Behavior Support Specialist - Brandywine School - Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

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 Brandywine students with frequent behaviors in a school setting that is located on our West Chester, PA campus.

Pay-rate: $22.50 - $25.65 (based upon experience)

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

Every day 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:

• Support for your professional development by receiving supervision, training, and guidance from experts in the field 

• A stable, national, non-profit that offers a strong support system and is forward-thinking in their clinical practice and research.

• 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

The Brandywine School located in West Chester, PA offers education curriculum to children functioning at all grade levels. A multi-sensory educational strategy is used at all schools, employing traditional instruction, hands-on and independent learning, as well as technology, to individualize a student’s progress in all academic areas, particularly math and reading. The transition from school to career, and all of the necessary interrelated skills, are a main focus of the school program. Devereux’s approved private schools offer high quality, innovative special education programs that work in tandem with families and school districts to ensure that students can return to their local schools and communities with the tools they will need to succeed. Children and young adults may come to Devereux as a day student, or as a part of residential treatment. Each student has an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), which outlines goals for skill development and the best strategies by which the student can reach his/her goals.

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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.