Board Certified Behavior Analyst bei Kids Connections Developmental Therapy Center

Description

JOB SUMMARY

Instruct client in a variety of educational settings including community, and school; to implement intensive behavior intervention programs for identified clients; attend student progress meetings; assist client with and demonstrate proper physical care and hygienic needs; perform related duties as assigned.

Applied Behavior Analysis has knowledge of methodologies found to benefit some children including, but not limited to, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Discrete Trial Training (DTT). Incumbents may be required to drive a personal vehicle to travel to client’s homes and other locations including the clinic, community, and schools and provide one-to-one and/or group intensive behavioral intervention services. Other related duties may be assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Develop programs that will increase client’s progress toward identified goals
• Develop, implement programs, and oversee follow through
• Manage cases, supervision time and duties as needed for clients recommended treatment
• Follow/plan professional level interventions with knowledge of scope of practice risk to clients/others
• Identify safety issues related to clients and/ or staff providing reports and follow through to resolution
• Ability to carry out duties according to professional standards and company policies
• Communicate clients progress or lack of to team members with critical findings or changes in condition
• Ability to problem solve with team members to achieve outcomes
• Teach client and/or family specific techniques and management of information appropriate to client’s needs
• Provide sessions/treatment as needed by family and specified treatment plan
• Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment
• Manage operate equipment safely
• Manage time in relation to client volume
• Support the full treatment team as needed, covering for schedule vacations, leave of absence or necessary times
• Manage individual schedule and meet productivity standard
• Accept duties as assigned
• Communicate knowledge of delegated tasks/responsibilities
• Ability to carry out assignment to completion
• Ability to complete pre employment requirements (TB test, LiveScan Service enrollment, CPR First Aide Cert)  without restrictions
• Maintain specific credentials and/or any licensure needed
• Review and edit client reports
• Personal development meetings completed with staff as assigned
• Oversight of social skills scheduling
• Facilitate Parent Training meetings
• Oversight of utilization for clients and staff specific to social skills
• Delineation of care
• Staying up to date of evidence-based practice
• Maintain BACB guidelines
• Clinical review of programs and staff
• Maintaining efficiency with skill and acquisition and behavior programs
• Conduct and lead social skills sessions
• Correlate an update social skills programs and daily activities following specific curriculum
• Update and follow outcome measures and track progress towards goals
• Facilitate group interactions across three clinics
• Coordinate FB A specific to social skills
• Complete updates and progress related to social skills and necessary reports
• Attend team meetings, IEP‘s, and/or family discussions and specific to clinic care
• Maintain certifications
• Maintain accurate client records
• Upload client records in the EMR in a timely manner

Other Duties:

• Maintain and replenish necessary supplies
• Report any damaged or missing equipment to supervisor
• Other duties as required by the Clinical Director or Assistant Clinical Director

WORKING CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in an indoor office environment with moderate noise, light and temperature levels. Position requires frequent interaction with multiple individuals. Work may be stressful on occasion. Some evening and weekend work may be necessary from time to time. The workplace environment for this position is generally collaborative and supportive, but a number of routine tasks require the employee be self-directed and work independently.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB:

The physical demands described in the following paragraphs are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF IN-PERSON SESSION WORK

• Exert 50 to 75 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move equipment or objects.
• Work involves sitting, and may involve running, walking, or standing for brief to longer periods of time.
• Setting up obstacle course to include, lifting equipment such as blocks and mats, bending and/or twisting at the waist and/or kneeling to move equipment
• Participating in obstacle courses with clients
• Fully extending arms above head to hang suspended equipment weighing up to 30 pounds
• CPI de-escalation process and related physical holds/restraints
• Physical response blocking of clients as necessary
• Jumping on trampoline
• Running on tumble track
• Climbing onto and or jumping off any elevated surface
• Pushing clients on swings
• Crawling
• Jumping into foam pit
• Lifting clients
• Strenuous activity such as jogging, sprinting, climbing, rolling etc.
• Providing a physical support/bracing for clients

Physical Demands of Remote Work

If temporarily and/or partially assigned to remote work due to the pandemic or other reasons, employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and locomote throughout the workplace (home or office). Employee is frequently required to speak and hear. Employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, bend and/or twist at the waist.

Most remote work is performed while sitting at a desk (for up to 6.5 hours in an 8-hour day), communicating by telephone and email, entering data with a computer keyboard, reviewing emails and other documents/data on the computer screen, typing up client session reports and uploading them to our server. Work requires well-developed typing skills and sufficient manual dexterity to operate a keyboard, calculator, telephone, copier, scanner, fax machine, and other office equipment as necessary. Vision must be correctable to levels that allow performance of tasks inherent to common office work. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, mid-range depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Hearing must be correctable to an acceptable range for clear and efficient telephone communications.

MENTAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB:

Position requires the mental ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Position requires alertness and the ability to respond quickly and appropriately to various therapeutic, administrative and/or logistical challenges as well as to emotional or otherwise sensitive situations or issues that occasionally occur. Position requires common-sense decision-making and the ability to discern when a situation must be escalated to the Clinical Director or Assistant Clinical Director. Discretion, compassion, and a calming but professional demeanor are paramount.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent education, such as a GED.
• Master’s Degree in Appropriate field
• Maintain BCBA Certification
• Continuing education
• Maintain CPI certification annually

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Required - Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Knowledge of basic concepts of child growth and development and developmental behavior characteristics particularly pertaining to pupils with special learning needs.
• Knowledge of behavior management strategies and techniques relating to pupils experiencing atypical control problems.
• Knowledge of appropriate English usage, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and basic arithmetical concepts.
• Knowledge of routine record storage, retrieval, and management procedures.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding, patient, and receptive attitude toward students of varied age groups, particularly those exhibiting specialized needs.
• Ability to appropriately manage student behavior and guide student toward more acceptable social behaviors.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
• Ability to perform routine clerical tasks and operate a variety of educational and office related machines and equipment.
• Ability to learn to utilize a variety of appropriate instructional materials and procedures in the enhancement of a training and educational environment.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with children and adults.
• Required - Fluency in English (read, write and speak)