Behavior Health Assistant; BHA

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Job Title:

Behavior Health Assistant (BHA)

Position Type:

• Paraeducators & Instructional Assistants/Behavior Health Assistant

Date Posted: 11/21/2025

Location:

Whittier Elementary

Date Available:

As soon as possible

Closing Date: 12/02/2025

Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above.

Contact:
Gabriel Guadiana, Principal – (385)‑646‑5096 or gguadiana.

Job Summary

Behavior Health Assistants work closely with the Social Worker to identify, track and support students in receiving access to the general curriculum. Attendance and physical presence are required and are an essential function of this position.

Essential Functions

• Track behaviors of general education students identified by the SST through MTSS.
• Work with students exhibiting significant behavioral and/or emotional problems.
• Track student contracts for completion, signatures, etc.
• Promote positive behaviors and help decrease or de‑escalate negative behaviors.
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with teachers, social workers, school psychologists and other support personnel.
• Check on students in their classrooms or other areas to help them avoid potential problems and reinforce positive behavior.
• Provide direct behavioral support by prompting, redirecting, encouraging and reinforcing positive behavior.
• Provide support for targeted students in transitional or less structured environments (i.e., hallways, lunchroom, assemblies, library, and recess).
• Assist and support students in crisis.
• Collect required data and share with the SST as needed.

Non‑Essential Functions

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Basic reading, writing and math skills.
• Ability to interact positively with students.
• Ability to assist students in a variety of situations that may arise.

Required Education and Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Required Prior Experience

• None.

Interactions with Others

• Positive interaction with students, teachers, social workers, psychologists, support personnel and administrators.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Supervision of students being supported.
• Supervision of a student in a service location outside the classroom setting for the purpose of de‑escalation.

Working Environment

• Mainly in the classroom setting.
• May be asked to work inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Working conditions can include hot and cold weather.
• May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements

• Speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and may need to climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Stand and sit for long periods of time.

Note:

The list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.

Hours per week: 29

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