Behavioral Technician

<p style="line-height: 115%; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><span style="color: #2f9590; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; white-space: normal;">Bright Light</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; white-space: normal;">, </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;">a part of the Sevita family</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">, provides center-based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) services to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and related disabilities.<span style="background: white; white-space: normal;">Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You’ll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived. </span></span></p><br/><br/><div><span style="font-size: small;">SUMMARY</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">The Behavioral Technician is responsible for ensuring behavior management programs are consistently implemented for people served.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below:  </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationship by building rapport with the person served. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Follow the treatment plan goals and interventions utilizing sound judgment and seeks out appropriate consultation.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Collaborates with the family and treatment team members to provide behavior management techniques effectively and without disruption to the environment or other individuals in the environment.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Educate parents/guardians on reinforcement and intervention information when requested.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Maintain professionalism and composure at all times.  Utilize appropriate interactional style with persons served and staff.  Maintains dignity and respect for others.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Promotes safe and socially acceptable replacement behaviors in order to build a repertoire of communication, social interaction, and problem solving skills</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Promotes both successful and independent responding.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Increases the frequency or duration of safe and appropriate replacement behaviors by providing access to reinforcers (desired items/actions, attention, or removal of demands/aversive situations).</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Reviews progress of people served objectively using behavior analytic methods, identifies solutions to barriers and makes recommendations to the supervisor and behavior analyst when needed.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Accurately collects behavior data including: A-B-C, count, frequency, duration, latency, inter-response time, event, and interval based recording as needed. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Reassessment as appropriate</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ensures all documentation, both staff and person served related is completed in a timely and accurate manner.  </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Completes incident reports as required by agency policy and procedure.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Reviews daily updates for person served such as new programs, access level changes, scheduled sessions, etc., implements programs and trains staff on implementation.  </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ensures proper implementation and retraining as needed by routinely communicating with staff. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Schedules and prepares for leisure activities to keep persons served engaged and active when therapy sessions are not taking place.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Participates in training from clinical staff on the implementation of program updates to assure rehabilitative objectives are achieved.    </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Completes all mandatory trainings and refreshers as required.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Attends clinical meetings as assigned such as access review meetings, clinical team meetings, progress conferences, etc. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Responsible for providing up to date residential status of participants as well as identifying problem areas affecting the participant and following through with solutions based upon clinical team recommendations. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Engages in the meetings, provides input, shares observations, opinions, concerns, ideas, etc.  </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Performs other related duties and activities as required.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">None</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Minimum Knowledge and Skills required by the Job</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:  </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Education and Experience:  </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>High School Diploma</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Preferred experience in related field</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>RBT Credential preferred</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Current CPR/First Aid Certification as required </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Valid driver’s license in good standing. Car registration and vehicle insurance if providing transportation for individuals receiving services.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Other Skills and Abilities:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N/A</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Other Requirements:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Travel as needed</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">Physical Requirements:</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Medium Work.  Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT STATEMENT</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;">External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.</span></div> <div> </div><br/><br/><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face. <br><br>We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S. <br> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law</span></em></p>