What are the responsibilities and job description for the ABA Counselor position at St. Joseph's Villa?
Overview
The ABA Counselor within our Outpatient Behavioral Treatment Team and the Sarah Dooley Center for Autism.The ABA Counselor is responsible for the coordination of an overall written program of services, implementation of treatment interventions in relationship to Individual Service Plans for clients, and providing direct professional services to clients and their families.
This position focuses upon development of an individualized treatment and behavior plan and implementation of this service in a home-based treatment modality to ensure quality services to clients and their families. The counselor works with selected students to implement individual lesson and behavioral plans in the Sarah Dooley Center for Autism or Dooley School, serving children with a variety of special needs.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Participates in the development and implementation of service plans, objectives and methods necessary for providing effective services to individual clients and families.
- Provides professional services to clients and their families in the family’s home or Sarah Dooley Center for Autism on a regularly scheduled basis.
- Works collaboratively with their assigned clients’ family members and encourages family participation in all treatment phases and components.
- Promotes behavioral, functional skill, communication, and social improvement through individualized treatment for all assigned clients
- Maintains accurate individual case notes for all assigned clients that meet state licensing and professional accreditation standards.
- Coordinates multidisciplinary clinical, educational, and medical services in support of the client and family to ensure efficacious and holistic treatment.
- Participates and actively contributes to individual and group supervision sessions
- Attends scheduled training programs for professional development that includes, at a minimum, trainings required by St. Joseph’s Villa and by regulatory and accrediting bodies.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma required with experience working with relevant population.
- At least 21 years of age.
- Bachelor's Degree in education or a related field preferred.
- Registered Behavior Technician credential (active or eligible for reactivation), certified and searchable in the Behavior Analyst Certification Board online RBT registry.
