Student Support Associate

Overview

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed and highly talented staff. The Woods organization is guided by their mission to support children and adults with disabilities or challenges to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Life and Disability Insurance PTO- Paid time off On-site medical center 403b retirement plan Continuing education programs Tuition assistance program Career growth opportunities Salary: Starting at $18.15 / hour Job Summary The Student Support Associate (SSA) will maintain a safe and supportive environment for students in the schools. The SSA will respond and coordinate support to students’ crisis incidents with building administration and directors who are having emotional or behavioral difficulties in the learning environment. The SSA will assist the school community and its members to return to a more balanced environment.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain a safe and supportive learning environment.
• Provide opportunities to strengthen and learn skills social skills through the school-wide positive behavior support team.
• Responds to students’ concerns to help them succeed socially, and emotionally.
• Create a supportive environment to address ongoing student issues/concerns.
• Gather information to assess situations involving students’ at-risk or disruptive behavior.
• Participate in functional behavioral assessments and positive behavior support planning meetings as requested.
• Respond to urgent student situations involving individuals with various techniques to deescalate behavioral problems.
• Responsible for applying principles of behavior analysis to help clients develop skills and verbal behavior while helping reduce socially significant actions, which may include aggressive responses.
• Implementing individualized treatment plans as written and directed by BCBA and administration.
• Completing training on the client’s behavior plans and demonstrating ability to assist with behaviors (e.g., maladaptive, aggressive, self-injurious, etc.) Maintain communication with the client’s parents/guardians, and members of the clinical team as well as administration.
• Following behavior plans and other protocols developed for clients.
• Participate in and deliver professional development for staff as assigned.

Qualifications

3 years’ experience working with special needs children in an educational environment required. Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds. About Woods Services Woods Services is a Pennsylvania and New Jersey-based non-profit population health network and advocacy organization that along with its six affiliate organizations provides life-long innovative, comprehensive and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health and case management services to more than 22,000 children and adults in the intellectual and developmental disability, child welfare, behavioral and brain trauma public health sectors who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral healthcare needs. Our Langhorne campus is home to 550 residents, and provides outpatient and day programs.