Job Description Summary

The Senior Behavior Therapist (III) is responsible for working directly with clients providing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy. This person will also work with Behavior Therapists and Senior Behavior Therapists (I & II) as a mentor. The Senior Behavior Therapist (III) is responsible for the following duties:

• Administrative
• Clinical

Reporting Relationship

The Senior Behavior Therapist (III) reports directly to the Case Manager and/or Clinical Supervisor.

Education and Professional Certifications

• Bachelor?s Degree in Behavioral Science, Psychology, or related field
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Registered Behavior Technician credential (RBT)
• Enrollment in an ABA Master?s level program from a Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) qualified school
• Approval to begin collecting BCBA/BCaBA hours towards certification
• Contract in place for BCBA supervisor/supervisee relationship

Mandatory Job Requirements

• Active RBT certification, with maintained 5% supervision monthly
• Initiates RBT supervision forms at the start of each supervised session
• Initiates seeking supervision by emailing Supervisors and cc?ing the RBT email address at rbt@cs4hope.com
• Completes on-going training to support job competency
• Permanent schedule reflects a minimum of 25 direct services hours weekly
• Exceptions: Vacation/sick time, medical leave, client/company cancellations (including service holds and gaps where therapist?s schedule/roster is being updated
• Flexibility in availability to ensure direct service hours are met (i.e., afternoon availability)
• A minimum client roster of 3 clients ? ensuring continued growth and development in the field across a wide range of behaviors, ages, skillsets, and communication modalities
• Maintain Therapist Evaluation Form (TEF) scores averaging 2.8 monthly

Preferred Job Requirements

• 3 years? experience providing ABA therapy, or related experience
• Experience with the utilization of Speech Generated Devices
• Experience with varying intensities of maladaptive behaviors
• Experience across all ages and scopes of behavior
• Experience in onboarding, coaching, and mentoring others
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience drafting reports, behavior intervention plans, and goals

Physical Job Requirements

• Body positions: sitting, standing, and kneeling
• Body movements: walking, running, bending, twisting
• Ability to run (in the event the client elopes/or leaves the area)
• Block physical aggression (when needed)
• Body senses: the ability to see, hear, and speak articulately are required.

Working Conditions

Employees may be working in the following settings: clinic, home, community, and/or school.

Essential Job Functions, Duties, and Tasks

Administrative

• Renders and locks schedule according to policy
• Fulfill 100% of scheduled session on a weekly/monthly basis
• Comply with Audit Department regulations
• Respond to all communications within 48 hours
• Provide a minimum of 2-week notice for any vacation requests for approval with appropriate paperwork
• Confirm schedule accuracy at the start of each week
• Complete source documentation in the form of data sheets and billing logs, for every rendered session on NPA, by set due date
• Comply with schedule change/cancellation formats and procedure
• Complete all assigned tasks on time (to be determined per assignment)
• Remain HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant ensuring all client files are protected including text messages, e-mails and phone conversations
• Attend all Creative Solutions for Hope companywide and position specific trainings
• Communicate any policy/protocol related issues immediately to Human Resources department at: HR@cs4hope.com
• Communicate any Information and Technology (?IT?) issues that would hinder the ability to perform work duties to IT Department at: support@cs4hope.com
• Fluent in current policies and procedures
• Guides Behavior Therapists and Senior Behavior Therapists (I & II) through administrative questions and concerns

Clinical

• Take anecdotal data (ABC Data) on new and existing behaviors
• Generalize skills across parents, caregivers, family, peers, setting, stimuli, etc.
• Progress program targets as outlined by Supervisor
• Take baseline data as needed. If data is not collected for a session, the hourly rate for that session will be considered administrative.
• Purge monthly data for Supervisor per instruction
• Update logbook documents with accurate client information including full name, month and year, and program targets
• Review team data for measurement accuracy (e.g., behavior rate, goals, etc.)
• Assess and communicate progress in skill development (e.g., concerns, stagnation, and/or limited opportunities to target goals)
• Provide opportunity for parents to practice ABA strategies during session (e.g., modeling strategies, taking data on parent goals, briefing parents on session, etc.)
• Proactively communicate case updates and needs to team (e.g., behavioral concerns, logbook updates, parent concerns, etc.)
• Maintain logbook for client?s program in conjunction with the most recent updates
• Receive constructive feedback with professionalism
• Implement feedback immediately
• Seek feedback to continue professional growth and development
• Model appropriate strategies for onboarding Behavior Therapists
• Accurately describe methods in analytic terms to incoming Behavior Therapists and stakeholders
• Accurately define and provide examples of ABA concepts and principles
• Determine, establish, and reassess reinforcement hierarchy on an ongoing basis
• Outline and demonstrate specific prompting hierarchy based on individualized needs
• Outline and demonstrate independent prompt fading techniques relevant to the client and goal
• Accurately implement various behavior-change procedures
• Contrive opportunities to teach new skillsets to team (e.g., shaping, prompt fading, errorless learning, etc.)
• Identify objective of goal and implement supporting activities
• Takes interobserver agreement (IOA) data
• Evaluates performance of Behavior Therapist in adherence of clinical guidelines and maintenance of ethical standards
• Assist with drafting goals, interventions, and strategies for assessment and progress reports

Measures of Performance

• Data collected through direct observation of Senior Behavior Therapist (III) in session
• Interobserver agreement (IOA) data on client behaviors and goals
• RBT supervision forms inclusive of continued education in RBT skillset
• Supervisor/ Case Manager feedback through data collection on Therapist Evaluation Form (TEF)
• Adherence/compliance to CSH policy and execution of all policies and procedures
• Meet all essential job function requirements as described in the job description
• Failure to maintain minimum requirements of position will result in change in position status from Senior Behavior Therapist to Behavior Therapist, or stepdown in level (e.g., Senior III to Senior II, and so on), at the Director?s discretion.
• Must be available to commute to and provide direct oversight in the Orange County region, including (but not limited to): La Mesa, Santee, El Cajon, Mira Mesa, Chula Vista, San Ysidro, National City, La Jolla, Point Loma, Clairemont, and Poway, for the duration and frequency specified by the Director; this can be changed at the Executive Director?s discretion.