Clinician - ABA

DescriptionThe ABA Full time clinician will ensure the overall clinical and operational integrity of their clinical team. They are responsible for the productivity of that team and ensure that the team is functioning with solid treatment integrity at all times. The Clinician’s primary responsibilities are to lead their respective team, manage a healthy and proactive relationship with children, families and school communities. The ABA Clinician will maintain a caseload to include completing functional behavior assessments, skill assessments, designing treatment plans/ skill acquisition plans, training others to implement the plan, ongoing consultation, monthly data analysis, and caregiver training. In addition the ABA Clinician provides on-going training and supervision of ABA- BHTs within their clinical team.

Summary of Essential Functions:

Carry a caseload of children
Complete initial assessments to include Functional Behavior Assessment and Skill Assessment
Develop individual treatment plan, skill acquisition programming, data collection systems, and reinforcement systems
Provide training and consultation to caregivers, support staff, and treatment team
Review, monitor, and adjust intervention effectiveness and skill acquisition goals on a monthly basis
Complete reassessments to recommend continuation of services and appropriate ongoing levels of care at a minimum of every 6 months or as needed
Provide individual supervision to equivalent of 4 ABA-BHT’s
Train ABA-BHT’s to collect data, implement treatment plan interventions, and skill acquisition programming on mutual cases
Ensure that supervision and training for staff is being provided as required by the state/CBH
Keep track of supervision through the use of supervisory notes and maintained in a supervisory electronic log
Review clinical progress notes
Oversee the quality of BHT’s overall job performance, ensure timely completion of and quality control of the documentation of work
Provide BHT’s with supervisory support during the hours that ABA services are being provided
Evaluate staff on an annual basis
Maintain a positive, professional and collaborative relationship and partnership with staff, children, families and school community
Work collaboratively with all CCTC departments to ensure the clinical needs of children and families are being met
Keep current on annual training requirements
Attend regular on site mandatory trainings in areas such as but not limited to annual and CPR
Ensure that staff follow Children’s Crisis Treatment Center’s policies and procedures
Communicates staffing or performance issues to supervisor in a timely manner
Ensures that staff file incident reports and brings such reports to the attention of the Supervisor within 24 hours of occurrence
Ensure that staff are following Children Crisis Treatment Center’s policy and procedures
Attends weekly supervision with the ABA supervisor and a monthly group supervision
Assume additional responsibilities as assigned by Team Leader or Division Director

QualificationsMaster’s degree in psychology, social work or related field.

Has completed a minimum of 12 college credits in ABA coursework.

Licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Minimum of one year of full time postgraduate experience in the provision of mental health direct services to children.

Strong interpersonal skills.