What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Childhood - Applied Behavioral Analysis - Behavioral Consultant position at CORA Services Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Join CORA Services, a 2021 and 2023 TOP WORKPLACE in Philadelphia! We are a a fast-paced, growing organization with over 500 team members whose goal is to help children and families experiencing emotional, academic, and social challenges which impede their development and productivity, and we have been doing that for over 50 years!
An Early Childhood- Applied Behavioral Analysis Behavior Consultant and / or Behavior Analyst (EC-ABA-BC / BA) will have the opportunity to lead the clinical team to impact the lives of young children and families by implementing ABA services in a preschool classroom. The EC-ABA BC / BA provides individual and group services to children with neurodevelopmental disorders. These services are primarily delivered in a preschool setting, and secondarily in their home and community settings (as needed). The EC-ABA-BC / BA supervises the implementation of behavioral treatment plans by EC-ABA BHTs and evaluates their performance through close observation and data review. The EC-ABA-BC / BA provides parent training, ongoing consultation, and consultation with other stakeholders in the treatment design and implementation phases. The EC-ABA-BC / BA helps plan for the client to maintain and generalize skills upon discharge.
Starting Salary :
69,521 w / LBS (and required 2 years experience)
74,440 w / BCBA (and required 2 years experience)
Salary commensurate with additional experience and credentialing.)
Plus sign-on bonus.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Uphold the mission, vision, and values of CORA Services, which includes valuing all individuals, supporting the individual’s potential for growth, and enhancing a pragmatic service system approach.
- Foster a warm, nurturing, and engaging therapeutic relationship with preschool children.
- Lead the ABA intervention daily schedule of up to 9 children, ages 3-5.
- Complete specialized assessments of multiple deficit areas, including adaptive skills, social-communicative skills, and social skills areas.
- Develop meaningful and detailed treatment plans, and intervention programming to address the needs of young children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including functional behavior assessments.
- Develop reinforcement systems and provide behavior skills training to clients, stakeholders, and supervisees based on detailed FBAs and FAs.
- Review program data, creating visual representations to ensure client outcomes are communicated to stakeholders and funders.
- Utilize ABA strategies to monitor and ensure behavioral intervention plans have been implemented with fidelity.
- Model a substantial repertoire of reinforcement techniques for staff and families.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to staff and parents while overseeing the implementation of programs with clients.
- Conduct group parent training on specific treatment goals and strategies that are meaningful to families.
- Document service delivery consistently and meet all funders and state-mandated pertinent deadlines.
- Coordinate a group model of service delivery with developmentally appropriate preschool activities with all differentiation based on individual treatment plans.
- Collaborate closely with other early childhood intervention providers to improve outcomes for the young child.
- Supervise ABA service delivery and the professional development of paraprofessionals and RBTs staff as part of the clinical supervisory team.
- Attend and participate in meetings, training programs, and supervision as required by CORA, funders and the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS :
PA master’s level clinical license with a scope of practice that includes overseeing the provision of ABA services and additional required supervised hours and specialized training.
Additional requirements
EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS :
BENEFITS :
Please note : All new hires must be vaccinated against COVID-19 after starting work with CORA Services.
CORA Services Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
Salary : $74,440
