Learning Specialist (Training)

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health; Newfoundland (PA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health seeks a Learning Specialist (Training) to enhance the skills of staff in a supportive environment. This role involves planning and implementing training programs for adult learners in the mental health and developmental disabilities fields. The successful candidate will benefit from a collaborative team and a robust career development program with significant tuition assistance.

Benefits

Robust tuition assistance and development program

Collaborative work environment

Fast-paced working conditions

Excellent benefit package

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in behavioral healthcare setting required.
• Experience conducting staff training preferred.
• Instructor certification in First Aid, CPR, and Crisis Prevention/Intervention is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and deliver training to employees.
• Coordinate and evaluate training activities.
• Assist in creating and developing training materials.

Skills

Training

Planning

Coordination

Implementation

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in development, education, training, or related field

Tools

Learning management systems

Data collection/analyzing platforms

Absorb

MyAvatar

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Are you a training professional with experience supporting, implementing, planning and coordinating trainings? Do you enjoy improving job performance? Does your experience include working within the mental health or developmental disabilities field?

If the above describes your passion, you could be the Learning Specialist that Devereux Pocono is looking for!

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Pocono Center provides programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities. Located in Newfoundland, PAthe Learning Specialist schedules and delivers training and development to Devereux employees using a variety of instructional strategies and activities suited for adult learners. The Learning Specialist will coordinate, facilitate, monitor, evaluate, and record training activities as well as assist to create and develop training materials.

Being a Learning Specialist at Devereux Pocono has its Advantages!

You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. We offer:

• A chance to be part of something that supports the community you live in
• A fun and fast-paced environment
• A group of like-minded peers to share knowledge, thoughts and ideas within the field of Behavioral Health
• Working environment that is collaborative with multidisciplinary team
• The ability to interface with many levels of Leadership
• A robust tuition assistance and development program
• Excellent benefit package
  
  

Payrate: $19.11/hr-$21.79/hr dependent upon experience

You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you! Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to fifteen thousand dollars annually for undergraduate and twenty five thousand annually for graduate) and student loan repayment, among other benefits!

Learn more about the Pocono Center!

Learn More about Devereux's Brand New ASCEND Program, Benefitting Our Hard-Working Healthcare Heroes!

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Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in development, education, training, or related field preferred. A combination of education and experience may be considered.

Experience: Minimum of 1 years’ experience working within a behavioral healthcare setting. At least 1 year of experience conducting staff training and development, preferably in health care or social services setting. Instructor's certification in First Aid, CPR, and Crisis Prevention/Intervention preferred. Experience with learning management systems and data collection/analyzing platforms (Absorb, MyAvatar, and/or other internal and external software applications pertinent to the position) preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations and Mental Health Care

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