Job Details
Job Location
The Childrens Guild Brooklyn Campus - Baltimore, MD
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
High School
Salary Range
$18.00 - $18.00 Hourly
Job Category
Education
Description
Are you interested in working with an organization transforming the way America cares for and educates its children?
The Children's Guild is seeking an experienced Therapeutic Behavioral Aide to provide behavioral, educational, and functional supports to students as determined by their individualized education plans. A Therapeutic Behavioral Aide (TBA) implements interventions outlined in students' behavior intervention plans and tracks student behaviors daily on a log. This position supports the teacher throughout all lesson plans. A TBA implements strategies from crisis management to assist students during behavioral incidents.
Summary
The Children's Guild Alliance is a nonprofit organization serving children, families, and child-serving organizations. We are dedicated to transforming how America educates and cares for its children through education, behavioral health, national training, and consultation services. Affiliates of The Children's Guild Alliance include The Children's Guild, Monarch Academy public charter and contract schools, Monarch Preschool College Park, TranZed Academy for Working Students, TranZed Apprenticeships, The Children's Guild DC Public Charter School, Transformation Education Institute, and The National Children's Guild Fund. We are among the most experienced child-serving organizations in the Greater Baltimore/Washington region and are currently expanding in national and international programs. Each year, the agency's continuum of care and hundreds of professional staff help thousands of youth and young adults and their families achieve excellence and success. We operate public charter and contract schools, special education schools; preschool; apprenticeships, pre-career programs; therapeutic group homes; treatment foster care; and behavior health services. We invite you to be part of our innovative team!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrated understanding of the philosophy and mission of The Children's Guild.
• Implement interventions individualized to students and outlined in behavior intervention plans.
• Track student behavior in 15-minute increments and document the frequencies on a log that is submitted daily.
• Participate in classroom-based team primacy meetings.
• Participate in weekly professional development and monthly supervision.
• Assist the teacher with classroom-based responsibilities.
• Assist students with functional skills, including toileting, hygiene, and dietary needs.
• Arrive to work on time prepared to work in the standard uniform.
• Assume other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education and/or Experience
High School Diploma plus two years of successful, related experience or one year experience and course work in a related field at an accredited college or university may be substituted. At least 18 years of age.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Certified in or eligible for certification in crisis management.
Certified in or eligible for certification in CPR/First Aid.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.
All Children's Guild employees are expected to demonstrate an awareness of, respect for, and attention to the diversity of the people with whom they interact (person served, personnel, families/caregivers, and other stakeholders) that are reflected in attitudes, organizational structure, policies, and services.