Behavior Support Specialist

Location

League City, TX | United States

Job description

PLEASE COME MARCH 6TH BETWEEN 9:00AM-1:00PM FOR AN INTERVIEW!

Being a Behavior Support Specialist at Devereux League City, has its advantages:

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations providing services, insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare.

At our League City campus, we provide residential services to adolescents living with Autism and or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

We are fast-paced, innovative, inclusive, and our goal is to changes lives – by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

Our work environment includes:

• Growth opportunities
• On-the-job training
• Free Meals
• Collaborative Multi-Disciplinary teams
• Servant Leadership
• Home/work balance
• Supportive and professional

Benefits:

• Fast paced, ever-changing industry that offers a sense of personal satisfaction and self-fulfillment while serving as a key-member of a treatment team.
• Full-benefits eligibility within 30 days of hire. (Learn more at mydevereuxbenefits.org).
• Industry-leading Ascend Program that provides both tuition assistance and student loan repayment.
• RBT track eligibility after 90 days of employment for those who reach internal metrics.

We are look ing for a behavioral specialist to join our team and provide therapeutic support to individuals with behavioral issues.

Responsibilities: Provide individual or group client care and assist in the planning and implementation of social, occupational, and other developmental programs. Play a vital role in teaching clients Daily Living Skills (showering, toileting, brushing teeth, getting dressed, etc.).

Education: High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor or higher degree preferred. Proficient computer skills. Valid driver license must be maintained.

Experience: One (1) year previous experience in a Psychiatric facility preferred. One (1) year experience working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disabilities preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

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