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Behavior Specialist - Special Education - Vernon Hill School 2025-2026

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Worcester, MA - USA

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SUBJECT: Behavior Specialist Special Education (School Adjustment Counselor Licensure required)REPORTS TO: Building PrincipalACCOUNTABILITY OBJECTIVE:The Behavior Specialist provides consultation services in the areas of targeted tiered interventions system-wide to promote the fidelity of behavioral interventions and progress monitoring for students in need of Tier I II and III interventions. On-going meetings with school-based teams to address tiered interventions for general education students and/or students with disabilities that supports inclusion practices within the district. Additionally fosters collaboration with Child Study and other specialist within the district to align principles of social emotional learning across all settings. Professional development modeling and coaching to school-based staff is a critical component of this position to ensure that students are provided with the necessary behavioral social/emotional supports necessary to access their learning to meet with academic RESPONSIBILITIES: (to be included along with other responsibilities)1. System-wide behavioral consultation to promote students success through specialized targeted interventions.2. Meet with school-based teams as needed to support the monitoring and implementation of behavioral intervention plans and progress monitoring data collection.3. Provide ongoing training and professional development in the areas of adaptive behaviors functional behavioral assessments behavioral intervention plans social skills social emotional learning executive functioning anger management and trauma4. Collaborate with Child Study staff and school-based teams to promote a school culture based on the social emotional learning framework.5. Consult with and/or provide support to Special Needs Teachers and Clinicians in STEP classrooms to facilitate communication and the coordination of supports given a multidisciplinary approach to ensure best practices of tiered behavioral interventions.6. Attend school based and/or IEP TEAM meetings as needed to review data and/or behavioral observations as well as to assist students with their transition plans to a new placement.7. Support the transition of students to Central Mass Collaborative and district alternative programs.8. Responsible for assuring equal educational opportunity to all individuals regardless of race color gender age marital status religion natural origin sexual orientation gender identity homelessness or of other job-related duties as QUALIFICATIONS:1. DESE certification as a School Adjustment Counselor2. Masters Degree in Counseling3. Licensed as a mental health counselor (LMHC) or (LCSW)4. Five to seven years of successful therapeutic experience working with students with social emotional needs in a public schoolsetting5. CPI CertificationPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:1. Clinical and supervisory experience2. Working knowledge of special education regulations and process3. Demonstrated experience supporting students with special needs.4. Ability to speak Albanian Arabic Nepali Portuguese Spanish Vietnamese or an African Language. WORK YEAR: 185 days SALARY: Salary scale shown is based on the candidate holding a Bachelors Degree with the potential to increase dependent on the highest level of APPLY: Any person interested in this position must submit a resume cover letter licensure and answer all questions on-line at This deadline date does not preclude further advertisement or recruitment.

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