Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university (2.75 minimum GPA for Permit applicants only)
• Valid licensure in mental health counseling, behavioral counseling, or related licensure preferred.
• General knowledge of behavioral supports, best practices in mental health counseling, and behavior intervention
• Strong communications, public relations, and interpersonal skills

Job Overview: The job of Interventionist is done for the purpose/s of improving student success in academics and/or behavior; implementing intervention plans; assisting students in achievement of behavioral outcomes; ensuring compliance of programmatic activities; monitoring and assessing student progress; and reporting student behavioral outcomes (SLO's) to supervising teacher.

Job Functions:

• Conduct student assessments to identify needs;
• Use identified needs to guide planning of services;
• Create and follow service plan monthly based on student data;
• Provide individual and/or group interventions to students to develop positive coping and de-escalation strategies
• Provide support and consultation to teachers and school personnel in implementing school-wide trauma-informed practices, including universal prevention and early intervention strategies that promote a positive school climate.
• Provide training and education to school personnel in behavioral health topics (including mental health issues and substance abuse prevention) and trauma-informed approaches.
• Provide liaison services to foster positive relationships between the school and families.
• Assist teachers in creating positive, trauma-informed classroom environments that meet the needs of student service recipients.
• Improve positive classroom engagement, interactions, and educational achievement for student service recipients.
• Foster positive partnerships between the school and student families through providing liaison services and developing trauma-informed support plans collaboratively with the school and families of students.
• Help the classroom teachers understand childhood mental illness and substance use disorders, and how to develop effective, trauma-informed behavior responses that promote educational achievement and a positive school climate.
• Help students understand emotional or behavioral problems and mental health disorders, the risk of substance use/abuse and substance use/abuse disorders, and promote healthy ways for dealing with stress, including positive coping and de-escalation strategies through trauma-informed treatment interventions, individual therapy, group therapy, and/or support related to trauma, as needed.Participate in relevant trauma-informed trainings, as approved by the State, and utilize learned knowledge to assist in school-wide implementation of trauma-informed practices and interventions.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned by principal or Federal Programs