Bilingual Behavior Specialist - St. PJ's Children's Home
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Social Work
Child Development/Support, Bilingual -
Child Care/Nanny
Child Development/Support
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Description
The Mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness, breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.
Summary
The behavioral specialist provides support to program staff under the direction of the shelter supervisors (or designee) and ultimately the Assistant Program Director. They are responsible for ensuring the quality of the therapeutic environment, which includes assisting in training staff on de-escalation techniques, trauma informed techniques such as Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and managing difficult behaviors. This position responds to crisis situations in the program and models appropriate response to behaviors to all staff.
This position is considered the “expert” in avoiding difficult behaviors and responding to them when necessary.
Description
Mission: The Mission of St. PJ's Children's Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness, breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.
Summary
The behavioral specialist provides support to program staff under the direction of the shelter supervisors (or designee) and ultimately the Assistant Program Director. They are responsible for ensuring the quality of the therapeutic environment, which includes assisting in training staff on de-escalation techniques, trauma informed techniques such as Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and managing difficult behaviors. This position responds to crisis situations in the program and models appropriate response to behaviors to all staff.
This position is considered the “expert” in avoiding difficult behaviors and responding to them when necessary.
Position Responsibilities
- * Respond to crisis calls regarding children’s behaviors.
- * Coordinate and model appropriate behavior interventions for staff.
- * Ensures staff knows, understands and utilizes trauma informed care principles and competencies.
- * Ensures staff use trauma informed interventions to help youth develop and maintain their self-regulation skills.
- * Conduct on the floor observations to monitor Residential Child and Youth Care Professional (RCYCP) and Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) competency progress and provide on-going coaching and mentoring.
Minimum Qualifications :
Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children;
- Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from healthcare provider verifying previous infection.
- MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases
- DTaP or TDap:
Complete primary vaccination series. If primary vaccination series completed in childhood, one TDaP dose in adulthood. - Influenza: one dose annually during flu season.
- Education
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- At least 2 years of college coursework in psychology or related field preferred.
- Experience
- Minimum of 1 year in a child care setting.
- Minimum 1 year experience handling crises/de-escalation preferred.
- License and Credentials
- Reliable transportation
- Valid driver license
- Valid vehicle insurance
- Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Word, Excel) and a variety of online database systems, managing files and records, designing forms and other office procedures and terminology;
- Strong analytical and organization skills and abilities;
- Must be able to read and interpret policy, procedures and standards;
- Must be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, work well independently…
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