Psychologist

About the role

Community Options, Inc. is a national non-profit agency providing services to individuals with disabilities in 12 states. We are now hiring a Full-Time or Part-Time Psychologist in Rockville, MD. The Psychologist uses best practices and technology within a community-based setting to assist, train, and supervise individuals with developmental disabilities in the activities of daily living and socialization skills.

Responsibilities

• Write behavior support plans (BSPs) including synthesizing information from numerous sources, visiting/observing individuals as necessary, graphing, and interpreting behavioral data
• Conduct preference and functional assessments to evaluate the maintaining function of behaviors and incorporating psychiatric, medical, and health-related issues into the analysis
• Orally present BSPs to appropriate review committees
• Provide competency-based training to staff on the BSP and other topics as necessary
• Monitor BSP implementation, assessing lack of progress, formulating recommendations, and retrain staff as necessary
• Provide individual counseling, mentoring, and participate in committee meetings
• Work with an interdisciplinary team including, and consult with other team members to assess issues and functions of behavior
• Participate in psychiatric consultations and medical reviews
• Formulate Individual Service Plan (ISP) reports and attend ISP meetings, Behavior Management Committee (BMC) meetings, and attend psychologist professional development and staff meetings
• Provide agency in-service training as requested, and consultation to agencies requesting such services as assigned
• Employee must cooperate with the license and department staff in any inspection, inquiry, or investigation
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• BCBA degree preferred
• Certifications required: 407, 921
• Experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities who have significant challenging behaviors and co-occurrence of mental health issues
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders
• Experience producing written behavioral development plans in specified formats
• Experience analyzing data for trends and behavioral function
• Experience with administering or assisting in administering psychological or psychiatric assessments
• Experience communicating with clients, parents, guardians, and staff

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid holidays—Including a birthday holiday
• 403b retirement plan with employer match
• Exceptional career growth opportunities
• Continuing education reimbursement
• University partnerships that include tuition reduction
• Opportunities to expand your scope of practice
• Innovative ABA software to decrease paperwork and administrative tasks
• Create your own schedule/no micromanaging
• Support and mentorship from highly experienced clinicians
• Mileage reimbursement
• Employee incentive & discount programs

$90,000/annually based on experience