What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Behavior Specialist position at Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center?
SENIOR BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST
Position Summary: Provides direct treatment services for clients across a broad age range while also providing client services and treatments within multiple client service teams and within multiple programs by performing the following duties personally. Responsible for ensuring that all critical tasks are fulfilled on a timely and high-quality basis.
What You'll Do:
- Complies fully with all medical records and information privacy regulations, local, state, and federal.
- Provides input, observations, and feedback to Clinical Supervisors regarding client treatment plans, programming, data, and progress.
- Provides highly effective and best practice treatment for clients on a face-to-face bases and assists other clinical staff with delivering upon this same objective.
- Coordinates fully with other internal clinical professionals in the best interests of clients and their family members while recommending treatment plan improvements as necessary based upon client progress and treatment responses.
- Conducts overlap training and various competency assessments for initial and renewal Registered Behavior Technician credentialing of Behavior Therapists, as applicable.
- Properly documents all work activities, session notes and treatment service results on a fully accurate and timely basis while ensuring that all client documentation may be properly utilized for additional treatment purposes.
- Provides client treatments using varying treatment models with minimal oversight, frequently with clients who they have not met previously.
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university required. Focus areas of education, sociology, special education or psychology preferred.
- Registered Behavior Technician certification is required.
- In excess of 2,400 direct treatment hours of clinical experience is required.
- 3 to 6 years of employment in a clinical environment on a full-time, part-time and/or work-study basis is required, preferably including recent work with individuals with ASD.
- Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst licensure is preferred.
Hours
Full-time
Full-time
Salary
Starting at $55K
Transportation Requirement
Behavior Staff are required to have reliable transportation to/from clients with a clean driving record (no more than 3 minor violations).
Behavior Staff are required to have reliable transportation to/from clients with a clean driving record (no more than 3 minor violations).
Robust Benefits Package
- Up to 16 days per year paid time off
- 8 paid holidays
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (majority of coverage paid for by SARRC)
- 401(k) with 50% company match up to 6%
- Paid travel time and mileage reimbursement
- Professional development annual benefit of $1000
Our Story
Established in 1997 by two mothers of children with autism and their developmental pediatrician, SARRC is an internationally recognized nonprofit with a mission to advance research and provide a lifetime of support for individuals with autism and their families. As the state of Arizona’s largest nonprofit serving the autism community, SARRC conducts innovative research, provides evidence-based practices, disseminates effective training, and builds inclusive communities.
Established in 1997 by two mothers of children with autism and their developmental pediatrician, SARRC is an internationally recognized nonprofit with a mission to advance research and provide a lifetime of support for individuals with autism and their families. As the state of Arizona’s largest nonprofit serving the autism community, SARRC conducts innovative research, provides evidence-based practices, disseminates effective training, and builds inclusive communities.
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