Agape Love Childcare Center LLC
Part-Time ABA & Behavioral Support Specialist
Part Time • Detroit, MI
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
$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
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
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.
Compensation: $25.00 - $28.00 per hour
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