Behavior Health Assistant (BHA)

Behavior Health Assistant (BHA)

Behavior Health Assistants work closely with the Social Worker to identify, track and support students in receiving access to the general curriculum. Attendance and physical presence are required and is an essential function of this position.

Essential Functions:

• Track behaviors of general education students who have been identified by the SST through MTSS.
• Work with students, identified by the SST, who exhibit significant behavioral and/or emotional problems.
• Track student contracts for completion, signatures, etc.
• Work with identified students to promote positive behaviors and help decrease or de-escalate negative behaviors.
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with teachers, social workers, school psychologists and other support personnel.
• Check on students in their classrooms or other areas to help them avoid potential problems and reinforce positive behavior.
• Provide direct behavioral support by prompting, redirecting, encouraging, and reinforcing positive behavior.
• Provide support for targeted students in transitional or less structured environments (i.e., hallways, lunchroom, assemblies, library, and recess).
• Assist and support students in crisis.
• Collect required data and share with the SST as needed.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Basic reading, writing and math skills.
• Ability to interact positively with students.
• Ability to assist students in a variety of situations that may arise.

Required Education and Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Interactions with Others:

• Positive interaction of students, teachers, social workers, psychologists, support personnel and administrators.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Supervision of students being supported.
• Supervision of a student in a service location outside the classroom setting for the purpose of de-escalation.

Working Environment:

• Work setting is mainly in the classroom setting. May be asked to work inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather.
• May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to stand and sit for long periods of time.