Behavioral Consultant - ABA

Children's Crisis Treatment Center; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Crisis Treatment Center is seeking a Behavioral Specialist Consultant (BCBA or licensed professional) to lead ABA-based interventions and support for children with behavioral needs. The role involves designing individualized plans, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and delivering services in home, school, or community settings.

The position emphasizes data-driven behavior modification, skill acquisition, and training for staff, with BCBA certification or PA license

Qualifications

• Board Certification in Behavior Analysis (BCBA) preferred or PA license as Behavior Specialist/Professional Counselor/M.MFT/Social Work/Nurse Practitioner.
• Master in Psychology, Clinical Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, Behavior Analysis or related field.
• Minimum 1 year full-time ABA experience.
• Training includes at least 8 hours in behavior analysis/modification prior to hire.
• State FBA training completion certificate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in behavior management, teaching new skills, replacement behaviors, and data collection/analysis.
• Collaborate with treatment team to identify goals and functionally equivalent replacement behaviors; promote non-aversive behavioral change methods.
• Complete FBAs, VB-MAPP, AFLS.
• Design and implement behavior management/skill acquisition plans.
• Deliver services directly to child/family in home, school, daycare, or community settings.
• Participate in inter-agency service planning meetings.
• Act as clinical lead on cases; provide guidance to BHTs.

Skills

Data collection

ABA behavior modification

Team collaboration

Communication with families

Education

BCBA certification

PA license as Behavior Specialist or related license

Master in Psychology or Counseling or Social Work

FBA training certificate

Job description

This position will provide specific expertise in behavioral management for children identified to need stabilization or ongoing treatment of behavioral issues or provide expertise in working towards skill acquisition goals to address deficits in communication or skills of daily living. The Behavioral Specialist Consultant (BSC) is an integral participant of the treatment team, design and directs the implementation of behavior modification intervention plans and/ or skill acquisition plans which are individualized to each child/adolescents and to family needs.

Responsibilities include;

• - Providing expertise in behavior management, teaching new skills, replacement behavior, and data collection/ analysis
• - In collaboration with other treatment team members, identifyingbehavioral goals functionally equivalent replacement behaviors, interventions to increase functional communication or participating in activities of daily living and interventions techniques and recommendingnon-aversive behavioral change methods
• - Completing FBA’s, VB-MAPP, AFLS
• - Designing, utilizingtreatment team, behavior management treatment plan
• - Providing service directly to the child/and family in the home, school, daycare, and in other community programs or settings
• - Participatingin inter-agency service planning meetings
• - Clinical lead on case
• - Available to BHTs to answer questions dealing with treatment plan

Qualifications

Board Certification in Behavior Analysis BCBA, preferred. Or, License (PA.), as Behavior Specialist, Professional Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work or Certified Nurse Practitioner. Master in Psychology; Clinical Social Work; Counseling; Special Education; Behavior Analysis or related field. Training is to include a minimum of 8 hours in behavior analysis/modification prior to hire.

Occupational Therapy, Speech or related field with documented training in the field of behavior modification is required.

BCBA or those Licensed and working towards BCBA preferred.

Minimum of 1 year fulltime experience providing ABA services and 12 credits in ABA from an accredited university.

State FBA training completion certificate and experience completing FBA’s, VB-MAPP, AFLS preferred.