Trauma-Informed Crisis Intervention Teaching Assistant

Dutchess BOCES; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 46,958 - 54,905; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Dutchess BOCES in New York is seeking a Teaching Assistant for Crisis Intervention to provide instructional and experiential support focused on trauma, mental health emergencies, and de-escalation.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in an educational field, completion of crisis intervention training, and at least three years of experience with students in educational settings. The position carries a full-time, 10-month tenure-track contract with health benefits.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in an educationally related field.
• Completion of Crisis Intervention training as a Crisis Intervention Worker. Completion of Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training through the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) as a Crisis Intervention Trainer is desirable.
• A minimum of three-years' experience working directly with students in an educational setting or equivalent.
• Possession of skills, knowledge, attitude and confidence to effectively work with students in crisis, to be in control in a crisis situation, to help students learn and grow from the experience, and to respond to both feelings as well as outward behavior of a student in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Working with individual students on special instructional projects including, but not limited to, life space interviews and anger replacement strategies, does related teaching assistant work as required.
• Providing the teacher with information about students which will assist the teacher in the development of appropriate learning experiences.
• Utilizing their own special skills and abilities by assisting in instructional programs and behavior management through assisting in the management of disruptive, assaultive and out of control student behavior by employing therapeutic physical intervention strategies as needed.
• Does related teaching assistant work as required.

Skills

Crisis management

Student support

De-escalation

Education

Bachelor's degree in education-related field

Tools

CPI training

Non-Violent Crisis Intervention

Job description

Dutchess BOCES in New York is seeking a Teaching Assistant for Crisis Intervention to provide instructional and experiential support focused on trauma, mental health emergencies, and de-escalation.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in an educational field, completion of crisis intervention training, and at least three years of experience with students in educational settings. The position carries a full-time, 10-month tenure-track contract with health benefits.