Behavior Interventionist - Indoor and Outdoor Classroom

WHY LARAWAY? You can do what you do in many different places, so why choose Laraway? When we ask our current team members why they stay at Laraway, these are the most common answers we hear: > Support, support, support! The amount of support we receive is unprecedented. > Generous and thoughtful benefits to take care of you and your family > Paychecks throughout the year so you don't have to struggle during gaps > Time with your supervisor is prioritized - a minimum of 1 hour every week for YOU > LARAWAY CARES ABOUT YOU! Our agency offers unique ways of helping students heal, learn and grow! Do you love to think "outside the box" and enjoy working in a variety of settings such as in the garden, in the classroom, skiing, in the kitchen, the art room, the yurt, etc.? Laraway may be the right fit for you! Our positions offer an abundance of learning and opportunities for professional growth. It's not just a position, it;s a career! The Behavioral Interventionist will carry dual responsibilities depending on the needs of the students and the class. The regulations supporting our 1:1 allows for concurrent education and treatment. With supervision and support from the clinical, special education and behavioral leadership staff, the Interventionist will provide therapeutic intervention and academic supports to students in both a one-to-one setting and group milieu. Essential Duties: Administrative: - Actively participate in Laraway School and agency meetings, trainings, events, etc. - Complete all related program specific, agency related and regulatory paperwork in an accurate and timely manner. - Demonstrate and model respect for Laraway Youth and Family Services property and equipment. - Ability to build and maintain professional relationships and appropriate boundaries with staff, clients and community. Academic, Therapeutic, and Behavior Services: - Strive at all times to foster a positive approach to problem solving and maintain a positive environment. - Model and utilize best practices in education and special education. - Develop and maintain trauma informed best practices: connection, building relationships, naming emotions, co-regulation, empathy, acceptance, congruence, presence, and attunement. Maintain awareness of own affect, posture, body language, and complexity and tone of language. Staff should be comfortable asking for a break and peers comfortable subbing staff out and letting staff know they can step in and give a break. - Participate in on going evaluations and reviews of student education and treatment plans. Support students in the understanding and implementation of these plans. - Become familiar with students’ academic abilities and disabilities, treatment needs and behavior plans in accordance with their Individual Education and Treatment Plan. - Track and report student progress and staff interventions toward treatment goals using daily data sheets, CERT (Concurrent Education Rehabilitation and Treatment) notes, daily communication with peers and leaders, SIR’s (Serious Incident Reports), and in team and treatment meetings. - Engage with youth using replacement behaviors, sensory breaks while maintaining calm body, calm voice. - Support students throughout the day with behavioral situations and academic tasks both on and off campus. - Anticipate behavior, recognize the need for therapeutic intervention and implement strategies per individualized plan. - Maintain focus on the student at all times and engage to support student’s emotional and academic needs. - Monitor student behavior per student plan and ensure the safety and wellbeing of students at all times - Implement safety strategies, calming activities, sensory and/or redirection to positive activity, safe space, environmental changes, change of staff (if possible), seek support of others as needed. Utilize staff, systems, and physical area as de-escalation, redirection, and upregulating and/or down regulating: art room, projects, walking or working outside, swing sets, music room etc. - Communicate proactively with other behavioral support staff and clinical team/case management. The position requires using therapeutic communication, experiential learning and strength based strategies to provide opportunities for youth to make positive choices, gain self-confidence, advance their academic skills and learn skills critical to their lifelong development. A strong sense of professionalism is required. The person shall present themselves as a strong role model for children and adolescents and demonstrate management and supervision of students in accordance with program policies, philosophies and mission. Must maintain confidentiality and privacy of those seeking services, with peers, on and off site, and in all forms of communication. Other Off-Campus Duties: - Operate all vehicles in a safe manner and in accordance with motor vehicle laws - Provide support as needed across settings. - Be prepared for crisis situation in the community—school and emergency contact information, first aid kit, face sheets, and de-escalation plan for each student - Present and conduct yourself as a representative of Laraway Youth and Family Services.

Salary : $19 - $27