Behavior Specialist (Instructional Assistant)

Job Description

Job Description

Come join our team of dedicated professionals as a Behavior Specialist. Under the supervision of the Special Education Teacher and Behavior Analyst, you will work together to apply the power of behavior analysis to improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities or other educational needs.

MBS has over 25 years of Applied Behavioral Analytics expertise. Our approach blends highly customized instructional strategies with extensive experience in educating people with autism.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our growing program.

About our Culture- Milestones is much more than a school or evaluation center. We are practitioners of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) dedicated to advancing the field and sharing our learning to benefit the greater good.

In this role you are required-

• To physically care for younger children up to 6 years old with or without assistance of one or additional designated persons.
• The job duties require an employee to routinely and safely demonstrate heavy to very heavy physical demands associated with hand on efforts when physically managing students, under routine, emergency, and or aggressive behavior management scenarios.
• When implementing emergency procedures (PMT), must perform maneuvers and actions associated with managing students independently or as part of an orchestrated team effort.
• Good organizational, multitasking, and communication skills (oral and written).
• Required to follow all safety procedures and requirements.
• This position requires in-person, on-site attendance.
• Thorough background checks are conducted.

We’d love to hear from you if-

• You have experience in the implementation of behavioral assessment / treatment programs with a developmentally disabled population.
• You have a high school diploma or equivalent. An Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) credential is preferred.
• A basic knowledge of computer systems and applicable software proficiency with e-mail communication

The benefits of working at Milestones

Milestones offers a wide range of benefits to our team. We have a compassionate and caring culture and a wide range of benefits for full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, immediate vesting, paid holidays, flexible spending account, group life insurance, voluntary life insurance, higher starting wage for relevant experience, and staff development days.

MBS is an equal opportunity employer

Milestones provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability (learning, intellectual, mental and / or physical disability), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, hairstyles or hair texture or other status protected by applicable law.

Discrimination against any MBS employee or job applicant because of any status protected by applicable law is prohibited and is subject to discipline up to and including termination.