Behavior Support Specialist

2 weeks ago


West Chester, United States Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Full time

Description:
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 School for Integrated Learning located in West Chester, PA.

**Pay-rate: $19.27 - $21.97** (based upon experience)

**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.
- Assist the Educational Administrator by deploying direct care staff strategically throughout the facility.
- Support teachers in managing student behaviors
- Serve as an exemplar to direct care staff and ensures efficient communication between the school, residential program, and/or school district representatives.

**You will be offered**:
- Further training- 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 Pennsylvania Children’s Services (DPACS)** center serves children, adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Located in West Chester and Malvern Pennsylvania, services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF), residential treatment (RTF), acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP), assessment services, community-based mental health services, community-based employment training and social skills training, and approved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6-21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives. A primary focus throughout the program is the philosophy of Program-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PW-PBIS), a program-wide system of care that promotes and rewards positive behaviors, and prevents negative behaviors, to create safe, supportive living environments. Each year, more than 1,000 children and adolescents receive specialized care, in the environment best suited to the unique challenges they face, all with the goal of providing each child with the academic, social, emotional and life skills needed to flourish in their home community.

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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._



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