Learning Specialist (Training)

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health; Pennsylvania; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is seeking a Learning Specialist to support, implement, and coordinate trainings for employees at the Pocono Center. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in behavioral health, experience in staff training, and a passion for enhancing job performance. Join a collaborative multidisciplinary team in a rewarding environment that values professional development and offers a robust assistance program.

Benefits

Tuition assistance and development program

Excellent benefit package

Collaborative working environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in behavioral healthcare.
• Experience conducting staff training in healthcare or social services.
• Instructor's certification in First Aid, CPR, and Crisis Prevention/Intervention preferred.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and deliver training and development activities.
• Create and develop training materials.
• Facilitate, monitor, and evaluate training sessions.

Skills

Training

Coordination

Behavioral Health

Presentation

Education

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

Tools

Learning Management Systems

Data Collection Software

Job description

Description

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, PA the 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.

Posted Date 1 day ago (6/9/2025 9:58 AM)

Requisition ID 2025-44785

Category Learning

Position Type Full-Time

Remote No

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.