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About the Role

The Pines program is an intensive stabilization and assessment unit within Shrub Oak that provides intensive behavioral support within a specialized therapeutic program, created to meet the individualized needs of neurodivergent students.

Responsibilities

Manage and support the day-to-day direct care needs, operations and programs of students at The Pines, both in and outside of the classroom.
Develop and maintain trusting, respectful relationships with students, by understanding their unique interests, needs treatment goals to maintain a positive and cooperative treatment environment.
Complete administrative tasks, including but not limited to: assisting with move-in/move-out of students, shift logs, incident reports, intervention plans and progress tracking, and attend all required meetings/ trainings.
Proactively work with students to minimize and prevent crises; work to de-escalate crises when they occur and process/debrief crisis situations after they occur.
Attend to and report all emergencies and/or other situations requiring immediate attention in a timely manner to the appropriate staff member(s) in accordance with The Pines policies/procedures.
Facilitate on-campus and off-campus programming and community development based on the treatment goals of each student outlined by the student’s clinical treatment plan.
Support the clinical treatment plan goals for each student, collaborating with the Pines clinical and education team including documenting student effort and progress towards goals.
Support individual and group educational programming for students through classroom support.
Oversee and support student personal hygiene habits and bedroom cleanliness, proactively maintain a safe and clean environment.
Provide emotional and behavioral support to students through professional relationship, role-modeling and DBT techniques.

Requirements

High-School Diploma and relevant combination of post-secondary education and experience in residential, psychiatric, or special education academic settings required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
At least 2-years minimum of relevant or related professional experience required.
Previous experience working in special education and behavioral intervention strongly preferred.
Experience working in a DBT or other therapeutic treatment setting preferred, but not required.
Must be able to ambulate around the campus, including hills, stairs, grass and gravel.
Must be able to react and move quickly during student crisis, both for the safety of the student and for the staff.
Must be able to run across the campus and throughout the school to catch/monitor an eloping student, and/or to remove yourself from an unsafe situation.
Must be able to pass TCIS (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools).
Must be able to bend, stretch, sit, stand, crouch or kneel for sustained periods of time if implementing a hold.
Willing and able to complete TCIS training and maintain all required certifications.

Skills

Effective communication
Efficient communication
Collaboration with staff across departments and teams
Strong written skills
Accurate documentation
Progress notes
Incident reports
Related administrative tasks
Professional growth
Utilizing supervision
Managing challenging behaviors
Effective de-escalation strategies
Good judgment
Level headedness in crisis and emergency situations
Maintaining healthy personal and professional boundaries
Personable
Flexible
Sound work ethic
Teamwork
Detail-oriented
Good observational skills
Follow-up on tasks
CPR
First Aid
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools (TCIS)
Mandated Reporter Training

Location

On Site

Work Type

Full-time
Part-time

Experience Level

2+ years relevant or related professional experience

Education Level

High-School Diploma
Bachelor's degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

$22+ based on experience

Benefits

Reduced Cost Meals every shift on site (All)
Employee assistance program (EAP) (All)
Insurance coverage: Health, vision, dental, life, supplemental and pet insurance (FT)
Flexible spending account (FSA) (FT)
Generous Paid time off (PTO) (FT)
401k w/company match (FT)
Tuition/Professional development assistance (FT)

About the Company

Shrub Oak International School (SOIS) is a therapeutic day and residential school for children, adolescents, and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and complex co-occurring conditions.
Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment.
We offer a variety of programs to meet the needs of students across the spectrum, and our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.
SOIS maintains a smoke-free environment to ensure the health and safety of our students, employees, and community.
We are a residential school located on a scenic 127-acre campus which includes multiple buildings and a working farm for student programming.
The work environment will include both indoor and outdoor spaces.
SOIS is a community of dedicated professionals that work together to find meaning with and for our students.
We strive to make every day memorable in positive ways, and to manage students’ difficulties as a team.
We are accountable, timely, and show up whenever needed to support our students and each other.
We are guided day-to-day by our four core principles: We Care, We are Innovative, We are Collaborative, We are Resourceful.

Equal Opportunity

Shrub Oak is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Shrub Oak International School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Reasonable accommodation can be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to apply for a job or to perform the essentials functions of their job.
Requests may be approved if the position/department/school/students will not be adversely affected.
Please advise us if you require a reasonable accommodation.