Make an Impact Where It Matters Most
RFS Behavioral Health is seeking a compassionate, dependable, and engaging Therapeutic Behavioral Support Provider (TBSP) to provide behavioral health support to students within a Special Education (SPED) school setting in Toledo, Ohio.
This position is ideal for someone who has a passion for working with youth who may have behavioral, emotional, developmental, or social needs and understands the importance of meeting each student where they are.
As a SPED TBSP, you will work directly with students while collaborating with families, school personnel, therapists, and other members of the treatment team to help students develop the skills they need to be successful at school, at home, and in the community.
What You'll Do
As a Therapeutic Behavioral Support Provider, you will:
- Provide individualized therapeutic behavioral support to students within a special education environment.
- Build positive, supportive relationships with students while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Help students identify and practice healthy coping skills, emotional regulation, problem-solving, communication, and social skills.
- Provide behavioral interventions and support based on each student's individual needs and treatment goals.
- Recognize behavioral triggers, warning signs, and escalation patterns and respond using appropriate intervention and de-escalation techniques.
- Support students during challenging behaviors while promoting safety, dignity, and positive behavioral choices.
- Reinforce treatment goals and behavioral strategies throughout the school day.
- Collaborate with therapists, teachers, intervention specialists, school administrators, parents/guardians, and other members of the student's care team.
- Communicate appropriately with parents and caregivers regarding services and student progress when applicable.
- Assist students with developing skills that promote greater independence and success within the school environment.
- Provide services in the school, home, or community as clinically appropriate.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of services provided.
- Complete required progress notes and other documentation within agency-established timelines.
- Participate in treatment planning, team meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and other required activities.
- Follow all RFS Behavioral Health policies, school policies, confidentiality requirements, and applicable behavioral health standards.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate is someone who is:
- Passionate about supporting children and adolescents.
- Comfortable working with students who may display challenging or escalated behaviors.
- Patient, flexible, dependable, and able to adapt to changing situations.
- Skilled at building rapport with youth while maintaining structure and consistency.
- Comfortable working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary school-based team.
- Able to communicate professionally with students, families, school personnel, and behavioral health professionals.
- Organized and able to manage documentation and service responsibilities effectively.
- Able to maintain professionalism and sound judgment in a fast-paced school environment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Human Services, Sociology, Child Development, or a related behavioral health/human services field preferred.
- Relevant experience working with children, adolescents, individuals with disabilities, behavioral health populations, or within a special education setting is strongly preferred.
- Experience with behavioral interventions, crisis prevention, de-escalation, case management, youth services, or school-based services is a plus.
- Must be able to successfully complete all required pre-employment and credentialing requirements, including applicable background checks and drug screening.
- Must meet applicable requirements for the position and behavioral health services provided.
- Reliable transportation and the ability to travel as required for the position.
Why Join RFS Behavioral Health?
At RFS Behavioral Health, our school-based professionals have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by providing support to youth directly within the environments where they learn, grow, and develop.
Full-time employees may be eligible for benefits including:
- Medical insurance with RFS contributing toward the premium
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employer-paid life insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid holidays
- Wellness/PTO benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Collaborative school-based and clinical support
- Opportunity to build meaningful relationships with students and families
Schedule
This is a full-time, school-based position that primarily follows the schedule and operational needs of the assigned school/program.
Join Our Team
If you are passionate about helping youth overcome behavioral and emotional barriers and want an opportunity to make a difference within a Special Education setting, we encourage you to apply.
Apply today to join RFS Behavioral Health as a Special Education Therapeutic Behavioral Support Provider in Toledo, Ohio.
RFS Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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