Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialist- ABIS

YAI - Seeing beyond disability; Nanuet (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

YAI in Nanuet, NY is seeking an Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialist to support individuals with ID/DD across home, work, and daily life. You will provide direct care, counseling, implement treatment plans, and promote community integration while assisting with ADLs.

The role blends DSP duties with clinical leadership, requiring a BA/BS in Psychology or Human Services (or enrollment) and a commitment to training and data collection. Schedule: Tue–Sat, 3:00 pm–11:00 pm, $23.10 per hour.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Psychology or Human Services preferred or enrolled in a 4-year program.
• Experience working with ID/DD preferred.
• Willingness to assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care services, including counseling and adherence to treatment plans.
• Train staff on clinical interventions and data collection.
• Use person-centered approaches and tools to support individuals.
• Develop individualized habilitative plans.
• Conduct behavioral/habilitative assessments under BIS supervision.
• Monitor and summarize data monthly.
• Ensure completion of required paperwork and records.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Communication

Initiative

Flexibility

Computer skills

College level writing

Leadership

Assertiveness

Education

BA/BS in Psychology or Human Services

Enrolled in 4-year degree

Experience with ID/DD preferred

Tools

EMOE training system

Job description

Program 5 Alice Drive IRA Location Nanuet - 5 Alice Drive Schedule Full-time, Tuesday - Saturday 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm

About the Position

YAI has an opening for an Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialist. YAI promotes a person-centered approach by creating supports that cater to the specific needs of each person. Join our dynamic team teaching daily and independent living skills, providing individual and group counseling, and promoting community integration. The ideal candidate will have enthusiasm for working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a willingness to help with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as assisting with showering, toileting, grooming, laundry and housekeeping as necessary. ABIS works directly with people in their home, work, and daily life in varying capacities.

An ABIS must have previously worked as a DSP, completed all the required trainings and demonstrated all the knowledge, skills and accountabilities of a Direct Service Professional Level three. The Asst. BIS position blends together the DSP role and the clinical leadership role. Clinical leadership under the supervision of the BIS includes educating team members on habilitative and Behavior Support Plans, assisting with clinical assessments, ensuring data collection and providing direct feedback and education to all team members.

Mission Statement YAI

YAI is a network of agencies offering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities a comprehensive range of services across all ages. YAI empowers people with disabilities to reach their goals every day. Our enthusiastic staff of over 4,000 professionals believes that everyone has a fundamental right to live, love, work, and learn. If you share our vision and want to help support people to live the fullest lives possible.

Key responsibilities

• To provide direct care services as needed. This includes, but not limited to, the provision of direct counseling, implementation of each individual’s treatment plan, training in ADL skills, assistance with personal care, medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative and other needs within the program.
• To train staff, which includes, but is not limited to, using the EMOE training system to ensure that all clinical interventions are properly implemented, to communicate clinical rationales to the staff, to provide staff with both formal and informal feedback, and role model at all times appropriate tone, implementing of habilitative and behavioral programming, and appropriate data collection techniques
• Role Model use of person-centred philosophy and use of person-centred tools
• To develop written, individualized habilitative plans in accordance with the agency philosophy, as determined by individual need.
• To conduct assessments – both behavioral and habilitative via formal means (written questionnaires, rating scales, baseline data, etc.) and informal (observations), under the supervision of the BIS.
• To design effective data collection systems that allows progress to be monitored.
• To monitor the data collection, ensure that the data is totaled and summarized on a monthly basis and that new data sheets are accessible to staff at the beginning of each month.
• To oversee/maintain the completion of all required paperwork, including monthlies, Person Centered materials, and ensure that all pertinent information is included on psychiatric anecdotals.
• To provide the appropriate therapeutically documented level of an individual’s supervision to ensure and protect the individual’s health/safety and well-being. Whenever this level is unclear or unknown, to provide the maximum level of supervision to assure and protect the individual’s health and safety.
• Train new staff on Level 1 competencies Resource to staff by providing clinical support in absence of the BIS/Supervisor Lead trainer of weekend staff on clinical interventions

Education and Experience

BA/BS Degree in Psychology or Human Services strongly preferred or Enrolled in 4-year degree in Psychology or Human Services field Experience working within the field of ID/DD preferred

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Exceptional interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills Willing to take initiative Highly flexible to varied work schedule Experience in computer skills and ability to teach others College level writing ability. Must demonstrate assertiveness/leadership skills. Must demonstrate clinical skills

Compensation

$23.10/hour - $23.10/hour

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

Our Roots

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together

At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

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