YMCA OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY
Behavior Support (Cedarhome Elementary) (Education)
FREE family YMCA membership
Education Advance: Up to $2,000 per year*
FREE training offered for all positions & get paid while you train for your job!
50% off ECE child care for Full-Time staff (and their dependents).
100% off specific programs and services for Full-Time staff (and their dependents) that include:
School Age Child Care, licensed Discovery Camp, Day Camps, 1 session of Overnight Camp, Family Camps, group swim lessons, youth sports, & youth leadership programs
Competitive benefits package for Full-Time staff.
Two medical plans to choose from: One is FREE for employee.
Dental plan is FREE for employee.
Life and long term disability with medical and dental insurance begin on the first of the month after start date.
2 weeks paid time off accrued per year to start (accrual increases with years of service) and 8 paid holidays for full-time staff.
Sick Pay accrued at rate of one hour for every 40 hours worked.
Tax-Deferred retirement account & Roth retirement account available to all employees.
403a Retirement investing account paid at 12% annual compensation after 2 years of service (minimum 1,000 hours worked in each year).
FREE Employee Assistance Program.
Cheery, dynamic, cause-driven work environment, like no other!
We promote from within often. Enjoy your career at our Y!
Opportunity to grow: When you work at the Y, you will be encouraged to try new things and grow your career. We have a solid reputation for hiring good people who do great things.
*Eligibility requirements apply
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
Conduct small group or individual activities and interventions related to behavioral, personal, and social and emotional issues
Assists in handling participant behavior management problems and in resolving concerns and personal issues. Follows up with staff to provide preventative measures.
Advises staff in preventative behavior management and healthy response to escalated behavior issues
Provides classroom/learning center guidance and techniques for successful behavior
Provides short term, immediate participant crisis intervention and follow up consultation with parents, including safety planning, behavior modification planning.
Keep an organized record of behavioral interventions utilized on site.
Knowledge:
Best practice in area of counseling/guidance programs and strategies that are developmentally appropriate, evidenced base, and support the overall comprehensive counseling model
Principles, methods, techniques, strategies, and trends in educational, vocational, social, and emotional counseling
Social service and youth service agencies in the local area
Social, emotional, and behavioral characteristics of students
Support participants with needs in mild to intermediate intervention
Principles, goals and objectives of youth serving organizations
Skills and Abilities:
Assist students in effectively analyzing and developing alternative solutions to behavioral, educational, social, and emotional concern
Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal communication skills in a variety of situations and with a variety of audiences
Understand and carry out oral and written directions with minimal accountability controls
Inspire confidence and trust in others
Provide conflict resolution and mediation support
Qualifications:
A. or B.S. in social work, education, psychology, or related field services preferred
MSW or MA/MS in social services desired
Experience assisting students and families with mental health and social programs
Experience and/or training with cultural and learning diversity
The ability to speak and write Spanish is highly desirable
Y Culture:
Build relationships with a diverse membership base in culturally responsive ways, connect members with one another and to the YMCA
Exhibit Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility
Complete required training and certifications within established guidelines
Arrive on time ready for shift, clock in/out within timekeeping system
Embrace Team Leader Core Competencies:
Mission Advancement:
Models and teaches the Y's values
Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives
Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition
Cultivates relationships to support fundraising
Collaboration:
Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives
Builds relationships to create small communities
Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict
Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience
Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support
Operational Effectiveness:
Provides others with frameworks for making decisions
Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities
Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team
Effectively creates and manages budgets
Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress
Personal Growth:
Shares new insights
Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change
Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance
Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology
Physical and Mental Demands: The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Physical Demands:
Lead and participate in a range of activities in indoor/outdoor settings. Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to safely supervise program activities. Staff may be required to move weights of approximately 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Mental Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex problems; may use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; work under intensive deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with members, staff, volunteers, and others encountered in the course of work, some of whom may be dissatisfied individuals.
Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Typically interaction with others is busy, constant and occasionally interruptive. Work may be demanding at times. May require ability to work irregular hours. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job descriptions represent a general outline of job duties, functions and qualifications. They are not intended to be comprehensive in nature. In addition, jobs evolve over time and therefore their description may not reflect the precise nature of the position at a given point in time.