Hybrid Behavior Interventionist at Hamtramck Public Schools

JOB GOAL:

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Preferred background in teaching, counseling or social work.
• Experience working with K-12 aged at-risk students.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to work well with others including professional conversations, creating and maintaining school processes and procedures, and facilitates family conferences with staff.
• Ability to work with students both one-to-one and in small groups focused on behavior interventions.
• Experience working with K-12 students including being a mentor and behavior monitor.
• Experience with Restorative Practices and working with at-risk youth and their families.
• Ability to mediate and refocus students, staff and families on behavioral success.
• Dependable, reliable and willing to work a flexible schedule.
• Self-motivated to problem solve and creative in resolving school-based issues.
• Understanding and willingness to connect to the community at large.
• Knowledge of PBIS framework and implementation with ability to lead from this framework.
• Understanding of MTSS structure and data-driven decision making
• Experience with Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavioral interventions
• Ability to collect and analyze behavioral data within MTSS framework
• Experience and ability to collaborate with MTSS teams

DUITES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain confidentiality regarding information of a sensitive nature.
• Manage a caseload of at-risk students supporting behavioral, and social issues that affect student achievement.
• Working closely with the individual and with other professionals, such as teachers, to assess the client's behaviors and create a specially designed plan
• Implementing the plan
• Providing ongoing assessments of progress
• Creating general strategies for behavior improvement
• Conflict resolution
• Crisis intervention
• Assisting other professionals who work with the client in their daily environment
• Create and maintain plans for students who are behind in credits toward graduation and below grade level in reading and math.
• Work with Restorative Practices to support at-risk students in their academic and behavioral progress through school.
• Build and maintain relationships with students and their families to ensure students meet the goals outlined in behavior plans.
• Monitor and maintain data to support the programming and complete year-end report for program evaluation.
• Other duties as assigned by building administration.

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