Aggression Replacement Training Specialist

Coastal Horizons Center; Elizabethtown (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical dental andvision

Educational loan repayment programs &

Career growth

Retirement savings plan

401K

Paid time off programs

14 paid holidays

Employee engagement activities

Job summary

Coastal Horizons Center in Bladen County is seeking an Aggression Replacement Training Specialist to instruct a class for children exhibiting challenging behaviors and to perform therapeutic interventions in school and community settings with the identified youth and their families.

The role focuses on reducing aggression, improving coping and social skills, and delivering group and one-on-one interventions, while maintaining thorough documentation and collaborating with partners to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a Human Service field with 2 years post-bachelor experience with Mental Health population
• Meets requirements under 10A NCAC 27G0104 as a Qualified Professional for Mental Health
• Minimum one year documented experience with children adolescents and families
• Minimum two years experience within the agency as a Qualified Professional with demonstration of the ability to meet service and productivity markers for at least one year

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services through school interventions to support child in the school setting
• Focus on diminishing aggressive behaviors through targeted practice and role play of important social skills awareness and replacement of aggressive behaviors
• Deliver group based interventions such as skill building activities, positive behavioral supports and enhancing consumers knowledge of interpersonal and community relational skills
• Engage actively in all aspects of the Aggression Replacement Training and present all three components: Social Skills, Anger Control, Moral Reasoning
• Keep all appropriate documentation for accountability and reimbursement
• Participate in other administrative activities as appropriate
• Provide direct services through school based interventions to support family preservation, meeting educational goals and maintaining appropriate role functioning in community setting
• Deliver one on one and group interventions such as skill building activities, intervene with positive behavioral supports, enhance consumers knowledge of interpersonal and community relational skills
• Must be able to physically perform basic life functions and work in community settings

Skills

Crisis intervention

Family therapy

Rapport building

Public speaking

Program development

Education

Bachelor's degree in human services

Qualified Professional per 10A NCAC 27G0104

1 year experience with children & families

2 years agency experience as Qualified Professional

Job description

Job Title

Aggression Replacement Training Specialist

Schedule

Monday Friday Full Time

Location

Bladen County

Summary of Position

Instruct a class for children that exhibit behavior such as bullying aggressive acting out challenging behaviors fighting poor social coping and may have limited social interaction skills Also performs therapeutic interventions in the school and community settings with the identified youth and their family for the purpose to reduce symptoms improve behavioral functioning increase the individuals ability to cope with and relate to others promote recovery and enhance the beneficiarys capacity to function in an educational setting or to be maintained in community based services

Required EducationalExperimental Qualifications

• Completion of Bachelors Degree in a Human Service field with 2 years of post Bachelors experience with Mental Health population
• Meets requirements under 10A NCAC 27G0104 as a Qualified Professional for Mental Health
• Minimum one 1 year documented experience with children adolescents and families
• Minimum two 2 years experience within the agency as a Qualified Professional with demonstration of the ability to meet service and productivity markers for at least one 1 year

Position Highlights

• Provide direct services through school interventions to support child in the school setting
• Focus on diminishing aggressive behaviors through targeted practice and role play of important social skills awareness and replacement of aggressive behaviors
• Deliver group based interventions such as skill building activities positive behavioral supports and enhancing consumers knowledge of interpersonal and community relational skills
• To have a network of referral agency contacts and resources in order to fulfill the socioeconomic needs of the clients
• Engage actively in all aspects of the Aggression Replacement Training and prepared to present all three components Social Skills Anger Control Moral Reasoning
• Keep all appropriate documentation for accountability and reimbursement
• Participate in other administrative activities as appropriate
• Provide direct services through school based interventions to support family preservation meeting educational goals and maintaining appropriate role functioning in community setting
• Deliver one on one and group interventions such as skill building activities intervene with positive behavioral supports enhance consumers knowledge of interpersonal and community relational skills
• Is subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions and exposed to hazards such as fumes odors dusts mists gases or poor ventilation and may require the employee to work in close quarters May be exposed to human body fluids and is subject to the OSHA requirements on blood borne pathogens

Additional Information

• Considerable knowledge of the practical application of different therapeutic approaches group dynamics crisis intervention and family therapy
• Considerable knowledge of community resources
• Knowledge of the psycho social socioeconomic and behavioral problems and their treatment
• Knowledge of laws regulations and policies which govern the program
• Knowledge of medical terminology disease processes and psycho pharmacology
• Skill in establishing rapport with a client andor family and applying techniques of assessing psycho social behavioral and psychological aspects of the client
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co workers supervisors and members of civic medical social and religious organizations
• Ability to formulate treatment goals and to record concisely required documentation
• Ability to make public presentations to various community and Agency groups
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to plan and execute programmatic work effectively
• Considerable knowledge of program development and expansion
• Ability to effectively supervise and manage staff as well as to train and orient professional and support staff including volunteers and interns
• Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of stooping reaching and walking fingering grasping talking hearing and performing repetitive motions
• Must be able to perform sedentary work exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally andor a negligible amount of force constantly or frequently to move objects
• Must possess the visual acuity to perform extensive reading
• Must have valid drivers license and be able to work in community settings

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance
• Educational loan repayment programs & Career growth
• Retirement savings plan
• 401K
• Paid time off programs
• rollover hours
• 14 paid holidays
• Employee engagement activities
• resource groups and diversity events

EEO STATEMENT

Coastal Horizons is an Equal Employment Opportunity EEO employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sexual orientation gender gender identity and expression national origin age disability or protected veteran status We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our associates