School-Based Youth Behavior Specialist: Aggression Reduction

Coastal Horizons; Elizabethtown (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Coastal Horizons in Bladen County is seeking an Aggression Replacement Training Specialist to instruct a class for children with challenging behavior and to perform therapeutic interventions in school and community settings.

The role focuses on reducing aggression through social skills training, anger control, and moral reasoning, while maintaining documentation and coordinating with families and agencies to support educational goals and community functioning.

Qualifications

• Completion of Bachelor’s Degree in a Human Service field with 2 years of post-Bachelors experience with Mental Health population; meets 10A NCAC 27G.0104 as a Qualified Professional for Mental Health.
• Minimum one year documented experience with children, adolescents, and families.
• Minimum two years experience within the agency as a Qualified Professional with productivity markers for at least one year.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services through school interventions to support child in the school setting.
• Focus on diminishing aggressive behaviors through targeted practice and role play of important social skills, awareness, and replacement of aggressive behaviors.
• Deliver group-based interventions such as skill building activities, positive behavioral supports, and enhancing consumer's knowledge of interpersonal and community relational skills.
• To have a network of referral agency contacts and resources to fulfill the clients' socioeconomic needs.
• Engage actively in Aggression Replacement Training and present all three components: Social Skills, Anger Control, Moral Reasoning.
• Keep all appropriate documentation for accountability and reimbursement.
• Provide direct services through school-based interventions to support family preservation, meeting educational goals, and maintaining appropriate role functioning in community setting.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Human Services

2+ years post-bachelors experience with Mental Health population

Meets requirements under 10A NCAC 27G.0104 as Qualified Professional for Mental Health

Job description

Coastal Horizons in Bladen County is seeking an Aggression Replacement Training Specialist to instruct a class for children with challenging behavior and to perform therapeutic interventions in school and community settings.

The role focuses on reducing aggression through social skills training, anger control, and moral reasoning, while maintaining documentation and coordinating with families and agencies to support educational goals and community functioning.