Behavior Health Assistant (BHA)

Granite School District; Kearns (UT); On-site; USD 20,664,000 - 31,685,000; Full time

Job summary

Granite School District in Utah is seeking Paraeducators & Instructional Assistants/Behavior Health Assistant (BHA) to support students with behavioral needs. Hours per week: 29. Date posted: 9/9/2026; Closing Date: 09/16/2026; 3:00 pm posting close.

The role works closely with the social worker to identify and support students, track behaviors through MTSS, and help de-escalate crises. Collaboration with teachers, social workers, school psychologists and other staff is essential.

Qualifications

• Basic reading, writing and math skills.
• Ability to interact positively with students.
• Willingness to support students with various behavioral needs.

Responsibilities

• Track behaviors of students through MTSS to identify needs.
• Assist students exhibiting behavioral and emotional difficulties.
• Promote positive behaviors and de-escalate incidents as needed.
• Collaborate with teachers, social workers, psychologists and other staff.
• Provide direct behavioral support in classrooms, hallways, lunchroom, and recreations.
• Provide support for students in crisis.
• Monitor attendance and collect required data.

Skills

Reading

Writing

Math

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Position Type:
  Paraeducators & Instructional Assistants/ Behavior Health Assistant (BHA)
• Date Posted:
  9/9/2026
• Date Available:
  As soon as possible
• Closing Date:
  09/16/2026

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

If you have questions regarding this position, please contact, KariLee Pate Principal, at (385)-646-4768 or email [e-mail].

Hours per week: 29 hours

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, training, education, responsibilities, abilities; the machines, tools and equipment used; background; and any licenses or certifications required. Physical, punctual, reliable, and predictable regular attendance is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

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 is an essential function of this position.

Essential Functions

• Track behaviors of general education students who have been identified by the SST through MTSS.
• Work with students, identified by the SST, who exhibit significant behavioral and/or emotional problems.
• Track student contracts for completion, signatures, etc.
• Work with identified students to 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 of 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.
• Work setting is mainly in the classroom setting.
• May be asked to work inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather.
• May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements –

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to 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.