Child Behavior Specialist

The Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida is looking for an experienced and highly motivated candidate with a can-do-attitude and a fierce advocate for children and families to join its Education Services Team.

Essential Duties and Qualifications:

 Provide direct support to childcare providers, their staff, and the public-at-large to carry out the Coalition’s initiatives through conferences, meetings and community events as requested

• Respond immediately, when possible, at the request of providers, prioritizing specific behaviors that may put the child, other children, or adults at risk of injury.
• Push into classrooms, use calm-down spaces, or meet with children in the environment chosen by the center director to engage in therapeutic play, conversation, or other strategies to help a child come down from a triggered big behavior.
• Remain on-site until the child is able to be mainstreamed back into the learning environment.
• Conduct regular on-site visits to follow up with and/or support children previously served by the Child Services team.
• Conduct either scheduled or pop-in visits with providers that have not leveraged support from the Child Services team, educate them on the scope of the intervention for children with big behaviors, provide them with instructions on how to request support, and build rapport and relationships with child care owners and directors. 
• Participate in parent meetings alongside the child care director to support effective communication of concerns and recap of behaviors and interventions, as needed or upon request.
• Engage in independent conversations with parents of children served by the behavior specialist and inform them of available resources and programs; offer a transition to EC3 (if relevant), and recommend HMG services as a parallel process if needed.
• Provide behavior-focused learning and professional development for early learning educators, directors, owners, and other ELCNWF staff as needed.
• Conduct child observations as a result of Warmline requests, support for EC3, as a follow up to support for a child experiencing big behaviors, or as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

 Education and Experience

• Associate’s degree in psychology, human behavior, early childhood education, social work, or other related fields
• Experience in early learning
• Experience working with children and families in crisis
• Or High School Diploma/GED and a minimum of two (2) years’ work experience in a program-related field

       PREFERRED

• Experience in the classroom

 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

 Background Checks

 Employment in this position is contingent upon obtaining and maintaining satisfactory:

 Verification of Required Education and/or Credentials

• Level II Background Check
• Drug Screen
• Valid Florida Driver License
• Valid Automobile Insurance – if applicable
• Access to Reliable Transportation – if applicable
• E-Verify
• High Speed Internet Access that can be maintained daily, with at least 50Mbps when working in a secure home location.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL   BE MADE FOR OTHERWISE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.

 Benefits Offered

Our compensation package includes the following options (these details are for information purposes and are subject to any policy or plan changes):  

 •   Eligibility for health and dental coverage, 401(k) plan and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms

•    Eligibility for company-paid benefits such as life insurance and short-term disability, subject to applicable waiting periods

•    Paid time off (PTO) earned on an accrual basis

•    Company-paid holidays

•    Eligibility to participate in the company incentive bonus program, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the incentive bonus plan document and approval by the Board of Directors

 Job offers are contingent upon any or all of the following: 

•     Completion of a satisfactory Level 2 background check

•     Passing a drug test

•     Satisfactory reference checks

•     Documentation of highest level of education completed

•     Completion of all onboarding documents including, but not limited to ELCNWF employment application and execution of an employment/noncompete/confidentiality agreement

Job Type:                                  Full-time

Closing Date:                             Open until filled

Salary Range:                            $20-$24 hourly

COVID-19 considerations:         Initial interviews may be conducted virtually.

Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace