Lead Behavior Analyst

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Autism Services

Position: Lead Behavior Analyst

Location: Royal Oak

Reports To: Associate Clinical Manager

Status: Full Time

FLSA Status: Exempt

Our Mission: To provide expert, comprehensive services in southeastern Michigan that strengthen children, adults, and families impacted by abuse and neglect, autism, developmental disabilities, and mental health challenges so they are successful in their communities.

General Acknowledgement:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Summary:

The Lead Behavior Analyst provides behavior services to individuals within Judson Center's Intensive Applied Behavior Analysis program. This includes conducting various assessments, developing treatment and behavior plans, staff supervision and training, parent training, and clinical supervision for BCBA candidates in our program.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage a 130 direct hour intensive ABA caseload, including assessments, treatment planning, ongoing re-assessment, parent training, and staff supervision, including RBTs.

• Prvide billable services to clients on caseload at a minimum of 20 hours per week (including client supervision, parent trainings, initial and reassessments, etc.)

• Supervise 2-3 BCBA candidates.

• Supervise Front Office Support Staff.

• Appropriate documentation of services provided.

• Oversees implementation of ABA program policies and procedures to ensure that services that are client-focused, consistent, and delivered in a manner that meets agency, contract, accreditation, and regulatory requirements and quality standards.

• Assists and support in hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of direct reports and all Autism Connections personnel at designated site.

• Oversee monitoring and compliance, including but not limited to documentation checks, staff internal credentialing, external credentialing, billable hour requirements, staff training, clinical audits, and monthly/quarterly reporting in accordance with regulatory/contractual mandates.

• Overall management, direction, coordination, clinical oversight and evaluation of the center in a manner consistent with person and family-centered principles of service delivery.

• Assures staff are appropriately trained, credentialed and privileged on an on-going basis as required for effective and/or regulatory/contractually mandated program and clinical service delivery.

• Completes all other assignments or duties designated.

Job Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Demonstrate working knowledge of behavior assessments and interventions with individuals with ASD.

• Ability to hire, train, and supervise staff.

• Ability to develop programs for children and teenagers of various developmental levels.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with parents and team members.

• Computer literate.

• Professional presentation of self and company.

• Cultural competence.

• Valid Michigan Driver's License, appropriate insurance, and use of own vehicle.

• Minimum of two years' experience working with individuals with an ASD

• Sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Core Competencies:

• Customer Service – regularly respond to customers in a courteous and timely manner with focus on providing quality services.

• Job Knowledge – demonstrate mastery of basic principles, techniques, and skills related to job, consistently applying technical and procedural competence.

• Professionalism – consistently present a positive image of self and the agency, operating with integrity and credibility.

• Planning & Organization of Work – reliably demonstrate time management skills through advance planning in order to deliver high quality work product within deadlines.

• Relationship / Leadership – exhibit ability to develop cooperative relationships based on mutual respect and trust, treating others fairly, consistently listening, openly and actively encouraging others to express candid and differing views.

• Judgement & Problem Solving – show ability to review facts and information using sound judgment to arrive at the most effective solution and when appropriate seek supervisory assistance.

• Quality & Accuracy – consistently present work product that is thorough, accurate, and effective in accomplishing intended purpose of assignments.

• Initiative & Independence – demonstrate ability to effectively complete work tasks with minimal direction from supervisor and take initiative to increase effectiveness of work and that of the department.

• Reliability / Dependability – exhibit consistency in performance and reliably follows through on tasks and assigned responsibilities.

• Temperament – maintain emotional control, a positive perspective, and effectively respond to stress on the job.

Education, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Master's Degree and Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

• State of Michigan Licensed BCBA

• Valid Michigan driver's license and insurance.

Working Conditions:

• Generally an office environment

• Non-Traditional hours including 24/7 availability to staff, including weekends and holidays.

• May work with children, teens or young adults with challenging behavior including aggression.

• Ability to travel and attend meetings and functions at various hours

• Job travel, utilizing personal vehicle with mileage

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to react and move quickly to respond to impulsive movement of clients (children and teenagers with autism) and remain alert and energetic during therapy sessions.

• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds and lift up to 50 pounds infrequently.

• Frequently required to walk, stand and sit.

• May be required to bend, kneel, squat, crawl, pivot, and sit on floor throughout the work day.

• Must be able to run or quickly move short distances (up to100 feet) to catch or block clients (children and teenagers with autism)

• Must be able to use physical management techniques, including single or two person restraints, to help manage behavior of clients (children and teenagers with autism)

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Direct Reports:

Board Certified Behavior Analyst Candidates