1:1 Behavior Intervention Specialist

Job Description: The MECCA Group, LLC (www.themeccagroupllc.com) has immediate part-time, On-Call, contractual openings for Behavior Intervention Specialists and Behavior Technicians to provide trauma informed one to one behavior intervention for children and adolescents in foster care who have behavioral, emotional, and/or developmental delays who are at high-risk for repeated psychiatric hospitalization and placement disruption and children and children and adolescents with special needs in home based settings. The goal of the intervention is to reduce behavioral challenges, maintain safety, and stabilize youth to reduce placement disruption and improve pro-social behaviors. All positions are contractual. Available shifts include days, nights, overnights, and weekends. Serious inquiries only

Responsibilities:

1. Direct supervision to ensure the child and youth’s physical safety

2. Observe and redirect inappropriate behaviors

3. Implement de-escalation techniques and other services as recommended by a mental health practitioner or professional

4. Assist child or youth in the utilization of pro-social skills and appropriate behaviors to increase adaptive functioning in the community or school

5. Model appropriate and specific intervention techniques specific to the child and or youth being served.

6. Participate in team meetings as required.

7. Attend court-ordered court proceedings as required.

8. Develop effective working relationships with the individuals receiving services, the responsible party, and their families, and other service providers while maintaining professional boundaries.

9. Engage in respectful, open communication with the individuals receiving services, the responsible party, and other family and team members to promote consistent, quality care.

10. Promote teamwork and collaboration within the behavioral and mental health team, working with the client.

11. Complete written progress notes as required, using quantitative and qualitative data.

12. Report any suspected maltreatment of suspected abuse or neglect consistent with maltreatment reporting laws.

Other Responsibilities:

1. Submission of timely documentation and invoices to administration

2. Attend bi-monthly supervision meetings

3. Participate in mandatory HIPAA and Ethics training as required.

4. Arriving on time for and completing the shift as assigned

5. Maintaining communication with supervisors