Classroom Behavior Specialist​/Milieu Counselor

Manville School / Baker Center for Children and Families (The Baker Center) – Boston, Massachusetts

Position Type: Full-time, 10‑month position

Starting Date: Aug 31, 2026

Salary: $21.00–$25.00 per hour

The Baker Center for Children and Families (also known as Judge Baker Children’s Center) promotes the best possible mental health of children and families through integration of research, intervention, training, and policy. As a member of a three‑person, multidisciplinary classroom team, the Classroom Behavior Specialist / Milieu Counselor ensures that students receive effective behavioral support strategies, uses positive behavior interventions, and builds strong relationships to support students in all daily activities.

The Specialist provides active supervision both within and outside the classroom, models social interactions between students, intervenes effectively during periods of behavioral dysregulation, collects and analyzes daily behavioral data, completes necessary reports, and supports the implementation of behavior support plans.

• Maintain a safe, respectful, responsible, and inclusive learning environment by supporting students and proactively reducing behavioral difficulties.
• Implement behavioral response procedures.
• Provide crisis intervention and support as necessary.
• Utilize physical management techniques in compliance with Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) procedures.
• Actively work with the classroom team to develop appropriate behavioral interventions and implement behavior plans for students.
• Collect and analyze daily behavioral data.
• Maintain student attendance and lunch count data on a daily basis.
• Monitor and participate in school‑based activities with students, modeling positive social interactions and adaptive behaviors.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred, though not required.
• Experience: 1+ year of related experience working with children/adolescents.
• Ability to lead and manage in crisis situations.
• Must be flexible and able to respond to behavioral challenges quickly and safely.
• Strong communication, behavioral support skills, empathy, curiosity.
• Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal skills, ethics, cultural sensitivity.
• Commitment to working in an integrity‑driven environment.

License/Certification: N/A

Benefits: Medical (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), Dental and Vision options; 50% discount on monthly MBTA passes; immediate enrollment into retirement plan with company contribution (4%) and match up to (4%) after 2 years of employment.

Opportunity to work in a supportive, collegial, and collaborative atmosphere; exposure to a variety of educational disciplines and methods through professional development; mentorship and supervision to support professional growth, including licensure where possible; ability to work summer program for additional 10% earnings.

Diverse and multilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy‑related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.