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Behavior Support Assistant
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What they do
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.
$36,462 / year median in North Carolina
+11% projected growth
Job Description
Behavior Support Assistant
Whiteville City Schools
TBD - Whiteville, North Carolina This job is also posted in North Carolina School Jobs, and Whiteville City Schools
Job Details
Job ID:
5912616
Application Deadline:
Sep 25, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Posted:
Today
Starting Date:
Immediately
Job Description
Behavior Support Assistant
Job Description
PRC 029
Whiteville City Schools Behavior Support Assistant (BSA): Provides evidence/research-based interventions that will enable PRC 29 students to remain in school and/or to help students become more productive in the classroom. The BSA can be utilized in three different ways: Planned, Transition or Crisis. Planned is when a BSA works with student(s), usually four to eight weeks or until the student(s) behavior warrants a change. Once the student(s) has reached an agreed upon percentage based on data from his/her behavioral intervention plan, staff will re-evaluate goals of the student(s). Transition is when a BSA assists with student(s) moving from one setting to another. Depending on the student(s), the transition can last one to two weeks. Crisis is when a BSA provides short term evidence/research-based interventions to enable student(s) to remain in school and/or help stabilize student(s). BSA may work with the student(s) one to two days or depending on the student's need. Provides Interventions for PRC 29 Students to Remain in School
Establish rapport with students
Identify behaviors that are problematic
Explore interventions
Observe students in various settings
Identify triggers
Consult with behavioral liaison, teacher and EC Administrator
Implement Social Skills Lessons
Implement team games through sessions and bonding
Provide classroom/individual management
Provides Evidence/Research-Based Interventions to Help Students Function Productively in the Classroom
Assess academic concerns
Obtain input from student
Provide instructional support by scheduling, visual supports and routines
Establish a working relationship with teachers
Establish cool down/safe spaces
Establish a reward system
Assist with Sensory Integration
Develop study habits for PRC 29 students
Check with medication administration
Attend IEP meetings, as needed
Maintain daily progress monitoring reports
Monitors Progress on Behavior Intervention Plans
Communicate with teachers and behavioral liaisons
Simplify process by using checklist, etc.
Document PRC 29 student's progress daily
Utilize behavior tracking forms
Utilize rubric systems
Utilize Rewards
Monitor academic and attendance performance
Note:
The bulleted Roles and Expectations are compiled from PRC 29 staff across the state to identify specific services provided to students based on the job description from DPI's PRC 29 Grant Application.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR STANDARDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking, physical requirements are consistent with those for Light Work.
Data Conception:
Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
Interpersonal Communication:
Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.
Language Ability:
Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format.
Intelligence:
Requires the ability to apply rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form.
Verbal Aptitude:
Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English.
Interpersonal Temperament:
Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress.
Physical Communication:
Requires the ability to talk and hear: (
Talking:
expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words.
Hearing:
perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone.
Position Type:
Part-Time
Job Requirements
Associate degree preferred.
Citizenship, residency or work visa required