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.
All Guild employees are expected to demonstrate an awareness of, respect for, and attention to the diversity of the people with whom they interact (person served, personnel, families / caregivers, and other stakeholders) that are reflected in attitudes, organizational structure, policies, and services.
EEOC Statement
The Children's Guild provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Salary : $20 - $29
