School Year: Behavior Interventionist

Job Description

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from accredited university (2.75 minimum GPA for Permit applicants only)

Valid licensure in mental health counseling, behavioral counseling, or related licensure preferred.

General knowledge of behavioral supports, best practices in mental health counseling, and behavior intervention

Strong communications, public relations, and interpersonal skills

Job Overview: The job of Interventionist is done for the purpose/s of improving student success in academics and/or behavior; implementing intervention plans; assisting students in achievement of behavioral outcomes; ensuring compliance of programmatic activities; monitoring and assessing student progress; and reporting student behavioral outcomes (SLO's) to supervising teacher.

Job Functions:

Conduct student assessments to identify needs;

Use identified needs to guide planning of services;

Create and follow service plan monthly based on student data;

Provide individual and/or group interventions to students to develop positive coping and de-escalation strategies

Provide support and consultation to teachers and school personnel in implementing school-wide trauma-informed practices, including universal prevention and early intervention strategies that promote a positive school climate.

Provide training and education to school personnel in behavioral health topics (including mental health issues and substance abuse prevention) and trauma-informed approaches.

Provide liaison services to foster positive relationships between the school and families.

Assist teachers in creating positive, trauma-informed classroom environments that meet the needs of student service recipients.

Improve positive classroom engagement, interactions, and educational achievement for student service recipients.

Foster positive partnerships between the school and student families through providing liaison services and developing trauma-informed support plans collaboratively with the school and families of students.

Help the classroom teachers understand childhood mental illness and substance use disorders, and how to develop effective, trauma-informed behavior responses that promote educational achievement and a positive school climate.

Help students understand emotional or behavioral problems and mental health disorders, the risk of substance use/abuse and substance use/abuse disorders, and promote healthy ways for dealing with stress, including positive coping and de-escalation strategies through trauma-informed treatment interventions, individual therapy, group therapy, and/or support related to trauma, as needed.Participate in relevant trauma-informed trainings, as approved by the State, and utilize learned knowledge to assist in school-wide implementation of trauma-informed practices and interventions.

Performs other duties as may be assigned by principal or Federal Programs

Full-time