Apprenticeship Part TimeNEW

Behavioral Health Apprenticeship

During the apprenticeship candidates will work directly with Registered Behavior Technicians, Board Certified Behavior Analysts, and clients 3 years of age – 21 years of age. There will be exposure to Behavior Intervention Plans, Treatment Integrities,and Applied Behavior Analysis practices.

Supervisor’s Title: Director of Center Based Services

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years working with children.
• Adequate oral communication skills.

Essential Competencies:

• Maintaining confidentiality of clients and their families.
• Ability to meet deadlines and independently manage tasks.
• Knowledge and experience with assistive technology.
• Ability to accept and implement feedback.

Schedule Commitment:

• 6 Months
• 20 hours a week
• Available schedules:
• Monday – Friday
• 8 am – 12 pm
• 12 pm – 4 pm
• 8 am – 4 pm

Performance Expectations:

Daily:

• Within sessions with clients:
• Assist in recording and graphing data for behavior reduction and skill acquisition programming.
• Implement skill acquisition and behavior reduction programming with clients.
• Collaboratively problem solve when new challenging behavior/issues come up during session.
• Convert appointments in central reach with appropriate data collection and session notes.

Weekly:

• Attend and participate in weekly all staff meetings (If applicable with schedule agreement).
• Communicate with supervisor on any concerns with treatment goals, challenging behavior, and/or issues with families.
• Issues to arise may include scheduling, treatment concerns, new challenging behavior.
• Assisting in making materials for instructional and treatment programs.

Bi-Weekly:

• Attend and participate in clinical meetings for Center-based staff.
• Participates in initial and follow-up training in applied behavior analysis methodology.

Monthly:

• Meet with designated BCBA mentor.
• Completes necessary training to demonstrate the knowledge of behavioral principles and instructional strategies. This includes implementation of complex curriculum and behavior plans, data collection, and analysis.
• Attends and participates in all training days for center-based staff.

Physical Requirements of the Job:

• Able to do the following for extended periods of time:
• Sit
• kneel on floor
• Stand
• Walk
• Run
• Able to respond to crisis situations across numerous groups.
• Able to do frequent bending to accommodate and assist children.
• Able to lift 50+ Pounds.
• Able to move quickly and keep up with running teenagers/young adults.

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