Board Certified Behavior Analyst - Beverly, United States - Hopeful Journeys Educational Center, Inc.

Description

Board Certified Behavior Analyst Job Type: Full-time

Reports To:

Clinical Director Salary:
$85,000 plus depending on experience.
Benefits in the school year include, 12 paid holidays + 23 paid days for school vacation weeks in addition to 13 days of flexible PTO, daily paid lunch breaks, Childcare Reimbursement, Health and Dental Insurance, Tuition reimbursement, paid Conference Days and reimbursement, company Paid Life Insurance & long-term disability, FSA, Life insurance & 401K and much more

About Us:

Hopeful Journeys is a private, 766 Massachusetts Approved Special Education school designed to meet the academic, social and behavioral needs of children ages 3 to 22.

Hopeful Journeys is a full year, 216 day program, which provides 1:1 instructional teaching for children with autism and other developmental disorders.

The Behavior Clinicians responsibility is to develop behavior intervention plans for students diagnosed with autism and other disabilities. The behavior clinician will provide staff development on the implementation of particular protocols, data collection and progress monitoring techniques.

The behavior clinician is also responsible for directly supervising a small team of staff and handling parent communications


Overall Responsibilities:
Essential duties and responsibilities: 1.

Directly supervise team members around behavior plans, curriculum modifications, accommodations and social skills and provide staff with resources, tools, and in-class modeling of techniques.

2.

Oversee and provide feedback to staff regarding programming and IEP implementation, and attend IEP meetings and parents meetings. 3. Develop and oversee behavior plans for in-classroom implementation and assess progress of effectiveness of behavior plans and curriculum modifications. 4.

Conduct behavior assessments and devise appropriate behavior plans. 5. Coordinate communications between home and school. 6.

Ensure timely completion of progress reports & graphed data. 7. Ensure behavioral strategies are implemented consistently and accurately across clinical systems in all settings.8. Develop data-taking mechanisms and reporting strategies for clinical information.9.

Facilitate team meetings weekly. 10. Participate in ensure staff appropriately present student progress during team meetings. 11.

Act as an active training member for ABA staff and management staff. This includes on-site staff training, orientation training, clinical and staff meetings.12.

Ensure that all staff demonstrates proficiency in using applied behavior analysis by carrying out behavior change projects meeting designated standards of reliability and scientific rigor, satisfactorily answering questions in regard to the principles of behavior, and by demonstrating proficiency on evaluation developed for each of the essential skills of the position.

13.

Ensure effective communication and interpersonal skills with staff, students and parents.14. Ensure all students are safe by implementing and monitoring de-escalation strategies.15. Directly supervise, train, evaluate and provide feedback (both positive and constructive) to ABA teachers and case managers. 16.

Maintain responsibility of your team by ensuring all staff are on task and implementing programming/behavior plans properly, ensure students are safe and making progress and ensure all parent needs and concerns are addressed appropriately.

17. Other duties as required.