BCBA Clinical Supervisor 1, Severe Behavior Services

Overview Are you interested in furthering your career in behavioral therapy, and managing severe behaviors? Easterseals Southern California has many fantastic opportunities for individuals looking to continue a career in the fields of psychology, behavioral health, or autism services. Apply today!

Responsibilities

• Provides quality clinical supervision and work direction to direct reports, providing discipline-specific treatment for individuals with severe challenging behaviors diagnosed with autism, developmental delays, developmental disabilities and/or other diagnosis.
• Oversees all components of the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) programs, ensuring high quality services for participants and the use of best-practice guidelines, for own caseload and of assigned regions.
• Facilitates behavior programs for individuals with severe challenging behaviors based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
• Conducts assessments and experimental functional analysis.
• Provides parent education, develops and delivers specific intervention activities, and functions as a liaison between the organization, families, community, therapists, health care providers, etc.; supports both center-based and home-based services and operations.
• Conducts evaluations, case-management reviews, quality assurance reviews and audits, for own caseload, as assigned by Director of Several Behavior Services.
• Meets productivity requirements set forth in annual budget.
• Leads and/or attends staff meetings.
• Prepares and provides specialized training and materials.
• Leads and develops protocols for experimental functional analysis and other assessments.
• Ensures associate responsibilities, authorities, and accountabilities are clearly defined and understood.
• Manages and evaluates the performance and productivity of associates in assigned region.
• Provides training and onboarding for new associates; ongoing training to assigned SBS Program Managers and SBS Behavior Technicians; and specialized training to associates preparing for various certifications.
• Works with Director of SBS and Human Resources in the recruitment/selection process of new associates for the program in assigned region.
• Oversees associates involved in the recruitment/selection process as needed.
• Attends conferences and trainings to remain current regarding new research, current trends and developments in autism, special education and related fields.
• Functions as liaison between the organization, families, and other community agencies including regional centers, school programs, therapists, and health care providers, assisting with questions and concerns as they arise.
• Responsible to support Behavior Technicians and Program Managers at least (2) 4‑hour shifts per week, in clinic.
• Responsible to provide supervision hours to SBS Associates who are accruing BCBA practicum hours.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in ABA or related field.
• Must possess and maintain a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification.
• Has held BCBA certification for at least 1 year.
• Must possess and maintain current CPR certification.
• Crisis Management Training is required (MCPP) Intermediate and (MCPP) Advanced. Training will be provided during onboarding activities after employment begins.
• Continued employment with Easterseals Severe Behavior Services is contingent upon successfully passing Crisis Management Training at both the Intermediate and Advanced levels.
• At least 2 years of professional experience working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), as an individual contributor (own caseload) in a multi-interdisciplinary team setting; and 1-3 years supervisory experience.
• Typically, experience in managing severe behavior problems such as frequent property destruction, aggression toward others, SIB, PICA, etc. with adolescents and adults.