You have devoted immense energy to get your certification from the Board. You studied and practiced, and memorized and calculated your data. You can work anywhere. Why would you come to a large residential and educational provider like Grafton?
Because this is where the rubber hits the road.
The clients we serve are enormously complicated. Their families have not been able to get the services they need, or have not been able to follow through on the services that were provided. The school was overwhelmed by the significance of the person’s needs. The community was not able to adequately engage and support this individual. They may have been hospitalized in a facility that was not designed for their special needs. Everyone thought they were nearing the end of the road.
Grafton provides solutions.
As part of multidisciplinary team you are encouraged to be creative. You are encouraged to take a multi-faceted approach to care. We value behaviorism as much as we value psychotherapeutic techniques. We believe a child with autism can learn mindfulness skills, and develop insights into their behavior. We also believe that trained behaviorists like yourself are the best “detectives” to help us understand what is driving the cycle.
If you are seeking this type of innovative, multidisciplinary, and essentially mission-driven type of practice setting, we think you’ll be very happy here. You will experience remarkable complexity, met with remarkable creativity.
We know that you have a choice. Our benefits are competitive and comprehensive. We value life-long education – we want you to continue to grow. Our schedules are flexible (as we are a 24/7 treatment setting). We will provide opportunities for unheard of experiences, like participation in our Ukeru ™ consulting division, which trains organizations throughout the United States and Canada in our approach to care and crisis management. Teams from Grafton have consulted on cases as far afield as Australia (it’s a very, very long flight). We are engaged in expansion opportunities in Maryland and Minnesota as we speak.
Consider us! Be a part of this mission! Direct your talents and skills to those who so desperately need them! Take a look at what our team did for this lad!
For formality’s sake, here is our dry as a bone job description:
GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE JOB
Embodies an open, collaborative, and trauma informed approach to ABA services. Acts as an expert in their field and sets an example within the program at large to contribute to a positive work culture and a trauma informed treatment environment for all clients. The BCBA will be flexible in their role to provide supervision, direct service, consultation, and other field related duties as needed for the program. Duties may include but are not limited conducting assessments, overseeing treatment planning and service delivery, supporting classrooms and group home interventions and crises from a behavioral perspective, family-based supports and services, and participating in a multi-disciplinary team. BCBA will be expected to function within a team-based environment and to collaborate with mental health clinicians to ensure that trauma informed care is integrated into all aspects of client care. BCBA will support continuation of care and treatment fidelity through ongoing supports with both the residential and academic staff, as needed and when assigned. Works with IEP, Community FAPT funding, and Medicaid based funding sources. Reports to the Clinical Administrator.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Promotes a person-centered approach to treatment:
Works with families and other involved guardians/stakeholders to support continuity of care and family involvement in client’s treatment process
Respects the personal goals of individuals served with ultimate goal of improving quality of life for the individual served and his/her care providers
Identifies behaviors that are barriers to the person’s desired goals and safety
Develops programs that derive from the individual’s strengths
Provides family training
Uses a positive intervention model that minimizes physical intervention and punishment
Collaborates closely with multi-disciplinary team and mental health clinician to ensure a shared understanding of the client’s needs and strengths
Assesses the function of behavior:
Ensures that a functional assessments and other related assessments are completed for each assigned individual, and in accordance to timelines
Conducts assessment measures in a variety of settings, to include home and community
Familiarizes oneself with and utilizes direct assessment tools to measure behavior:
May conduct a functional analysis of behavior
Selects and uses appropriate data methods when assessing behavior through direct observation (ABC, time sampling, event recording)
Utilizes direct assessment measurement tools current in the field of ABA:
VB-MAPP
ABLLS-R
ADOS-II
Determines the contextual influences on behavior:
physical environment
staff relationships
physical conditions
Identifies and writes behavior plans in coordination with their multi-disciplinary team to address the function of the behavior(s) targeted and ensuring a positive, trauma informed implementation of services
Make treatment recommendations according to assessment results and write a clinical assessment summary as required for treatment authorization; attend meetings with funding sources to appropriately request service changes
Evaluates and documents client progress and program effectiveness:
Creates data sheets and supervises the collection of progress data as it is recommended within the treatment plan
Makes adjustments to behavioral goals and objectives as needed
Documents, summarizes and reports on progress data at least monthly
Creates and updates treatment and service discharge plans on a routine basis
Actively participates in and acts as a leader and collaborative partner within monthly treatment plan review meetings with all treatment team members
Prepares and submits monthly/quarterly treatment plan progress reports, according to billing requirements
On an individual client basis, provide initial and ongoing training to Behavior Specialist staff assigned to deliver ABA treatment effectively and consistently:
Treatment plan procedures
ABA treatment session expectations and scheduling
Monitoring service delivery for assigned cases and continuously communicating with Clinical administrator about status of delivered services/service capacities
Data collection and graphing techniques
Family and related service provider training
Supports staff development:
Mentors behavior specialists who do not yet have certification, and provide appropriate supervision and consultation on cases that they manage
Teaches positive behavior support strategies that can be universally applied
Provides insight on how we each influence the people around us with our own behaviors
Models interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary collaboration, communication, and professionalism
Teach/train staff on the principles of behavior
Teaches appropriate and efficient methods of data collection
Teaches alternative strategies to avoid the use of physical interventions aligned with Grafton’s Ukeru crisis intervention model
Teach/train staff on the need for environmental modifications
Teach/train staff on prevention techniques
Teach/train staff on antecedents and consequences strategies
ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Participates in professional development activities to maintain current knowledge of the field and needs of individuals served
Attends meetings as required
Participates in work groups as assigned
Completes other duties as assigned
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Must have a Master’s in a human services field and
Current board certification as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).
Requires a valid driver's license.
Requires Licensure by the Board of Medicine (Virginia only).
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Medical, dental and vision
Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
401(k), including an employer match up to $2,500 annually
Generous Paid Time Off plan
Education Assistance up to $5,250 annually
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Short-term disability (STD)
Long-term disability (LTD)
As Grafton is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, you may be eligible for federal student loan forgiveness
COMPENSATION
From $69,992.00 up to $104,436.80 commensurate with experience and qualifications
If you have issues applying or have any questions about this position, please reach out to us at HR@Grafton.org or 540-542-0200.
Grafton is an equal employment opportunity employer and tobacco-free workplace.
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Education
Required
Masters or better in Human Services or related field
Licenses & Certifications
Required
Licensed Behavior Analyst