Development Coach

Shrub Oak International School; Lake Mohegan (NY); On-site; USD 59,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Health insurance

FSA

PTO

401k with match

Professional development assistance

Job summary

Shrub Oak International School is seeking a Development Coach to support staff and students on-site in a Westchester County setting. The role focuses on crisis intervention, de-escalation, and collaborative incident reporting within a therapeutic educational environment.

Responsibilities include coaching staff during escalations, cross-department collaboration, and ensuring adherence to TCIS guidelines. Requires experience with autism populations and strong documentation skills.

Qualifications

• You have a passion for working with the Autism population and ensuring the safety and well-being of students and staff.
• You can lead and teach by example while delegating tasks.
• You have strong self-awareness and emotional regulation and can make safe decisions under pressure.
• You have strong written communication skills for documentation and incident reports.
• You are knowledgeable in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS).

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a passion for working with the Autism population and ensuring the overall safety/well-being of students and staff.
• Report to the location of escalated students to coach staff through the situation and provide extra support, if necessary.
• Collaborate effectively across departments and build trusting relationships with students and staff.
• Empower all staff to confidently maneuver challenging situations with students while prioritizing TCIS holds.
• Collaborate with staff to develop, review, and submit Incident Reports with professional language.
• Driving a company vehicle may be required.
• Facilitate the Staff Debriefing Process after a crisis to decide improvements.

Skills

Autism population passion

Lead by example

Self-awareness & emotional regulation

Written communication

TCIS knowledge

Education

Post-secondary education or related experience

Job description

Position: Development Coach; Compensation: $66,300 annually; Dept: Human Resources; Type: Exempt; Reports To: HR Director; Location: On Site.

Company Overview:

Shrub Oak International School (SOIS) is a therapeutic day and residential school for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions. Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment. We offer a variety of programs to meet the needs of students across the spectrum, and our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.

As a school, SOIS maintains a smoke-free environment to ensure the health and safety of our students, employees, and community. We are a residential school located on a scenic 127-acre campus which includes multiple buildings and a working farm for student programming. The work environment will include both indoor and outdoor spaces.

Who We Are:

SOIS is a community of dedicated professionals that work together to find meaning with and for our students. We strive to make every day memorable in positive ways, and to manage students’ difficulties as a team. We are accountable, timely, and show up whenever needed to support our students and each other.

We are guided day-to-day by our four core principles.

• We Care
• We are Innovative
• We are Collaborative
• We are Resourceful

Benefits: (check for FT, PT or All)

• Reduced Cost Meals every shift on site (All)
• Employee assistance program (EAP) (All)
• Insurance coverage: Health, vision, dental, life, supplemental and pet insurance (FT)
• Flexible spending account (FSA) (FT)
• Generous Paid time off (PTO) (FT)
• 401k w/company match (FT)
• Tuition/Professional development assistance (FT)

Who You Are:

• You have a passion for working with the Autism population and ensuring the safety and well-being of students and staff.
• You get the job done and are capable of strategic thinking while simultaneously rolling up to your sleeves to lead and teach by example.
• You have strong self-awareness and emotional regulation skills with the ability to make safe and reasonable decisions under pressure.
• You have strong written communication skills, specifically involving documentation, progress notes, incident reports, and other related administrative tasks.
• You are knowledgeable in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS) and are able to prioritize proactive approaches during crisis situations.

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a passion for working with the Autism population and ensuring the overall safety/well-being of students and staff.
• Report to the location of escalated students to coach staff through the situation and provide extra support, if necessary.
• Collaborate effectively across departments and build trusting relationships with students and staff.
• Empower all staff to confidently maneuver challenging situations with students while prioritizing the use of hands-off de-escalation strategies and guiding them in the proper use of TCIS holds.
• Collaborate with staff to develop, review, and submit Incident Reports (IR) with professional and clinical language.
• Driving a company vehicle may be required.
• Facilitate the Staff Debriefing Process after a crisis occurs to collectively decide what improvements can be made.
• Attend required meetings and trainings and remains current with training, refreshers, re-certifications, and policy/procedure updates.

Please note: This job description is not a comprehensive list of tasks or responsibilities. Specific assignments can change within the relevant field and training of your position, with or without notice.

Position Requirements:

• Experience working with children and early/late adolescents on the Autism Spectrum and/or developmental disabilities is required, specifically those exhibiting challenging behaviors.
• 3 years of relevant professional experience; previous experience working in a school, particularly a boarding program.
• Combination of post-secondary education and/or experience working with specials needs populations as a Crisis Intervention Specialist, DSP, or related position.
• Knowledge of and experience in crisis prevention with emphasis on de-escalation and how it is applied with the Autism population.
• Valid driver’s license with the ability to pass a DMV abstract screening is preferred.
• Due to the nature of work in supporting our students, all job description list the physical requirements for that position
• Our campus consists of some paved areas but primarily consists of grass, gravel paths and parking lots. Additionally, many areas of our building are fully accessible, however, as a historic building some areas are only accessible by stairs.
• You must be able to ambulate around the campus, including hills, stairs, grass and gravel.
• Student Facing Positions:
  • Must be able to react and move quickly during student crisis, both for the safety of the student and for the staff.
  • Must be able to run across the campus and throughout the school to catch/monitor an eloping student, and/or to remove yourself from an unsafe situation.
  • You must be able to pass TCIS (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools).
  • You must be able to bend, stretch, sit, stand, crouch or kneel for sustained periods of time if implementing a hold.
• Special Accommodations can be requested but will only be approved if the accommodation does not impact the ability to perform your position and it does not put yourself, a student, or any other staff member at risk or injury.

Competencies:

• CPR
• First Aid
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools (TCIS)
• Mandated Reporter Training

EEO Statement:

Shrub Oak International School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodation can be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to apply for a job or to perform the essentials functions of their job. Requests may be approved if the position/department/school/students will not be adversely affected. Please advise us if you require a reasonable accommodation