Behavioral Registered Technician

Sevita; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Light, a part of the Sevita family, seeks a Behavioral Registered Technician (RBT) to implement client treatment programs under supervision and support ongoing behavioral goals.

You will build rapport with clients, collect data, and train staff on program delivery while ensuring accurate documentation and adherence to ethics and company policies. Travel may be required as part of fieldwork.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• RBT credential with plan to obtain credential within 30 days of hire.
• Preferred two years of college coursework in psychology, education, social work, behavioral science or related fields.
• CPR/First Aid Certification required; valid driver’s license with auto insurance if Transporting participants.

Responsibilities

• Establishes therapeutic rapport with clients and follows treatment plan goals.
• Promotes replacement behaviors and fades prompts to foster independence.
• Collects behavior data and contributes to progress reassessment.
• Ensures timely, accurate documentation of clinical and residential activities.
• Engages staff through training and updates on program changes; attends clinical meetings.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Observation & data recording

Ethics adherence

Education

High School Diploma

RBT Credential

CPR/First Aid Certification

Driver's license & auto insurance

Tools

CPR/First Aid Certification

Driver’s license

Job description

Bright Light, a part of the Sevita family, provides center-based Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) services to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and related disabilities. Here we believe every person has the right to live well, and everyone deserves to have a fulfilling career. You’ll join a mission-driven team and create relationships that motivate us all every day. Join us today, and experience a career well lived.

OUR MISSION AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

The MENTOR Network is a mission-based organization dedicated to providing high quality services to those we serve. Therefore, to deliver on our mission, The Network expects every employee to perform his or her job first and foremost in accordance with the Company’s mission.

Summary

The Behavior al Registered Technician is responsible for ensuring clients’ treatment programs are consistently implemented.

Essential Job Functions

• Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationship by pairing self as a reinforcing entity and building rapport with the client.
  • Follows the treatment plan goals and interventions utilizing sound judgment and seeks out appropriate consultation
  • Collaborates with family and treatment team members to provide treatment effectively and without disruption to the environment or other individuals in the environment
  • Educate parents/guardians on reinforcement and intervention information when requested
  • Always utilizes appropriate interactional style with clients and staff. Maintains dignity and respect for others.
• Prompts safe and socially acceptable replacement behaviors in order to build a repertoire of communication, social interaction, and problem solving skills
  • Fades prompts appropriately to promote both successful and independent responding
  • Increases the frequency or duration of safe and appropriate replacement behaviors by providing access to reinforcers (desired items/actions, attention, or removal of demands/aversive situations)
• Reviews participant progress objectively using behavior analytic methods, identifies solutions to barriers and makes recommendations to the supervisor and behavior analyst when needed.
  • Accurately collects behavior data including: A-B-C, count, frequency, duration, latency, inter-response time, event, and interval based recording as needed.
  • Reassessment as appropriate
• Ensures all clinical and residential documentation, both staff and client related is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Reviews daily updates for clients such as new programs, access level changes, scheduled sessions, etc., implements programs and trains staff on implementation.
  • Ensures proper implementation and retraining as needed by routinely communicate with staff.
• Schedules and prepares for leisure activities to keep participants engaged and active when therapy sessions are not taking place.
• Participates in training from clinical staff on the implementation of program updates to assure rehabilitative objectives are achieved.
• Completes all mandatory trainings and refreshers as required
• Provides feedback and training to LST staff when needed.
• Attend clinical meetings as assigned such as access review meetings, clinical team meetings, progress conferences, etc.
  • Responsible for providing up to date residential status of participants as well as identifying problem areas affecting the participant and following through with solutions based upon clinical team recommendations.
  • Engages in the meetings, provides input, shares observations, opinions, concerns, ideas, etc.
• Understands and ensures adherence to company policies and procedures; also ensures compliance with relevant external regulatory statutes and standards.
• Requires passing the RBT Competency Assessment annually, completes a renewal, receives ongoing supervision and complies with the BACB's ethics requirements relevant to RBT's.
• Performs other related duties and activities as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Minimum Knowledge And Skills Required By The Job

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required to perform the job:

Education And Experience

• High School Diploma
• Behavioral Registered Technician Credential or desire to work toward obtaining the Credential with guidance provided, and the ability to complete that training and board exam within 30 days from hiring date.
• Preferred two years of completed college coursework in psychology, education, social work, behavioral science, human development or related fields
• Preferred two years of experience working with Traumatic Brain Injury populations who engage in severe problem behaviors

Certificates, Licenses, And Registrations

• Behavioral Registered Technician Credential
• Current CPR/First Aid Certification as required
• Current driver’s license, car registration and auto insurance if providing transportation for individual receiving services.

Other Skills And Abilities

• N/A

Other Requirements

• Travel as needed

Physical Requirements

• Medium Work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Americans With Disabilities Act Statement

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined on a case by case basis via the interactive process.

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.

As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law