Behavior Specialist - Redding, CA at Spectrum Center Schools and Programs

About the Employer

Welcome to Spectrum Center Schools and Programs, where we have been dedicated to serving students with special needs, behavioral challenges, and emotional disorders for over 30 years. As a vital part of ChanceLight® Behavioral Health & Education, the nation’s leading provider of behavioral health and education solutions for children and young adults, Spectrum Center is committed to changing the lives of children by providing them with the opportunity to create successful, independent futures.

Job Summary

Job Summary

Work. With Purpose. Spectrum, a growing, dynamic organization with a social mission to offer hope, is seeking an individual to join our family. This individual will join a team that is performing meaningful work in a culture that welcomes innovation, encourages creative expression and offers limitless potential for personal and professional satisfaction. If you thrive in a fast-paced, goal-oriented, outcome-driven environment, seek a career with a social mission, and possess a problem-solving mindset, a sense of humor – and a stellar work ethic – we should talk. Ensures fidelity of systems in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the overall goal of achieving learning outcomes for students. Is the chief educational assurance agent of the programs assuring compliance with laws, regulations, and internal standards for educational services. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: -Utilize crisis interventions to ensure the safety of the student and others only and as a last resort. Implementing crisis interventions with the least restrictive method that is effective in ensuring safety. -Provides appropriate crisis intervention as necessary using the least restrictive method by anticipating and responding quickly to escalating behaviors, utilizing appropriate de-escalation techniques to diffuse the situation, correctly prioritizing safety concerns, following proper physical restraint techniques, and displaying neutral emotions. -Reports and documents incidents that are identified within the Incident Reporting Policy in accordance with the policy. -Completes CPI training and provides colleagues with support in crisis and escalation situations. Additionally, provides coaching to colleagues regrading CPI interventions to provide the best possible educational environment for students to succeed. -Keeps students and others at the lowest possible accident incident rate by anticipatin

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