NP Baltimore - Director of Behavioral Services

Summary

The Children's Guild is a nonprofit organization providing clinical and educational services to children and families in the Greater Baltimore and Washington region. We are among the most experienced child-serving organizations. Each year, the agency's continuum of care and hundreds of professional staff help thousands of youth and young adults and their families achieve excel and succeed. We operate public charter and contract schools; special education schools; schools for autism; preschool; treatment foster care; apprenticeships, and pre-career programs.

Role Description:

The primary roles of the Director of Behavioral Services are to 1) Support the Children's Guilds behavior motivation model and provide supervision, modeling, and mentoring to staff executing the model; 2) Maintain regulatory compliance with all governing requirements and licensing agencies (COMAR, MSDE, OSSE); 3) Identify needs then develop and provide training experiences for school personnel including teachers, teaching assistants, therapeutic behavior aides, social workers, resource instructors, and related service providers; 4) Provide direct supervision to Behavior Coordinator and/or Behavior Specialists aides in compliance with regulations for identified students; 5) Work collaboratively with the schools IEP coordinator and student LEAs to assure standards of service delivery are aligned with requirements from each jurisdiction served and; 6) Serve as a behavioral resource to parents, community providers, and the greater school community.

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion are fundamental values at The Children’s Guild. We are committed to building and sustaining inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all students, staff, and families at The Children’s Guild. We believe every member of our team strengthens our diversity by showing us a broad range of ways to understand, engage, care for and educate.

Accountability

• This position is accountable to the principal/director of schools.

• This position supervises the behavior coordinator and behavior specialist. aides in coordination with the principal and/or Principals designee.

Cultural Awareness Expectations

• The Children’s Guild employees are expected to honor the diversity that makes up our community. This includes being respectful and accepting of everyone's personal identity. The Children’s Guild empowers employees to share their own identities and encourages all members to learn from each other to foster a safe, tolerant, and diverse community.

• The Children’s Guild expects all to contribute to a space where individuals can grow, learn, share, and embrace differences in a respectful environment. The Children’s Guild recognizes that expressing personal and cultural identity is crucial to cultivating a safe community for staff, children, and families.

• Staff will build an empathetic, supportive, and equitable environment for the students and families we serve.

• Staff will value all children and families we serve and colleagues by embracing their diverse talents, perspectives, identities, and experiences, while fostering inclusion that inspires innovation, encourages respect, and promotes growth.

• Staff will attract and sustain a diverse workforce by recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining employees who work collaboratively to carry out the mission of The Children’s Guild.

Skills and Responsibilities:

Key Result Area #1: Responding to Mindset in Behavior

This KRA is successfully completed when the professional:

• Demonstrates pro-active use of behavior management strategies that provide emotionally and physically safe spaces for students to regulate their behavior.

• Identifies alternate behaviors to be taught to the students that align with Individual Educational Plans and Behavioral Intervention Plans.

• Actively monitors and supervises interventions with physically aggressive or self-injurious students for safety.

• Analyzes the therapeutic impact of interventions for students in distress. Facilitates case reviews/studies with therapeutic behavior aides regarding behavioral interventions.

• Develops replac