Behavior Specialist Assistant Jobs

$1,000 sign-on bonus

$21 per hour

Are you looking to make a difference and promote healthy and happy lives? Do you have a passion for working with individuals with disabilities and significant life challenges helping them to achieve their fullest potential? If so, consider joining us here at Seven Hills Rhode Island where our CORE VALUES include Respect & Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork, Innovation, and Service to Others.

Behavior Specialist Assistants are responsible for providing direct support to individuals with unique behavioral and/or mental health challenges. In this role you will ensure the residents are living a safe, healthy, and fulfilled life. This position supports continued development of skills and abilities while respecting and celebrating the individuals’ culture, talents, and contributions and following the Individual and Behavior Support Plan. The goal is to provide each member with a comfortable, safe home, keeping them closely connected to family members, friends, and their community. The Behavior Specialist Assistant is responsible for monitoring and collecting data.

Benefits For Full-time Employees

• Generous Accrued Paid Vacation
• Paid Personal Days, Holidays and Sick Time
• Tuition Assistance: Reimbursed or prepaid college coursework
• Vacation Cash-Out Option
• Benefits are based on position and scheduled hours
• Student Loan Assistance: Consolidation, counseling, & limited employer contribution
• Health and Dental Insurance: With generous company contribution
• Enhanced Retirement Plan: With Employer match

Behavior Specialist Assistant is responsible for the overall physical, psychological and emotional health and safety of the participants living in one of our residential homes in the community. Provides supports as written in the individual’s support plan that may include personal care, physical lifting and therapeutic holds. Assists with an individual’s environment such as cleaning, laundry, shopping, cooking, and budgeting. Provides assistance to the Behavior Specialist and Clinical Director in the development of teaching procedures for the implementation of each of the goals and objectives in the Individual Support Plan. Assists the Behavior Specialist in the analysis of data collected and development of graphic data presentations to determine teaching program effectiveness. Facilitates and monitors crisis intervention and prevention responses when indicated. Encourages the development of new relationships and contacts by assisting people to be active in their communities and home life. When applicable, follows clinical orders and ensures that medications and treatments are administered following proper medical procedures.

Behavior Specialist Assistants are provided a paid New Employee Orientation and receive training on CPR/First Aid, Safety Care, Defensive Driving, and Medication Administration. Comprehensive program-specific training at the work site is also provided.

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Required Qualifications

• Valid Driver’s License & Good Driving Record.
• Physical demands: sitting, pushing, pulling, carrying, grasping, speaking, listening, stooping, crouching, bending, standing, twisting, crawling, walking, and climbing. Requires a normal degree of flexibility; ability to walk, run or shuffle, kneel on one or two knees and then stand up; to utilize upper and lower body strength within weight restrictions; may be required to lift up to fifty (50) pounds or more with assistance.
• 4 years of experience in a related field can be substituted for education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Education or related field preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the field of mental health and developmental disabilities.
• Experience working with individuals with behavioral challenges.
• Commitment to assisting people with varying disabilities to participate fully in their community and in their own lives.
• Ability to work as a creative, engaged, dedicated member of your team.

Affiliate: SHRI

ID: 26091

Schedule: Mon 4p-11p, Tue 9a-3p, Wed 9a-3p, Frid 8a-4p, Sat 8a-3p=35 hours

External Company URL: www.sevenhills.org

Street: 110 West Wrentham Rd.