Part-Time ABA & Behavioral Support Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary

Agape Love Childcare Center | Detroit, MI
$25.00–$28.00 per hour | Full-Time
Monday–Friday | 9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Agape Love Childcare Center is seeking a compassionate, energetic, and experienced Part-Time ABA & Behavioral Support Specialist to provide individualized behavioral, developmental, and social-emotional support to children within our childcare center.

This is a unique position designed for someone who enjoys working directly with young children and wants to make a meaningful difference in the classroom. The specialist will provide one-on-one support to designated children while also serving as a behavioral support resource throughout the center for children who may need additional assistance with communication, transitions, social skills, emotional regulation, classroom participation, or challenging behaviors.

This is not a traditional classroom teacher position . The primary focus is individualized child support, observation, intervention, and helping children successfully participate in their classroom environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized 1:1 behavioral and developmental support to designated children.
• Support other children throughout the center who may benefit from additional behavioral or social-emotional assistance.
• Help children with transitions, communication, emotional regulation, peer interactions, following routines, and classroom participation.
• Use positive reinforcement, redirection, choices, visual supports, and other developmentally appropriate behavioral strategies.
• Observe children to identify behavioral patterns, triggers, strengths, and strategies that may help them succeed.
• Implement established behavior or ABA strategies/plans when appropriate and within the employee's qualifications and scope of practice.
• Model positive behavioral strategies for teachers and classroom staff.
• Work collaboratively with teachers to help prevent and reduce challenging behaviors within the classroom.
• Assist children in developing independence, communication, self-help, and social skills.
• Document observations, strategies used, behaviors, and child progress as requested.
• Collaborate professionally with administration, families, teachers, and outside behavioral/therapy professionals when appropriate.
• Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries regarding children and families.
• Follow all childcare licensing, health, safety, supervision, and center policies.

Candidates with experience as an Elementary Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Registered Behavior Technician (RBT), ABA/Behavior Technician, Paraprofessional, Autism Support Specialist, Tutor, or Learning Specialist are encouraged to apply.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is:

• Patient, nurturing, compassionate, and dependable.
• Comfortable working with children who communicate or express their needs in different ways.
• Able to remain calm and positive during challenging behaviors.
• Playful and willing to get on the floor, engage, sing, play, and build relationships with children.
• Able to recognize that behavior is communication and look beyond the behavior to determine what a child may need.
• Comfortable working collaboratively with teachers rather than simply removing a child from the classroom.
• Reliable and consistent, as consistency is extremely important for the children receiving support.
• Passionate about helping children succeed in an inclusive childcare environment.

Schedule & Compensation

Pay: $25.00 -$28.00 per hour, based on education, credentials, and experience

Schedule:
Monday–Friday
9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Part-Time

To Apply

Please submit your resume along with a brief description of:

• Your experience working with children 
• Your experience working with children with autism or developmental differences
• Any ABA, RBT, special education, behavioral support, or related experience
• Why you are interested in working in a small, individualized learning environment

We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible.