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Verified Pay $20 - $24 per hour
Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Cypress, Texas

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Job Description

POSITION PURPOSE

A brief summary of the purpose this position must fulfill.

The Program Assistant is responsible for assisting the BCBA with daily job duties and responsibilities and assists in overseeing clinical aspects of the Behavior Technician/Registered Behavior Technician job role. Typically, the Program Assistant is pursing experience and requirements to be eligible to sit for the board exam to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. MySpot provides free supervision and hands on training to individuals seeking certification through the BACB. This role prepares Program Assistants for the future role of Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.


  1. Assists BCBA with developing and maintaining programming for skill acquisition for clients, including preparing materials as necessary.
  2. Assists BCBA with developing and maintaining programming for behavior reduction for clients.
  3. Assists BCBA with parent training.
  4. Assists BCBA with necessary reports, and documentation.
  5. Assist with patient assessments and reassessments for assigned caseload (VBMAPP, ABLLS, AFLS, Socially Savvy, ABAS-3, Vineland) under the supervision of the BCBA
  6. Actively participates in the selection of new behavior technicians.
  7. Conducts formal evaluations on all team members a minimum of once per month.
  1. Assist in training and supervision of behavior technicians which includes but is not limited to formal evaluations, feedback and disciplinary actions.
  2. Reports issues with team members to COM in a timely manner.
  3. Oversees Training of new Behavior Technicians and conducts IOA in order to ensure quality treatment.
  4. Provide feedback and modeling to promote a positive work environment for all staff
  5. Conducts and assists in team meetings as needed.
  6. Conducts 21+ hours of direct therapy per week, models and supports behavior technicians to achieve optimal expectations of direct treatment and/or acts as substitute therapist as needed
  7. Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

The qualifications listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.


EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in psychology or related field and 1 year of RBT experience. However, a combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration.

Must be in Master's Program in ABA or started certification sequence for BCBA

Experience as a RBT preferred.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Must have intermediate working knowledge of the full Microsoft Office Suite, HRIS systems, and EMR system.

Demonstrated time management abilities.

Must take initiative to make improvements where needed and provide feedback to leadership regarding the clinic operations.

Must have impeccable communication skills and be able to communicate efficiently with employees at all levels of the organization as well as parents and clients.

SUPERVISION

Position functions semi-autonomously. BCBA will provide ongoing supervision in order to accrue fieldwork supervision hours.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

Must hold current RBT certification and be in good standing with BACB.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret complex business and/or technical documents. Ability to write comprehensive reports and detailed business correspondence. Ability to work with managers or directors and communicate ambiguous concepts. Ability to present to groups across the organization.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve problems with a variety of concrete variables through semi-standardized solutions that require some ingenuity and analysis. Ability to draw inferences and follow prescribed and detailed procedures to solve moderately complex problems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Requires the ability to work eight and a half (8.5) hours without scheduled breaks.

Ability to respond quickly from any position (such as sitting on the floor, squatting or bending) as well as stand for extended periods of time. There are additional physical requirements of which some will be tested as part of your performance evaluation. Please see handbook for complete list of bona fide occupational requirements.


WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Normal ABA clinic setting.





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Posting ID: 1001554272 Posted: 2024-10-15 Job Title: Bcba Intern