Behavioral Health Professional/RBT

Heartleaf ABA, LLC; Augusta (ME); Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartleaf ABA, LLC operates a center-based program for young children with autism. We are hiring staff who enjoy kids aged 2-5 and are comfortable around autism. We use ABA to build life skills and teach parents to extend learning at home. Training includes BHP and RBT pathways, with opportunities to become an RBT within weeks of employment.

Staff participate in a 35-hour program and on‑the‑job ABA skills, including recording progress with tablets and engaging kids in games and routines.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young children, especially with autism.
• Willingness to learn ABA techniques and use a tablet to record data.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Outgoing and positive, enthusiastic attitude.
• Tech savvy and able to adapt to training.

Responsibilities

• Work with young children (ages 2-5) in a center-based ABA setting.
• Engage children in early education routines and play activities.
• Assist in data collection and progress recording using a tablet.
• Participate in ABA training and RBT certification trajectory.

Skills

Experience with children

Autism experience

Communication skills

Tech-savvy

Enthusiastic personality

Willing to learn ABA data recording on

Education

HS graduate or GED

Job description

Pay is $24-26/hour

Our young clients, ages 2-5 want to hang out with you!

Heartleaf ABA is a center-based program that works with young kids with autism, and we are hiring people that enjoy children of this age and are comfortable/have experience of being around people with autism.

We use a technique called ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) to help them build skills for life- and we will teach it to you.

Using ABA, our kids make amazing progress- going from non-verbal to talking and laughing, from pull ups to using the toilet, from isolation to group activities. It is so satisfying (and emotional) to see the progress they make. Their work with you is the reason this happens!

We teach parents how to use these same tools so progress can continue at home.

Our staff are BHPs (Behavioral Health Professionals)- trained through a 35-hour online program with several lives' sessions. This can take place during the first several months of employment. This training is incorporated with the more technical ABA skills to play with the children, introduce them to games and early education routines, reading, socializing etc., following a plan created by the parents, and master level BCBAs (Board Certified Behavior Analysts). You will participate in training to become a Registered Behavior Technician or RBT in the first weeks of employment.

This role is part nursery schoolteacher, part analyst, part big brother/sister mentor.

We also want our BHPs to get additional training to become an RBT (registered behavior technician) to gain more skills specific to using ABA. Although RBTs aren’t well known in Maine, the designation is very common in other states across the country and widely recognized.

Requirements

We would love to talk to you if you are interested and fit our criteria:

• HS graduate or GED


• Experience working with children, especially those with autism


• Happy to sit and play on the floor, run after and with kids, change diapers


• Ready to learn the technical skills of ABA and using a tablet to record data


• Tech savvy


• Outgoing, positive and enthusiastic personality


• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written