Behavioral Specialist - Relief, South County Academy

Urban League of Rhode Island; Exeter (RI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

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Job summary

Family Service of Rhode Island is seeking a Behavioral Specialist - Relief for South County Academy in Exeter, RI. This role provides guidance, supervision, and trauma-informed support to adolescents in school and residential settings, implementing Trauma Systems Therapy and other evidence-based models.

You'll engage youth in arts, activities, and life skills, promoting safety, learning, and positive decision making while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work-related field or significant residential experience required.
• Willingness to become ABA certified is a plus; ABA certification preferred.
• Flexible hours including evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Knowledge of cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic issues; able to implement child management techniques.
• Excellent communication and a team-oriented mindset.
• Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, insurance, registration and driving record.
• Shifts may be under three hours; scheduling includes staff meetings as agreed.
• Bilingual/ASL skills add compensation; multilingual skills add compensation.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, support and supervision to adolescents 13-18 in school and residential settings.
• Implement Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and other evidence-based models of treatment.
• Assist students in daily decisions, conduct and discipline per policies and contracts.
• Facilitate programming including arts, sports, horticulture and life skills groups.
• Promote safety, well-being, self-expression, learning and positive decision making.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

Bilingual/ASL awareness

Multilingual awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work-related field

Significant residential experience

Job description

Behavioral Specialist - Relief, South County Academy

Employer: Family Service of Rhode Island

Exeter, RI 02822

Contact: Genesis Fuentes

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Job Description

FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!

Position Summary: To provide guidance, support, and supervision to adolescents ages 13-18 in a school and residential setting. Provide a trauma informed approach implementing and maintaining Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and other evidence-based models of treatment. To assist each student to make decisions about daily life, conduct and discipline within the boundaries of the agency, programs policies, and the requirements of the contractual agreement with the Department of Children, Youth and Families. You will facilitate and engage youth in programming including arts & crafts, sporting activities, horticultural groups, life skills groups, etc. Whether in the classroom, the residential dorm, or during recreational activities, you will promote safety, well-being, self-expression, learning, and positive decision making.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work-related field or significant residential experience required.
• ABA certification is preferred but not required. Willingness to become ABA certified is a plus.
• Willingness and capability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic issues. Capabilities to implement appropriate child management techniques, which may include use of passive physical restraint.
• Excellent communication skills and a team-oriented mindset.
• The position requires reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, proof of automobile insurance, registration, inspection, and driving record.
• Employees may be scheduled to work shifts less than three hours in any workday, to attend required staff meetings, which are agreed to in advance by the parties.
• Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
• Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay.

Physical Requirements:

• Travel to and from community locations, FSRI main sites, and the school/residential location which could include using walkways, stairs and/or elevators.
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.
• Ability to push or pull 10 lbs. or more.
• Ability to perform restraint techniques if needed and work with physically aggressive students.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Here at FSRI, we’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity!

• We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits.

Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.

Join our FAMILY today!

Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families. We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield.

Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.

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Positions Available

There are 1 positions available at this time.

Application Period

Wednesday, August 05, 2026 through Monday, October 05, 2026

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