City of Downey-Head Start Behavioral Services Specialist
4/9/2020 3:02:43 PM 1117
Salary$6,252.00 - $7,745.00 Monthly $75,024.00 - $92,940.00 Annually
$75,024.00 - $92,940.00 Annually
Location 9300 Imperial Highway, Annex, Downey, CA
Downey, CA
Job Type
Full-time
Department
Ed Services
Job Number
20-6988
Closing date and time
4/22/2020 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana
An equal opportunity employer fostering a workforce that embraces and reflects
the rich diversity of Los Angeles County
Head Start Behavioral Services Specialist
$6252 to $7745 Monthly
Insurance: Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans To learn more, visit: https://www.lacoe.edu | must be submitted by: 4/22/2020 5:00 P.M. (Pacific) | Retirement: PERS Defined Benefit Plan Paid Time Off: 11 days vacation. 14 holidays. 12 illness days. |
Under general direction, monitors, assesses, and advises the LACOE Head Start and Early Learning Division and its delegate agencies in the application of, and compliance with, local, state, and federal regulations in the delivery of support services for children with challenging behavior and their families enrolled in the Early Head Start, Head Start, and/or grant programs and acts as an advocate for children with challenging behavior.
The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following
Knowledge:
- Functional behavioral assessment and developing and implementing behavioral support plans for children in early childhood education
- provider programs
- Methods in assessing and evaluating the quality and delivery of educational services to children with behavioral challenges
- Evidence-based approaches of interfacing with multi-disciplinary teams
- Early intervention and special education curricula, trends, and laws (e.g., Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Title 22), Head Start Performance Standards and related federal legislation, and Head Start Act
- Current ADA cases and practices as related to children with disabilities
- Techniques and resources utilized in assessing and evaluating special education needs of children
- Human development including cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development in infancy, childhood and adolescence
- Ethics in relation to child and family behavioral services
- Adult learning styles and staff development and in-service methods and techniques
- Community resources including family support services, emergency and crisis services, and child protective services
- Cultural differences that influence parenting skills and family environments
- Data collection techniques
- Applicable computer hardware and software as related to report writing, record keeping, and analysis
- Analyzing & Interpreting Data – Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Learning Agility – Seeking learning opportunities and applying the lessons to one's work
- Legal & Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
- Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
- Adaptability – Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires
- Innovation – Imagining and devising new and better ways of doing things
- Self-Management – Showing personal organization, self-discipline, and dependability
- Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
- Presentation Skill – Formally delivering information to groups
- Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
- Group Facilitation – Enabling constructive and productive group interaction
- Project Management – Planning and tracking projects to ensure they are on-time, on budget, and achieve their objectives
- Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communication and interaction that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions and cultures
- Education: A bachelor's degree in behavioral health, special education, early education, educational psychology, or other fields closely related to the job requirements of this classification from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Experience: Three years of experience administering and/or coordinating child and/or family behavioral services in a multi-disciplinary setting, including two years of experience in administering or coordinating behavioral services in a Head Start or similar early childhood education program providing services to families in poverty.
Additional Requirements: A master's degree is preferred. A valid California driver's license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to obtain transportation between job sites is required.
Selection Process
Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above, will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a performance exam and structured interview.
Contact
Lizbeth Valenzuela at valenzuela_lizbeth@lacoe.edu
For general inquiries please call 562.803.8360 (Mon- Fri 8:00 am - 5:00 pm)
For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc
LACOE Personnel Commission, 9300 Imperial Hwy, EC-Annex, Downey, CA 90242
Additional Information
- Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc. For additional information on our selection procedures, please visit Exam Preparation on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination
- process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.
Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.
- Agency
- Los Angeles County Office of Education
- Phone
- (562) 803-8360
- Website
- http://personnelcommission.com
- Address
- 9300 Imperial Highway, Annex
Downey, California, 90242
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