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Behavior Specialist - Special Education

Employer
ChanceLight Education
Location
Chino Hills, CA, United States
Salary
Competitive
Work. With Purpose.

Spectrum, a growing, dynamic organization with a social mission to offer hope, is seeking an individual to join our family.

This individual will join a team that is performing meaningful work in a culture that welcomes innovation, encourages creative expression and offers limitless potential for personal and professional satisfaction.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, goal-oriented, outcome-driven environment, seek a career with a social mission, and possess a problem-solving mindset, a sense of humor - and a stellar work ethic - we should talk.

Ensures fidelity of systems in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the overall goal of achieving learning outcomes for students. Is the chief educational assurance agent of the programs assuring compliance with laws, regulations, and internal standards for educational services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

-Utilize crisis interventions to ensure the safety of the student and others only and as a last resort. Implementing crisis interventions with the least restrictive method that is effective in ensuring safety.

-Provides appropriate crisis intervention as necessary using the least restrictive method by anticipating and responding quickly to escalating behaviors, utilizing appropriate de[1]escalation techniques to diffuse the situation, correctly prioritizing safety concerns, following proper physical restraint techniques, and displaying neutral emotions.
-Reports and documents incidents that are identified within the Incident Reporting Policy
in accordance with the policy.
-Completes CPI training and provides colleagues with support in crisis and escalation situations. Additionally, provides coaching to colleagues regrading CPI interventions to provide the best possible educational environment for students to succeed.
-Keeps students and others at the lowest possible accident incident rate by anticipating and preventing accidents; provide First Aide when necessary; assist in determining the need for outside medical attention; ensure that students receive their medications.
-Identifies potential safety issues/hazards and report to the site safety committee and to your supervisor. This may include participating in and/or chairing the safety committee.
-Assists with the medications to be provided to students during the school day, when additional supplies are needed and when changes (new medications modifications to dosage, etc.) occur. This includes coordinating the ordering first aid supplies and
maintenance of the first aid area (room) for the campus.
-Completes accurate and timely documentation on student's behavior as outlined by school procedures; reports observations to relevant staff and makes recommendations based on observations. Assists in preparation of other behavioral reports and daily
activities log as required. Maintain confidentiality of student information and records at all times.
-Follows the Universal Precautions (e.g. Blood Borne Pathogens, CPR, First Aid, etc.) and Emergency Procedures (e.g., power outages, earthquake, fire and flooding protocols, etc.) as stated in Orientation Training.
-Helps to complete and present Spectrum Center sponsored crisis management training, to implement and oversee the usage of crisis management procedures in the classroom or within the school and community environment.
-Attend and participate in clinical meetings, supervision meetings, all-staff meetings, teacher meetings, annual planning and action teams as directed. And addresses crisis management issues, to consult with the site and clinical teams as needed.
-Implement antecedent intervention strategies (i.e., high levels of praise and low levels of negative feedback, teaching replacement behaviors, etc.) and consequence-based intervention strategies (i.e., redirection, modeling, positive practice, etc.) as outlined in students' Positive Behavior Intervention Plan.
-Maintain familiarity with all student behavior intervention programs in order to facilitate effective crisis management.
-Provide emergency clinical coverage during program hours (including transportation), arranging for coverage for these duties when off site.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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