Direct Support Professional - Registered Behavior Technician

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall supervision, protection, and care of the individual at all times including maintenance of house rules for the protection of individuals, facilitating learning and training in fire safety and identifying and appropriately escalating signs of an individual’s potential harm to self or others.
• Provides support in a variety of settings and in accordance with each person’s individualized service and behavior support plans, utilizing support skills for people with moderate to complex levels of need.
• Ensures health, wellness and safety by providing appropriate supervision of the people we support and by managing crisis situations while adhering to policies, procedures and regulations.
• Maintains a clean, safe, and organized work and therapy environment. Ensures maintenance upkeep and safety based on facility/program structure. Utilizes safe & appropriate handing procedures when working with individuals and implements COVID mitigation and infection control protocols.
• Assists individuals in maximizing their strengths, interests, and abilities, upholding their personal rights, providing emotional support and building positive relationships.
• Serves as a member of a highly effective team (teamwork w/in the circle of support), providing feedback and communicating programmatic needs to members of team and maintaining a solution-oriented approach during conflicts.
• Performs all other duties, as assigned

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• HS diploma or its educational equivalent
• Valid Driver’s License may be required, based on position/location
• Must hold or obtain Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification within one year of appointment (or be a Licensed Psych Technician or Qualified Behavior Modification Professional, for California assignments)
• Basic written and verbal communication skills
• Basic computer skills – including email, utilizing Workday and related systems (DA, etc.) to complete tasks
• Interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Willingness to take initiative
• Physical demands: frequent walking, sitting, standing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling and reaching with hands and arms; use hands to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls; assisting with lifting/moving individuals of any weight with assistance of mechanical lifts or other equipment and/or pushing individuals in wheelchairs; lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds or running on occasion; having the physical capacity to work with and implement emergency interventions as per the person’s Individual Behavior Support Plan and Individual Emergency Intervention Plan, if/as needed, including lifting/moving individuals of any weight with or without assistance of equipment and/or other staff.

Additional Minimum Requirements

• New Jersey State: At least 6 months’ work or life experience with individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and/or behavioral challenges
• New Jersey State drug test screening is mandatory
• California State: At least six (6) months prior experience providing direct care to individuals with developmental disabilities
• Successful completion of State of California Direct Support Professional Training (DSPT) Year 1 and Year 2 courses within one year of appointment
• Hold (or obtain through employer-provided training) CPR/First Aid, Ukeru and CPI certifications and recertify annually
• Completion of Health Screening
• Completion of annual continuing education units (CEUs) for professional development through competency-based training as required by Titles 17 & 22

Preferred Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a Human Services field (e.g. social work, psychology, etc.)
• Knowledge of intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), clinical syndromes and/or IDD with cooccurring behavioral/mental health needs
• Valid Driver’s License strongly preferred for California assignments