Behavioral Support Coach

Do you feel called to work in a Christian Ministry?

Do you want to work where you make a difference in the lives of others?

Join us at the Atlanta Mission, where we make a difference in the lives of over 1000 men, women, and children every day by providing food, shelter, clothing, counseling, vocational and spiritual guidance. We get to witness radical life transformations.

As a Behavioral Support Coach, you will serve in our ministry by assessing students with behavior issues, collecting data on them, working with teachers, counselors, and school staff to devise a behavior plan for the student and evaluating the effectiveness of the plan.

The schedule for this role is Monday - Friday from 11am to 7pm. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support teachers, children's counselor, children’s social worker, and/or leadership in brainstorming solutions to challenging behaviors as they arise
• Facilitate discussions with teachers, child’s services teams, and/or leadership around challenging behavior
• In partnership with the classroom teacher(s), facilitate discussions with caregivers around their child’s behaviors
• Facilitate problem-solving discussions with administrators, teachers, and other team members
• Apply expertise in behavioral interventions to these conversations
• Facilitate information gathering to guide planning around behavior for individual children, such as behavior incident reports, interest inventories, and developmental levels
• Complete observations and collect data about a specific child and their incidences of identified challenging behaviors, to inform planning
• Interview clients, review records, and confer with other professionals to assess/evaluate the condition of clients
• Serve as liaison with After School program and community partners
• Serve as liaison between Children Services and staff at elementary, middle, and high schools serving children
• Assist parents in the registration process and in accessing McKinney Vento rights and services 
• Assist with planning and implementation of special events as needed 
• Support in the transport of children to school, appointments, etc. as needed

You will uphold the following Christ-Centered values:

• Humbly Serve: You strive to live, Love and Lead like Jesus
• Faithfully Steward: You honor and wisely use the time, talent and treasures that God has provided
• Courageously Innovate: You are driven towards excellence, you continuously learn, adapt and improve
• Joyfully Celebrate: You intentionally appreciate and recognize all that God is doing in and through all the stakeholders of Atlanta Mission.
• Strength in Unity: You embrace God’s desire for oneness and kingdom-focused unity.

Position Requirements:

• Must possess a bachelor’s degree or a recognized certification in behavioral analysis and strategies
• Two years of experience working with children from various demographics and backgrounds
• Demonstrate instructional knowledge of crisis intervention strategies
• Ability to apply a gradually progressive system of verbal and non-verbal strategies to effectively deescalate potentially dangerous situations
• Efficient with Microsoft Office applications
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment where multitasking is constant
• High energy and ability to engage children towards their personalize goal
• Demonstrate knowledge of applied behavioral analysis, behavioral principles, and strategies
• Ability to develop and present ideas effectively, orally and in written form, and establish/maintain effective working relationships with school administrators, community partners, and parents

Physical Requirements:

• Position requires standing for long periods of time and to move and walk to various locations, climb stairs, stoop, kneel, reach, pull, push, bend and twist.
• Must be able to communicate accurate information
• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or carry up to 20lbs

SPECIAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• A valid Georgia driver’s license and MVR with qualification standards as established in the Atlanta Mission Driver’s Manual

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What we Have to Offer You & Your Family

Employee Benefits:

• Retirement Savings with Matching Contribution
• Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance

Employer Paid Benefits:

• 10 Paid Holiday
• Paid Time Off
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Travel Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Medical Concierge
• Spiritual & Professional Training & Development