Behavior Clinician - Evenings

The Guild utilizes the collaborative efforts of leading professionals, best-practice approaches, tailored curricula and unmatched care to treat the individuals we serve.

Mission: The mission of The Guild for Human Services is to educate, encourage and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities so they may achieve their full potential to lead high-quality lives and participate meaningfully in the community.

At The Guild you can join a workforce of creative, dedicated, and passionate employees working every day to enhance the lives of youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and other challenges.

Summary: 

The Behavior Clinician (Youth Residential) is responsible for conducting behavioral assessments, selecting function-based interventions, and developing behavior support plans. S/he/they assist in staff training, crisis intervention and make recommendations to students’ educational teams regarding behavioral support and strategies. Additionally, the Behavior Clinician I may develop skill acquisition programs, attend team meetings, provide supervision to behavior department personnel, and represent the Clinical Department to outside agencies.

Major Duties/Responsibilities:

• Train and supervise Behavior Technicians/Clinical Assistants, RBT’s, and interns.
• Ensure policies/procedures regarding behavior management adhere to all regulatory and agency guidelines.
• Participate in IEP development and progress monitoring; working cooperatively with Educational and Residential staff to address the needs of students across settings.
• Conduct Functional Behavior Assessments and develop corresponding Behavior Support Plans
• Provide formal staff training for behavior support plan implementation in school and residential settings.
• Provide informal staff training by modeling behavior support plan implementation and appropriate staff-student interactions in school and residential settings.
• Monitor and provide feedback to staff based on direct observation of behavior plan implementation.
• Evaluate Behavior Support Plan implementation and effectiveness, making revisions and programmatic changes as needed.
• Develop individualized programming and data tracking using comprehensive assessments and curricula (e.g., VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, AFLS, and EFL)
• Develop and supervise implementation of skill acquisition programs for social and functional living skills in school and residential settings.
• Lead classroom and residential group sessions that target social and functional living skills.
• Participate in off-site evaluations as part of the admissions process.
• Coordinate with student support services and mental health clinicians to provide monthly parent training sessions.
• Present data analysis of student behavior and provide recommendations to multidisciplinary teams.
• Instruct ABA-based training sessions during Pre-Service training for new staff.
• Assist with implementation of RBT training for Guild staff.
• Provide support to milieu services by providing crisis management and problem solving, facilitating community experiences, classroom coverage, and classroom assistance.
• Assist with implementation of PBIS and trauma-sensitive frameworks.

Essential Job Functions

• Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job including inclement weather.
• Demonstrated evidence of mature judgment, good interpersonal skills, a desire to enrich individuals' lives and a willingness to learn.
• Physical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needs.
• Must be able to organize, plan, and prioritize activities with specific attention to higher level strategies while ensuring that details are also effectively addressed.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English is an essential function of the job.
• Pass Guild Driving test to access Guild vehicles for transportation of individuals.
• Must be able to implement crisis intervention techniques as necessary, including Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (via certification through CPI)
• The ability to assist individuals in evacuation from the residence.
• The ability to provide clinical coverage in the residences during school intercession breaks.