Lifespan Clinician

Access Services; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A behavioral support service provider in Reading seeks a Lifespan Clinician One to deliver behavior support services across child, adolescent, and adult populations. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and collaborating with families for effective interventions. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and experience with individuals with disabilities. The role offers a competitive pay range of $28-$32 hourly along with various benefits including paid time off and health insurance.

Benefits

Mileage reimbursement

Paid travel time

Employee assistance program

Referral bonuses

Ongoing training

College tuition discounts

Qualifications

• Completion of a 40-hour training covering the RBT Task List.
• Active certification as a registered behavior technician is preferred.
• Two years of experience with individuals with disabilities required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive behavioral assessments for clients.
• Develop and implement behavior support plans.
• Provide clinical direction and develop treatment plans.

Skills

Excellent organizational skills

Oral/written communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to handle multiple priorities

Proficiency with workplace applications

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in psychology, social work, or related field

Job description

When you work as a Lifespan ClinicianOne with Access Services, you'll be working to access fieldwork hours towards clinical requirements as you deliver behavior support services across child, adolescent, and adult populations.

This dual‑role position of Lifespan Clinician One involves providing clinical direction, developing treatment plans, and conducting behavioral assessments for adults, while also implementing individualized behavioral interventions for children and adolescents under Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS). The clinician will work closely with families and treatment teams to ensure effective plan execution and skill development, making a meaningful impact across the lifespan.

Learn more about the work of Behavior Supports & Assessments at Access Services: https://www.accessservices.org/services/behavior-supports-and-assessments/

Essential Functions of Lifespan Clinician One:

Essential Functions within adult behavior support:

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of skills deficits and behavioral needs for participants identifying antecedents, potential functions of behavior, possible environmental factors and analyzing assessment findings to design behavioral support plans, individualized treatment plans and additional assessments as needed.

• Ensure that ongoing assessment of the function of behaviors and application of behavior support principles and interventions occur during client sessions.

• Collaborate with participants, their family, and service teams to develop behavior support plans that include positive practice and least restrictive interventions.

• Establish individualized treatment goals, objectives and interventions to address targeted behaviors.

• Review, analyze, and interpret data to determine any changes in behavior.

• Adjust bhf behavior support plan, individualized treatment plan and additional assessments as needed to address targeted behaviors.

• Develop crisis intervention plans.

• Participate in team meetings.

• Emphasize the importance of treatment alert measures that allow for regular equip checks, feedback to caregiver teams regarding efficacy of implementation, and reliability measures among all those staff/caregivers involved.

• Conduct comprehensive functional behavioral assessments of presenting issues.

• Design restrictive plans that adhere to ODP waiver and regulatory requirements and are developed and implemented through the philosophy of least restrictive intervention.

• Attend regularly scheduled ISP and quarterly meetings.

• Implement activities and strategies identified in the participant’s behavior support plan including providing direct behavioral support, education and coaching прямо ensure interventions are implemented with clinical integrity.

• Complete required documentation related to data collection, progress reporting and development of annual planning cleverly.

Essential Functions within Intensive behavioral health services:

• Provide support as outlined in each individualized treatment plan in home, school and community settings utilizing approved interventions.

• Document case notes as required in the electronic health record.

• Focus service delivery on defined target and replacement behaviors and progress monitoring as it relates to planning for discharge from the initial session and carrying through the last day of service.

• Attend staff meetings as needed to debrief on progress and support needed for clients served.

• Participate in supervision as scheduled with supervisor, in location directed.

• Maintain annual training requirements as set forth by supervisor and behavior support leadership.

Other:

• Maintain regular and predictable attendance and be available to meet program needs.

• Ability to travel during work shift to mgr services in community, communities. Provide service oversight and supervision. Employees drive their personal vehicle and/or an agency owned vehicle to meet these expectations. Expectation for eligibility criteria outlined in Motor Vehicle Policy, and successfully pass the agency’s substance abuse screening at any time during employment.

Requirements and Qualifications for Lifespan Clinician One:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in psychology, special education, counseling, social work, education, applied behavior analysis or gerontology is required.

Certification and or licensing:

• Completion of a 40‑hour training covering the RBT Task List as evidenced by a certification that includes the name of the responsible trainer, who is certified as a board‑certified behavior analyst (BCBA) or BCaBA is required.
• Active certification as a registered behavior technician (RBT) through the behavior analyst certification board (BACB) is preferred.
• Candidates need to have ODP FBA training/certif and positive behavior supports training.

Experience:

• Two years of experience working with individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and/or autism diagnosis are required.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Excellent organizational and oral/written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and effective communication with staff and the public.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple priorities, work independently, and as part of a team.
li>Proficiency in, or ability to learn and use, workplace applications, platforms and technologies.
• Everyday lives, charting the life course, applied behavior analysis methods, person‑centered planning; principles of tribe‑informed approaches and positive behavioral support.
• Knowledge of principles andethoden of habilition, behavior management, safety techniques and programming planning principles.
• Prior training in, and ability to use, evidence-based procedures and techniques e.g., modeling, prompting and fading, shaping, chaining, premack principle, conditioned reinforcement, and differential reinforcement.
• Ability to develop and adjust behavior support plans addressed to meet the needs of the individuals served.
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• Knowled in basic concepts in family therapy and group work.
• Knowledge of pertinent community resources and facilities.

Essential Working Conditions and Physical Demायु of Lifespan Clinician One:

• Work in program sites and the community routinely providing direct care and/or support with individuals.
• Stand, sit or run by self, or provide proper care and supervision with an individual.
• Able to move and stay with an individual to keep them safe, both in home environment and community, both at near and far distances, even when an individualXin may struggle to meet identified expectations.
• Able to assist an individual who has fallen, regardless of weight or size.
• Walk, climb stairs by self, or to provide direct care and/or support.
• Work in a standard office environment, and utilize desktop computer equipment on a daily basis.
• Able to lift or move items associated with sedentary work and light work (exert up to 20 lbs.)
• Travel to offsite locations and regional office locations as necessary.

Pay: $28-$32 hourly

All employees receive the following benefits:

• Mileage reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Referral bonuses
• Ongoing training
• Discounts on various services, perks with local credit uniois, college tuition discounts

If效率 working 20 hours or more, benefits also include:

• Paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401k match.

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• Health, vision, Rx, & dental insurances
• 401k match, Tuition Reimbursement and college tuition discounts
• 20 Days paid time off plus addtitional time with continued service. Paid holiday time. Catastrophic sick leave (l.S). life ins, Short & long term disability

Access Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.