What are the responsibilities and job description for the BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST (BCBA) position at Laurel Heights Hospital?
Laurel Heights Hospital is seeking a BCBA (BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST) (FULL-TIME). Join our talented team of professionals as we work to provide the most effective treatment utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Benefits:
- Competitive pay commensurate with education and experience
- Full comprehensive benefits package offered to full-time employees including health, vision, dental, life, retirement, short-term/long-term disability, and supplemental insurance.
- Employee assistance program and employee perks network included.
- Full-time hours (40/week) guaranteed!
- Professional development and growth opportunities!
- Exciting and fast-paced work environment with supportive supervisory team!
- Opportunity to positively impact the lives of those significantly impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorders seeking treatment at Laurel Heights from all over the United States!
***Experience in a residential facility a plus***
Primary Job Duties:
- Conducts intake evaluations including functional behavioral assessments and skills assessments.
- Demonstrates understanding and the ability to apply principles and techniques of ABA and provide direction to other staff in their implementation.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary treatment team meetings.
- Develops behavior intervention plans and individual treatment plans/programming to include both behavior reduction and skill acquisition. Responsible for the training and fidelity of interventions.
- Provides training and supervision to RBTs
- Completes RBT competency assessments and reassessments
- Responsible for continued competence and professional growth of RBTs during weekly consultations, providing written feedback, supervision meetings, and additional trainings as needed.
- Ensures supervision hours of RBTs meet the requirements of the BACB
- Builds and maintains positive family/caregiver relationships throughout the course of treatment.
- Trains parents, caregivers and ABA technicians who implement plans with children and families on principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
- Graphs data, adjusts strategies as needed to ensure progress, and provides routine progress summaries.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Master's degree in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Certified and maintain credentialing with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board as a BCBA in good standing.
The ideal candidate has exceptional oral and written communication skills; legible handwriting; ability to maintain information as highly confidential; telephone etiquette and customer service skills by phone and face-to-face; familiarity with medical and psychological terminology preferred; skills in dealing courteously with the public and other staff within the organization; skills in prioritizing and in managing time; problem-solving skills; use of appropriate social skills, including demonstration and respect for staff and patients; empathy toward children and adolescents; basic knowledge of child growth and development preferred; experience working with children with autism; skill in following behavioral plans necessary; able to respond to children/adolescents in a consistent and caring manner, consistent in maintaining professional boundaries; willingness to seek supervision in this regard when necessary.
