Part-time Behavior Support Assistant: ATTEND

Position Type: Instructional Support Staff/Behavior Support Assistant Date Posted: 12/3/2025 Location: BURLE - LANCASTER Date Available: ASAP Status: Part-time Schedule: 4.00 Hours/Day (7:30 am-11:30 am) Monday-Friday 185 Days/Year Minimum Hourly Salary: $24.61 PURPOSE OF POSITION: The Behavior Support Assistant will assist the support team members (Special Education Consultant, Social Worker or School Psychologist), school-based team, and family in providing supports that promote school attendance. This will be accomplished through strategies outlined by the support team and reinforced by the Behavior Support Assistant. KNOWLEDGE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS: Education/Experience Required: Associate degree or higher in related field; or an associate degree in any field along with a minimum of 2 years' experience successfully supporting individuals with challenging behaviors.

Certification Required: Approved crisis management system (see Essential Physical Requirement section) Desired Certification: CPR/First Aid/AED Skills Required: Team player on an educational team and familiarity with the unique student rights and regulations governing special education placement. Excellent communication and problem solving skills. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT: The strength and ability to lift and/or assist in lifting students ranging in age from pre-school to twenty-one and any assistive appliances, for example: wheelchair.

The ability to physically restrain students in emotional stress by using the Crisis Prevention Institute Training (CPI), Safe Crisis Management (SCM) or Quality Behavior Supports (QBS) method, depending on program need, for which training will be provided. Must be able to contextually run/sprint after/to an eloping child and be able to help a learner off the floor should they drop to the floor under their own power. Attachment(s): ECSES Behavior Support Assistant ATTEND.pdf