Assistant Behavioral Intervention Specialist

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Location : Old Bethpage

Schedule :

Sunday - Thursday : 2 : 00pm - 10 : 00pm

Key / Essential Functions & Responsibilities

All Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialists (ABIS) perform the following tasks :

• Performs all duties of a Direct Support Professional (DSP 1 - 3) as indicated in job descriptions, in addition to ABIS duties on a regular basis and / or as requested to ensure the overall supervision, protection and care of individuals in program, assisting in maximizing their strengths, interests and abilities while upholding their personal rights and facilitating activities that provide social capital and connections to the community.
• Leads the identification, facilitation and scheduling of community inclusion activities for assigned program based on feedback from and needs of persons supported, coordinating resources, securing necessary funds and ensuring that activities are completed and appropriately documented.
• Supports provision of appropriate, therapeutically documented levels of supervision to ensure and protect the health, safety and well-being of individuals at all times by ensuring updates and changes to levels of supervision for persons we support are regularly communicated to all staff and appropriately documented; may run shift meetings, assigning duties, completing shift sheet and making recommendations to ensure staff are qualified and able to maintain current prescribed levels of supervision.
• Understands and uses specialized clinical knowledge of person-specific needs and signs or symptoms of ailments / syndromes including mental health / medical conditions to provide effective supports to individuals, identify and escalate concerns to leadership and inform activities, training or specialized education or augmented trainings for staff.
• Stays up to date with current issues, diagnoses, needs and levels of supervision for the persons supported in assigned program under the supervision of BIS.
• Works with BIS to identify habilitative, behavioral and psychiatric needs of the persons supported and to ensure all programming and activities relating to clinical interventions are implemented consistently, in accordance with individualized plans.
• Provides guidance to program staff, setting the appropriate tone and ensuring that the standards of care are followed by modeling excellent counseling skills and interactions with persons supported and through use of person-centered philosophy and tools.
• Implements Behavior Support Plans, demonstrating understanding of behavior as communication and employing person-centered thinking to support positive interactions and prevent further escalation.
• Trains direct care staff individually, on the floor and / or in groups using the EMOE training system to support effective implementation of habilitative and behavioral programming by program staff through regular observations, direct feedback, communicating clinical rationales and ensuring appropriate data collection techniques.
• Serves as lead trainer for weekend staff and supports new staff in developing and demonstrating the OPWDD Core Competencies.
• Participates in the development of treatment plans including individualized habilitative plans, collaborating with BIS to write services, goals, outcomes and / or supports in accordance with the agency philosophy, as determined by assessments of individual needs and learning capabilities.
• Assists BIS with gathering and collecting data required to conduct formal and informal behavioral and habilitative assessments (written questionnaires, standardized tests, rating scales, baseline data, etc.) by conducting observations and / or soliciting information from other direct support staff, circles of support or other sources, as applicable.
• Monitors collection of data used to assess progress toward habilitative and behavioral goals, ensuring that new data sheets are accessible to staff at the beginning of each month and that staff are consistently and accurately collecting and documenting data in accordance with established systems by reviewing documentation, retraining staff and following up as needed; may assist with design of data collection systems for habilitative goals.
• Completes and maintains all required paperwork and documentation for persons supported in appropriate format(s) and file(s) in accordance with applicable requirements including compiling, totaling and summarizing data, writing monthlies describing overall progress and completing person centered materials; reviews and ensures all psychiatric / therapy anecdotals are complete and appropriate and assists other program staff with documentation or compiling information or data, as needed or directed.
• Attends and actively participates in team meetings as a member of the interdisciplinary team (IDT), consulting with IDT to ensure streamlined and top-quality care and providing feedback or ideas to improve supports and / or program operations and updates or changes relating to data management, assessments or programming requirements.
• Regularly participates in life plan and other meetings for persons supported and in regional assistant or other clinical team meetings providing information, contributing to agendas and completing tasks or activities resulting from meetings as directed by leadership team (training, assessments, reviews, etc.).
• Serves as lead on weekend and evening shifts or when otherwise requested, monitoring day-to-day program operations and providing support to staff in the absence of Program Supervisor, Assistant Supervisor and / or BIS.
• Maintains an awareness of program operations, staff performance and overall condition / wellness of persons supported through regular interactions and observations and by working together with the leadership team to identify and directly address, resolve, recommend actions or solutions and / or appropriately escalating concerns, signs and symptoms, problems or other occurrences.
• Completes and maintains all necessary trainings and certifications, including specialized trainings based on program and to ensure compliance with YAI policies or other applicable rules or regulations and clinical trainings as recommended by BIS, effectively applying skills or teaching others.
• Complies with all Federal, State, Local and other relevant regulatory agency requirements, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• For certain assignments, may be required to operate YAI motor vehicle to transport individuals to and / or from programs, residences, community or other locations on a daily (or other regular) basis with appropriate credentials.
• Performs all other duties, as assigned

Experienced Assistant BIS may be selected for assignment reporting into the BIS Department, under day-to-day supervision of Program Supervisor and BIS Supervisor performing the following tasks, in addition to the above :

Minimum Qualification Requirements including education, experience, licensure / certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities (e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.)

Current YAI employees changing settings must obtain AMAP (for new residential assignment) or Day Services Model Mentorship Training (for new day assignment) and any additional certifications as required by program assignment and persons supported within three (3) months of appointment

ABIS assigned to BIS Department must also meet the following additional requirements :

Preferred Qualification Requirements (desired requirements beyond MQRs above)

Compensation : 22.37 / Hour

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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