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Behavior Therapist/Junior Behavior Therapist
Location: San Diego, CA
Position Description
Department: Clinical
Job Description Summary
The Behavior Therapist is responsible for working directly with our clients providing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy. Therapist will be responsible for the following duties:
- Administration
- Case Management
- Clinical
- CSH Program Events
- Internal Communication
Reporting Relationships
- The Behavior Therapist reports directly to the Case Manager and Case Supervisor.
Job Requirements/Mandatory
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree or have completed a minimum of 12 semester hours of college coursework and be currently enrolled in a course of study leading Bachelor’s Degree by an accredited college or university.
- Computer literate
- Basic Life Support (BLS) current certification
- Able to work weekends as needed/required by the company.
- Must complete on-going training to support job competency.
Job Requirements/Preferred
- Bachelors level degree or higher
- Experience working with children that have been diagnosed with Autism or with other intellectual disabilities.
- Registered Behavior Technician Credentials (RBT)
Physical Job Requirements
- Body positions: sitting, standing, and kneeling
- Body movements: walking, running, bending, twisting
- Body senses: the ability to see, hear, and speak articulately are required.
Working Conditions:
Employees may be working in the following settings, an office, the community, in schools, and/or in client homes.
Essential Job Functions
- Administration
- Case Management
- Clinical
- CSH Program Events
- Internal Communication
Duties and Tasks:
Administration
- Fulfill 100% of scheduled session on a weekly/monthly basis
- Render and lock schedule by due date
- Adhere to 2-week notice for any vacation request with appropriate paperwork
- Submit permanent schedule changes in writing to Case Supervisor for approval (using appropriate paperwork)
- Inform Case Supervisors know of ANY changes in schedule
- Complete all assigned tasks on time (to be determined per assignment)
- Remain HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant at all times ensuring all client files are protected including text messages, e-mails and phone conversations
- Attend all Creative Solutions for Hope companywide trainings
Case Management
- Maintain logbook for client’s program in conjunction with the most recent updates
- Update Case Supervisor with any information regarding case
- Review all information in the logbook every session
- When starting new cases: discuss case details with Case Supervisor prior to going into client’s home
- Scheduling: Look through NPA works, confirm schedule and render every night
- Request Monthly Feedback Forms and goal setting
- Submit any scheduling/session adjustments to Case Supervisor as soon as possible
- Respond to Case Supervisors e-mails, phone calls within 48 hours
- Respond to families e-mails, phone calls within 48 hours
- Complete tasks accordingly: stimuli creation, monthly summaries, office hours- with e-mail follows up as the task is assigned and approved
- Demonstrates assertiveness when addressing concerns
- Fills in necessary hours to maximize every contract
Clinical
- Accepts constructive feedback with professionalism (Monthly Feedback Forms and goal setting)
- Address case concerns in a timely manner
- Complete delegated tasks immediately and within time frame
- Model appropriate strategies to parents
- Assertive in communication and problem solving with families/school and regional center personnel, supervisors, etc.
- Meet goals set by supervisors and provides a copy of them to every supervisor every overlap scheduled
Internal Communication
- Must respond to every communication attempt with internal staff (i.e., supervisors, office administrators, assigned BCBA mentors, directors) within 48 hours
- Communicate all policy/protocol related issues immediately to Human Resources department
- Communicate any Information and Technology (“IT”) issues that would hinder the ability to perform work duties
- Mandatory attendance at all mandatory company meetings
- Must be fluent in updated/current policies, adhere to those policies and ensure that knowledge of these policies are followed through
Measures of Performance:
- Attainment of annual goals established between Behavior Therapist and Case Manager and Case Supervisor.
- Meet all essential job function requirements as described in the job description.
