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Capitol Region Education Council

Montessori - Behavior Intervention Specialist - JOB ID# 14208

Pay: Not specified

Posted: 4 weeks ago

Location: Hartford, CT (Onsite)

Last Updated: 3 days ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 10/1/2026

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A Mental Health Assistant provides basic care and assistance with daily activities to patients with mental illnesses or cognitive disabilities. Helps patients dress and eat, monitors patients' well-being, and restrains patients if they become physically violent. Works in hospitals or mental health care facilities.

$39,506 / year median in Connecticut

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Job Description

Montessori

Behavior Intervention Specialist
JOB ID# 14208 Capitol Region Education Council
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6 Hartford, CT Job Details 1 day ago Qualifications Classroom behavior modification Bachelor's degree Adolescents Emotional disorders support

Full Job Description Position Type:

Support Staff/Behavior Intervention Specialist Date Posted:

8/6/2026

Location:

Montessori Magnet School Closing Date:

09/24/2026

Position Title:

Behavior Intervention Specialist (school year position)

Program:

Montessori General Purpose:

Under the supervision of the Principal and the School Coordinator, the Behavior Intervention Specialist supervises, manages and intervenes with students who are demonstrating challenging behavior within the school setting. Promotes a positive learning environment for all students. Maintains database and generates regular reports on behavioral interventions and outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Follows prescribed behavioral intervention plans (BIP's) for students. 2. Utilizes program's behavioral management system and is ready to respond to and manage varying levels of maladaptive student behavior (mild, escalation, crisis stages). Interventions may include but are not limited to the following: redirecting, restating expectations, collaborative problem solving, planned ignoring, therapeutic walk or cool-down time, securing the environment, separating students, escort or protective hold. 3. Supervises individuals or small groups of students who cannot be maintained within the classroom and have been placed in alternative learning settings within the school program due to their disruptive, non-compliant or high risk behaviors. 4. Assists students with completing assigned class work and make-up work. 5. Monitors students during meal times, class changes, in hallways and outside the building as needed. 6. Performs routine security checks of students upon arrival at school or upon student's return to program after AWOL from building. 7. Collects and enters into ED HUB daily behavioral data for each student served. 8. Keeps track of restraints and seclusions. 9. During early release and Professional development days assist in entering behavior tracking forms into

ED HUB. 10.

Attends PPT meetings and works in collaboration with SPED team. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Bachelor's degree required. Requires knowledge of and experience using effective behavior intervention and management strategies with significantly emotionally disturbed adolescents. Must have ability to perform duties in a calm non-threatening manner, with a diverse population of clients and fellow workers. Job-related certifications including crisis intervention techniques (PMT), CPR/First Aid. To access the job description and salary range document, please click https://www.crec.org/careers/jobs.php