Center-Based BCBA (Early Intervention)

Job Description

Prism Early Advancement Center is looking for excited, motivated, and engaged BCBAs to join our clinic-based team in Coral Gables. We are a quickly growing center building a team of ethical professionals to engage children in fun, natural environment based teaching, for them to gain skills for independence, communication, and play.

Job Duties

• Plans and develops treatment programs aimed at teaching and developing the social, interpersonal, and relationship skills of preschool age children with autism
• Leads the implementation of learning programs and evaluates program effectiveness and success relative to each child's needs and to the goals of Prism Early Advancement Center
• Works with Registered Behavior Technicians by communicating program goals and monitoring the performance of staff relative to program goals
• Ensures Registered Behavior Technicians have the tools, resources, and information necessary for performing duties
• Provides timely and constructive feedback to Registered Behavior Technicians regarding individual performance results, discusses challenges and successes, as well as performance goals and action plans
• Shares ideas, plans and procedures to assists with initiating, expanding, improving and evaluating behavioral services for the benefit of children with autism and their families
• Conducts client evaluations and assessments, and prepares reports summarizing results and recommendations
• Assists in covering direct therapy as necessary
• Promotes family involvement and advocacy, as well as supports family decision making through involvement and delivery of individual and group family training initiatives
• Develops short-term and long-term treatment goals, plans and objectives based upon the initial evaluation and program requirements, and updates child treatment plan regularly
• Oversees the implementation and maintenance of systems and applications used to track, retain and report data and information used for monitoring and measuring program effectiveness and progress
• Collects and graphs data regularly, and maintains updated and accurate program data, information and results
• Keeps staff properly and timely informed and updated on matters of significance and importance
• Maintains awareness of trends, patterns and evidence-based practices
• Assists in coordinating services and makes appropriate referrals to other service providers, as necessary
• Monitors children for signs of child abuse, and reports incidents of suspected abuse to appropriate staff and personnel immediately
• Attends meetings, events and seminars as required by Prism Early Advancement Center
• Maintains advanced working knowledge of Applied Behavior Analysis practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates a high level of integrity, responsibility, accountability, teamwork and ethics
• Adheres to all policies, procedures and standard practices of Prism Early Advancement Center
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Benefits

• All services clinic-based
• Scheduling and billing support
• Private insurance clients
• Weekday hours of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Working Environment:

This position requires regular sitting, stooping, reaching, walking, standing, reading, seeing, speaking, hearing, listening, organizing, interpreting data and information, operating office equipment, typing using a computer keyboard, and viewing a computer screen monitor, and occasional lifting of objects of up to 40 pounds. The working environment consists of an indoor and climate-controlled setting. The working environment entails working directly with preschool aged children with autism, and with high volume auditory sounds and activities occurring frequently.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Master’s degree in psychology, behavioral science, or other related field
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst as certified by the BACB
• Three years working with, supervising, or engaging with children with autism
• Two full years experience as a BCBA supervising RBTs
• One year experience working with preschool aged children
• Active individual credential with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida and Aetna
• Preferred: Familiarity with PFA/SBT procedures, preschool life skills

Job Type: Part-time to full-time

Pay: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week

Schedule:

Monday to Friday as needed to meet billable requirements

20 hours billed per week minimum, with opportunity to bill more

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $65 - $75