BCBA Social Skills Lead

About the role

Easterseals Southern California is seeking a Social Skills Group Supervisor to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a Master’s degree in early childhood education/development, early childhood special education, special education, psychology, or a related field, along with a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification, or a Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) or licensed psychologist license. They should have 3 years of related professional experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a multi-disciplinary team setting, including 1-2 years of management experience.

Responsibilities

• Creates regional inquiry lists of potential social skills participants.
• Maintains trial exposures for participants to maintain group capacity of all assigned groups.
• Manages attendance compliance of a minimum of 80% across all groups assigned.
• Oversees the trial exposure process for all participants and associates.
• Maintains productivity standards as set forth by the agency.
• Creates initial treatment plans, generates progress reports and term reports of all social skills participants.
• Leads caregiver training activities, ensuring caregiver involvement and accomplishment of caregiver goals set forth within the authorized period of service.
• Connects families with community resources and agencies who serve children and adults, as needed.
• Leads a team of Social Skills associates; analyzes data collected by the team and guides treatment decisions accordingly; initiates lesson plans for assigned groups; conducts regular staff meetings with team and provides ongoing direction and guidance.
• Manages parent inquiries and reports parent concerns to Manager. Addresses associate inquiries and concerns.
• Maintains safety regulations set forth across all Easterseals Center Sites and reports all safety violations to Manager.
• Conducts assessments and provides supervision to Social Skills associates and participants to meet monthly productivity requirements as set forth by the agency.
• Maintains materials for Social Skills Group, re-stocking supplies as needed.
• Manages social skills administrative work tasks (creating materials, inputting data, purging data, etc.) of assigned team members.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in early childhood education/development, early childhood special education, special education, psychology or related field.
• Requires a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification in good standing or Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) or licensed psychologist license.
• Experience: 3 years of related professional experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a multi-disciplinary team setting. 1-2 years’ of management experience. Specific locations will require 1-2 years experience in delivery of telehealth treatment AND 1-2 years experience working with adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a multi-disciplinary team setting.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical, administrative, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).
• Expert knowledge of scientifically-validated methodologies and behavioral analytic approaches found to benefit children with ASD; familiar with current related research findings.
• Able to interpret and implement policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Able to consistently demonstrate good judgment and decision-making skills.
• Able to maintain customer service orientation and professionalism in all interactions.
• Able to communicate effectively, through oral and written skills, and work cooperatively with a variety of individuals and groups.
• Able to relate well to adults, children and their families and maintain positive affect.
• Able to exercise discretion, demonstrate good judgement, and maintain a high level of confidentiality to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation.
• Able to exercise good judgement and maintain discretion when handling sensitive and/or confidential situations and documentation.
• Able to pass a post-offer physical examination and a TB test.
• Able to provide proof of required vaccinations or positive titer showing immunity.
• Able to obtain and maintain a criminal record/fingerprint clearance from the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation per Easterseals of Southern California and/or program requirements.
• Carrying/Lifting: Occasional / Up to 30lbs.
• Standing: Occasional / Up to 3 hours per day
• Sitting: Occasional / Up to 3 hours per day
• Walking: Occasional / Up to 3 hours per day
• Repetitive Motion/Activity: Keyboard activity, telephone use, writing
• Visual Acuity: Able to view computer monitor and read newsprint
• Travel: Ability to travel locally
• Environmental Exposure: Good working conditions with almost complete absence of disagreeable elements. Exposure to unpleasant or hazardous working conditions (noise, heat, dust, bodily fluids, etc.) less than 5% of work time.

Benefits

• $5,000 hiring bonus available to external candidates!
• Starting salary $78,000 per year.

Pay

• Starting salary $78,000 per year.

Schedule

• Good working conditions with almost complete absence of disagreeable elements. Exposure to unpleasant or hazardous working conditions (noise, heat, dust, bodily fluids, etc.) less than 5% of work time.