Villa Maria School is seeking a Behavior Specialist who can provide crisis support and proactive assistance to youth within assigned settings.

Requirements

Provide support to residential or school youth to ensure a safe, therapeutic environment.
Interact with youth and model for coworkers the principles of Children and Residential Experiences (CARE), Trauma Informed Care (TIC) and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI).
Assess volatile situations and deescalates problems by applying appropriate interventions including verbal de-escalation, proximity control, voice and touch control, and personal restraint.
Apply responses that are appropriate to each youth’s Treatment Plan, ICMP, and ensures that policies and procedures of the Behavioral Treatment System are implemented appropriately.
Counsel youth to process crisis resolution in a manner that promotes the learning of self-control and reinforces constructive problem solving.
Monitors youth throughout the crisis intervention response.
Provide guidance and support to staff by regularly consulting on prevention and de-escalation techniques.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Actively working in the classrooms to support student learning.
Build positive relationships with the students and staff.

Benefits

Villa Maria School is seeking a Behavior Specialist who can provide crisis support and proactive assistance to youth within assigned settings.

Provide support to residential or school youth to ensure a safe, therapeutic environment.
Interact with youth and model for coworkers the principles of Children and Residential Experiences (CARE), Trauma Informed Care (TIC) and Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI).
Assess volatile situations and deescalates problems by applying appropriate interventions including verbal de-escalation, proximity control, voice and touch control, and personal restraint.
Apply responses that are appropriate to each youth’s Treatment Plan, ICMP, and ensures that policies and procedures of the Behavioral Treatment System are implemented appropriately.
Counsel youth to process crisis resolution in a manner that promotes the learning of self-control and reinforces constructive problem solving.
Monitors youth throughout the crisis intervention response.
Provide guidance and support to staff by regularly consulting on prevention and de-escalation techniques.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Actively working in the classrooms to support student learning.
Build positive relationships with the students and staff.