Behavior Technician (Outpatient Clinic)

HEARTSPRING; Kansas; On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to improving the lives of children with autism. This role involves implementing individualized treatment plans, collecting performance data, and developing rapport with families. With a focus on best practices in ABA therapy, you will work in a supportive environment that values teamwork and professional growth. The position offers various contract types, including full-time and part-time, and provides a generous benefits package, including paid vacation and opportunities for career advancement. If you are passionate about making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Three weeks of paid vacation

Sick leave

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short term disability insurance

Retirement plans

On-the-job training

Internal promotion preferences

Heartspring scholarship program

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; RBT certification needed within 90 days.
• CPR and CPI certifications must be maintained in good standing.

Responsibilities

• Implement treatment plans and collect performance data for each child.
• Maintain accurate documentation and meet billable hour requirements.

Skills

ABA Therapy Best Practices

Effective Communication

Customer Service

Relationship Building

Adaptability

Reliability

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Registered Behavior Technician certification

CPR Certification

Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification

Job description

• Implement goals from the Individualized Treatment Plans developed for each child written by a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or Autism Specialist.
• Collect data on child’s performance for all targets implemented during session.
• Develop rapport with family and child to increase social validity of implementation while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Meet or exceed billable hours requirement per billable day of 5 hours and 75% billed per worked hours per month.
• Maintain records of professional, accurate and timely documentation on each session conducted using industry best practices and meets payor requirements within practice standards.
• Ability to cover in other classrooms during scheduled indirect time or in the case of cancellations.
• Maintain RBT audit logs to ensure 5% total implementation is supervised by a BCBA/BCaBA per the BACB’s Guidelines.
• Communicate with supervisor regarding client needs and treatment ideas.
• Customer Service – ability to interact appropriately with a variety of individuals with varying needs within a timely matter.
• Implementation of Industry Best Practice Interventions - ability to learn and implement ABA therapy best practice interventions as written in the individualized treatment plan for each child.
• Interdisciplinary support – ability to maintain a positive work environment that fosters interdisciplinary team support and therapeutic best practice interventions.
• Effective Communication – ability to communicate in written, verbal and non-verbal communication with others to seek solutions and implement the most ideal plan.
• Relationship Building – ability to develop rapport and struggle with team members towards a solution.
• Adaptable – ability to provide billable services and sustain attention with interruptions and/or distractions.
• Reliability – ability to maintain scheduled appointments and complete tasks assigned by identified deadlines with minimal supervision.

Secondary Functions

• Create and maintain client materials, clean classroom and other high touch areas, and assist Outpatient Therapy staff as directed by supervisor during scheduled indirect time.
• Participate in outreach to the public and medical community through attending events, networking and participating in content of marketing materials.
• Participate and encourage innovation and exporting knowledge and skills to new areas of practice and development.

Requirements:

Educational, Training, and Licensure Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Obtain and maintain Registered Behavior Technician certification through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) within first 90 days of employment.
• CPR Certification maintained and in good standing.
• Participate in interdisciplinary training in-service days with other outpatient therapy staff.
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification maintained and in good standing.

Physical Requirements

• Transitional Movements: Walking, standing, sitting, stooping, squatting, bending, twisting, reaching and kneeling, lifting, carrying, grasping, pushing, pulling, crawling, climbing stairs - Constantly.
• Rotating or changing to different physical positions based on the needs of the environment - Constantly.
• Lifting of 20 Pounds - Frequently.
• Lifting up to 30 Pounds - Frequently.
• Hearing, Seeing and Speaking - Constantly.
• Personal Protective equipment including masks, gloves, helmets, arm guards and leg guards - Frequently.
• Working Outside without a temperature-controlled environment - Frequently.
• Exposure to infectious diseases, excluding COVID - Rarely.
• Exposure to bodily fluid, blood-borne pathogens - Frequently.
• Exposure to physical contact from clients, including slapping, hitting, punching, kicking, head-butting, biting and spitting - Constantly.

Heartspring offers a generous benefits package including three weeks of paid vacation, sick leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, short term disability insurance and retirement plans. Heartspring also offers opportunities to grow within and advance your careers through on-the-job training, internal promotion preferences, and the Heartspring scholarship program to help you go back to school.

Heartspring is a drug-free campus. Heartspring is an EEO employer.

Openings include Full-Time, Part-Time, Limited Part-Time, and PRN positions. All job openings are located in Wichita, KS.