What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavior Technician - Children's Residential position at Oaks Integrated Care?
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As a Behavior Technician, you will work within our children's residential program located in Willingboro, New Jersey.
The children's residential programs provides a structured, safe environment for co-ed adolescents, ages 15-19 with developmental disabilities/mental illness.
Schedule: Full-time; 40 hours; Monday-Friday 12pm-8pm
Competencies:
The idea candidate must have an understanding of how the environment impacts individual functioning and the need to provide for a normal lifestyle for the consumers served and have the ability to build a positive work environment by fostering collaboration and trust amongst staff. Services provided to consumers include assistance with ADL’s, implementation of behavior plans, goal tracking, and accompanying consumers on community outings and social activities. The ideal candidates must have the ability to demonstrate respect for children, adolescents and their families, demonstrate an understanding of emotional disturbances, and the ability to identify family support resources and provide advocacy for their use.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize the clinical strategies of positive behavior support and applied behavioral analysis
- Ability to train staff in intervention strategies, reinforcement techniques, identification of triggers for negative behavior and modifying staff’s natural behavior so that is more effective in behavioral management
- Ability to implement strategies for control issues, sensory issues, attention issues, task avoidance issues, and tangible access issues for all consumers
- Ability to work effectively with Program Supervisor and staff to provide support to adolescents
- Collect data from behavioral issues
- Cooperate with Division and Development staff during inspections and investigations
- Work under the Supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- Travel to 3 group homes within a 10 miles radius
Benefits:
- Competitive base salary
- Medical and dental insurance
- Vision plan
- Retirement plan
- Flexible spending plans
- EXCELLENT time benefits for qualified positions!
- Opportunity for personal and career growth, including supervision towards professional licensure for eligible candidates
- Team-oriented environment – we practice the FISH! Philosophy
Qualifications:
- High School diploma with 3 years of experience with the behavioral health population or lived experience in the mental health field;
- Associates Degree with 1 years of experience with the behavioral health population OR;
- Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, BSW) in the social work or related field, preferred.
Programs funded through SAMHSA must follow federal guidelines for a drug free workplace.
All positions require a valid driver’s license in good standing and pre-employment drug screening. Oaks Integrated Care considers applicants for all positions without regard to: race; color; religion; sex; national origin; age; sexual orientation; marital or veteran status; the presence of a medical condition, genetic information or handicap, unrelated to performing the tasks of the job; or any other legally protected status.