About us

We are the torch bearers in southeast Pennsylvania’s behavioral health, leading and inspiring others to their fullest potential. Our services are elite with our quality of care for the individuals and families we serve. We do this through our motto of “Passing Knowledge onto Others.”

Our consumers are adults ages 21 or older with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families through the Pennsylvania State Program called the Adult Autism Waiver (AAW). The program is designed to help adults with ASD participate in their communities in their own way based upon their identified needs.

We aim to provide the best service to our consumers so that they may live to express their personal interest and healthy lifestyles.

Responsibilities:

Systematic Skill Building (SSB) SSB uses evidence-based methods to help the participant acquire skills that promote independence and integration into the community, which are not behavioral in focus. While SSB develops a Skill Building Plan (SBP) based on the participant’s goals, the person providing SSB is not the primary implementer of that Plan. People who provide other supports such as Community Support, Supported Employment, Day Habilitation or Residential Habilitation are primarily responsible for implementation of the SBP. Other people with regular contact with the participant – such as family, friends, neighbors and employers – may also implement the SBP to ensure consistent application of the approach determined most effective for that participant’s skill acquisition. Aligning paid and natural supports in using the same SBP also promotes generalization of skills across different environments, often a challenge for individuals with ASD. Possible skills include how to cook or use public transportation.

1. SBP Development includes the following activities carried out by the qualified Skill Building provider:

• Conducts an evaluation of the participant’s abilities and learning style that is related to goals in the ISP. The evaluation may include the participant’s history with skill acquisition as well as identification of the participant’s baseline skills.
• Within 60 days of the start date of SSB, a SBP must be developed to address objectives that are aligned with the goals of SSB. The SBP should be informed by Applied Behavior Analysis and use techniques such as backward and forward chaining, prompting, fading, generalization and maintenance to develop adaptive skills and promote consistency of instructional methods across environments. The SBP includes benchmarks for assessing progress. A participant’s SBP may address multiple skills, as appropriate to address different goals or objectives.
• The SBP justifies necessary levels of SSB services. ODP reviews the amount of direct and consultative service requested before authorization to ensure it is appropriate given the needs identified.
• Upon completion of the initial SBP, meets with the participant, family, SC, and other providers to explain the SBP to ensure all parties understand the plan, how to implement it, how to collect necessary data for evaluating effectiveness, and the importance of its consistent application.

2. Ongoing Support: Upon completion of the initial SBP, the SSB provider provides direct and consultative supports. This service may be furnished in a participant’s home and at other community locations.

• Direct supports include:

o Support of and consultation with the participant to help them understand the purpose, objectives, methods, and documentation of the SBP and review recommended revisions;

o Direct interaction or observation of the participant to evaluate progress and the need to revise the SBP or its objectives.

• Consultative supports include:

o Support of family members, friends, waiver providers, other support providers, and employers to help them understand the purpose, objectives, methods, and documentation of the SBP and to understand any revisions that have been made to the plan which have previously been agreed upon with the participant.

o Monitoring and analyzing data collected during implementation of the SBP based on the goals of the SBP.

o Modifying and revising the SBP.

*Note: This support can be provided with or without the participant present. If support is being provided to others with the participant present, the provider should bill the direct component of this service. If the support is being provided to others without the participant present, the provider should bill the consultative component of this service. The provision of Systematic Skill Building can be provided at the same time as a waiver service that is responsible for implementing the Skill Building Plan.

This career is good for people who like the freedom to move within their client area range to help include the consumer into the community without direct oversight. Short weekly updates are required with the clinical supervisor about progress with the consumer. Weekly documentation, consultation, and quarterly progress notes about the consumer's goals is to be expected.

This position is considered a part time status with the ability to increase the consumers and load as time goes on to a full-time status. The hours listed are available now, and you grow with the position to an amount of time with the consumers you desire.

With full time hours 2 weeks paid vacation to start.

Mileage reimbursement for travel days.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off

Patient demographics:

• Adults
• Older adults

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No nights
• On call

Application Question(s):

• Willingness to travel to meet consumers and travel with the consumers to appointments.

Do you have your own form of transportation to provide that is in up to date insurance and registration?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: In person