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Position: Behavioral Support Specialist
Department: Needham Campus- Residential/Education Program (Res/Ed)
Location: Needham Campus
Hours: Flexible Hours, weekdays and weekends, all shifts.
Classification: Non-exempt
UFR Title: Direct Care Program Staff II
UFR Category: 135
Summary of position: Work as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team in a residential-educational program for children with severe emotional and behavioral challenges. Focus on social, recreational, and behavioral needs of children. Participate in the generation and presentation of the quarterly treatment review. Coordinate and support recreational clubs and off campus participation in community activities. Ensure that the physical and emotional needs of children are being met on a daily basis. Committed to child centered, family focused, culturally competent care and strengths-based treatment.
Education and Licensure
Required: 4-year bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Education, Psychology,
Sociology, Human Services, or Mental Health Counseling.
Preferred:
Experience
Required: Two years of prior experience working with social, emotional, behavioral
and learning disabilities.
Preferred:
Abilities
Required mental abilities: Ability to be flexible and work collaboratively. Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and safely. Ability to work in a stressful and fast paced environment. Must understand child development and the impact of emotional, behavioral, and learning disabilities. Must understand issues of confidentiality. Must be receptive to supervision and professional development.
Required physical abilities: Ability to work and stand for extended period of time. Job may require bending, stooping, stretching, and lifting. Job requires the ability to perform therapeutic physical intervention as needed.
Essential functions:
1. Work as a part of a multidisciplinary team to further the emotional, behavioral, and educational development of children.
2. Participate in the generation and presentation of the quarterly treatment review.
3. Coordinate and support recreational clubs and off campus participation in community activities.
4. Maintain a milieu that is conducive to learning and effectively manage the behavior of children in small and large groups.
5. Apply Walker’s Res/Ed Practice Model of childcare, including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), which requires physical restraint, when necessary, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, cooperative group games, and behavioral support.
6. Implement treatment protocol and appropriate therapeutic strategies established in children’s treatment plans, IEPs, and individual support plans.
7. Meet children’s physical needs and provide a safe and therapeutic environment for children.
8. Participate fully in the administrative functions of teaching and childcare, including attending and participating in required meetings, completing assigned report writing tasks in a timely manner, and actively communicating with families and members of the children’ multidisciplinary team.
9. Actively participate in supervision and professional development opportunities offered at Walker.
10. Support children with social, emotional, and academic tasks.
11. Participate in and support social and recreational activities (e.g., electives, recess, special events) for children including on campus clubs and off campus activities.
12. Support and model for children healthy and appropriate activities of daily living.
13. Provide transportation to children for medical appointments and/or visits as needed.
14. Supervise/mentor an undergraduate intern.
15. Complete and become certified in MAP (medication administration program).
16. Follow and implement all Walker policies and procedures.
17. All other duties, as assigned.
Supervision to be received: Directly responsible to and supervised by a Direct Care Supervisor
Supervision to be exercised: None
