Behavior Aide | Children, Youth and Family Services
About The Position
Valley's Children, Youth & Family program provides compassionate, therapeutic support that empowers children and adolescents to overcome challenges and reach their full potential. As a Behavior Aide, you'll help young people build social, communication, and self-management skills through structured interventions, positive reinforcement, and meaningful daily interactions. This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact by fostering confidence, resilience, and success both in and beyond treatment. The Behavior Aide provides educational and developmental support to adolescents and children with behavioral health challenges in a clinical or classroom setting. The Behavior Aide assists the treatment team by helping clients learn skills and behaviors to be successful in their home and community environments.
Requirements
- CPR certification (post hire as needed)
- Safety Care certification (post hire)
- Previous direct care behavioral health experience
- Driving positions require a minimum age of 21 and a current driver's license
Responsibilities
- Assists clients with participation in the classroom, skills groups, and educational support as assigned
- Assists the treatment team in providing academic and therapeutic structure through the application of behavioral techniques and procedures
- Implements therapeutic and behavioral interventions to encourage and support self-management, communication, and social skills
- Assists in de-escalating clients when necessary or intervening when the behavior of an individual poses a threat of harm to themselves and/or others
- Follows agency documentation policies for all phases of treatment, including assessments, care plans, treatment transitions and discharge plans, and client care
- Collaborates with internal and external multidisciplinary teams regarding clinical aspects of treatment
- Adheres to ethical and legal standards set by licensing boards and state regulations
- Meets direct care expectations
- Participates in ongoing professional development activities to meet licensure, certification, and/or other agency requirements
Benefits
- Tenure-based service increases
- Performance bonuses
- On-Demand Pay
- 15 days of accrued paid time off annually (increasing by one day with each year of service)
- 10 paid holidays
- 2 wellness days
- Paid parental leave
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Voluntary accident insurance
- Voluntary hospital indemnity insurance
- Voluntary critical illness insurance
- Voluntary financial protection insurance
- Pet insurance
- Basic Life Insurance
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Garner HRA (up to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with company match (up to $900 for individuals and $1,800 for families)
- 401(k) plan with company match up to 6%
- Tuition reimbursement
- New licensure reimbursement
- Paid training
- Conference attendance
- Continuing education reimbursement
- Paid time for continuing education
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
