Lead Behavior Coach

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SUMMARY OF POSITION

This position assists in hiring and supervises all behavior coaches at Murrell Special Day Treatment School. The Behavior Coach serves all students under the Exceptional Education umbrella who are covered under an Individual Educational Plan (IEP). These students have severe emotional and behavioral problems that have affected their ability to be maintained in a mainstream school setting. Behavior Coaches work in the classroom setting alongside Metro school staff to develop behavioral interventions and incentives, assist in crisis, and work to assist in the success of each student.

This position requires a collaborative approach with school staff and a teamwork attitude. We are seeking applicants with a strong work ethic and a professional attitude that have a passion for working with children and youth.

• Supervises the daily work of all behavior coaches contracted at Murrell Special Day Treatment school, including all levels of accountability and following Just Culture Algorithm
• Assists in training all behavior coaches, implements training of new staff and ongoing training as necessary
• Provides social-emotional learning in special day treatment classrooms K-7th grade (all students are under an Individualized Educational Plan {IEP} and display severe emotional and behavioral issues)
• Intervenes with students and clients at school when there is a mental health crisis, communicating with the guardian and school personnel on steps needed to stabilize the student. This includes contacting other agencies, DCS, mobile crisis, etc., and ensuring all coaches follow standards in dealing with crisis and contacting other agencies as needed.
• Assist on a daily basis with managing students with severe emotional and behavioral issues. Assessments of all students in crisis which can include threat assessments and assessing for self-injurious behaviors, suicidal and homicidal ideations. Ensure behavior coaches provide clinically sound crisis assessments and meet students’ needs.
• Supervise behavior coaches in their development and conduction of a minimum of two behavioral health group sessions each week, and daily morning and closing meetings. Fill in in their absence to develop and conduct groups
• Follow PBIS (Positive Behavioral Intervention Support) plans and assist staff in understanding and implementing these policies
• Provide trauma informed care and ensure all behavior coaches provide the same care
• Consult and collaborate frequently with outside agencies, as well as MNPS staff and Centerstone behavioral staff
• Collect data from behavior coaches, MNPS and other sources. Comply and analyze this data. Ensure behavior coaches complete assessments, including Adverse Childhood Experiences {ACES}, School Social Behavior Scales {SSBS-2}, etc. in a timely manner. Share this data with the School team and help implement changes in programming for students
• Ensure all behavior coaches complete required daily, weekly and monthly documentation, administrative and clinical duties
• Must be certified in Satori Alternatives to Managing Aggression (SAMA) within the first 30 days of hire, including verbal de-escalation, object retrieval and physical containment (provided by MNPS)
• Attend and actively participate in clinical treatment team supervision meetings. Ensure Behavior coaches are in attendance and prepared to make clinical presentations
• Attend all MNPS staff meetings and make presentations as needed per contract. Attend Student Assistance Team (SAT) meetings, IEP…