Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Online ABA Training; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Online ABA Training is seeking a Board Certified Behavior Analyst for a per diem role with hybrid, in-person, and remote work options in New Jersey. The BCBA will manage multiple cases, collaborate with families and staff, and ensure high-quality ABA services and documentation.

Start date is as soon as possible. Responsibilities include directing treatment plans, supervising RBTs/BCaBA where applicable, coordinating with care teams, and ensuring compliance with HIPAA and BACB guidelines.

Qualifications

• Active BCBA license required.
• Current 8-hour supervision certificate for supervising RBTs.
• Experience examining behavior data and developing treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Maintain 1 or more active cases and contact families within 3 business days.
• Interview staff or family for background before treatment plans.
• Develop and check treatment plans addressing function of behaviors.
• Train staff and families on plan implementation and data collection.
• Record session notes, ensure timely monthly summaries, and manage billing timelines.
• Coordinate with guardians, schools, and other teams to ensure continuity of care.
• Comply with all Behavior Analyst Certification Board guidelines and HIPAA requirements.

Skills

ABA supervision

Clinical communication

Case coordination

Data tracking

Education

Master’s in Applied Behavior Analysis

Job description

Position Title: Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Type: Per Diem (Hourly)

Schedule: Varies based on client availability

Location: Varies based on client location (Hybrid, In Person & Remote)

Pay: Commensurate with skill level and experience

Start Date: As soon as possible

Position Description & Qualifications:

• Maintain 1 or more active cases.
• Reach out to the family of every new case received within 3 business days.
• Interview staff and/or family members who know the patient before the development of the treatment plan to get the necessary background and preliminary information.
• Tend to all case requirement needs, such as but not limited to, call ins, peer reviews, editing treatment plans, reformatting templates, form processing, signatures etc..
• Conduct initial assessments and periodic 3 or 6 month re-assessments promptly (submitting them by the due date assigned).
• Ensure completed treatment plans address the function of the behaviors appropriately.
• Define all target behaviors in objective and measurable terms to measure the target behaviors.
• Integrate the proper setting event, antecedent, teaching, and consequence strategies to reduce the patient’s problem behavior and increase alternative replacement behaviors.
• Directly see the patient in all relevant settings. Analyze the data to determine the function of the problem behavior. Describe where, when, and why the problem behaviors occur while supplying descriptive monthly progress notes.
• Train staff and family members directly while allowing enough time for questions and discussion about the implementation of the treatment plan.
• Assume responsibility for parent training, ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) therapist supervision, and treatment planning/BTM services for each case.
• Record all session notes in the Provider Portal and finalize monthly notes on or before given deadlines (all billing and date to be finalized PRIOR TO/BEFORE deadlines set forth.
• Maintain an open line and chain of communication via phone call, text and email with all teams and client’s team (guardians, schools, daycare (in form of Coordination of Care if available)).
• Adherence to carrier-based templates and guidelines (ratios, code usage, limitations and data).
• Adherence to deadlines and due dates to allow for continuation of care (avoidance of gaps in authorization).
• Review your patients’ behavior data and note any discrepancies (e.g., lack of documentation, inappropriate restrictions, or lack of proper consequences) and situations in which the current behavior program or treatment approach were not followed appropriately. Check each report to ensure that the time, date, signatures, are correct).
• If the intervention has not produced substantial progress toward the intended goal within 90 days (about 3 months), analyze the potential barriers to implementation and/or change the treatment plan if necessary.
• BCBA will need to hold the ability to be flexible and accommodating for companies updates in changes to policies and procedures and work-related expectations.
• BCBA will uphold Applied ABC’s core principles of providing the best possible clinical techniques with a holistic and individualized approach to achieve ideal clinical outcomes.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills in working with a variety of team members and teams.
• Supervises BCaBA (Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts) and RBTs (Registered Behavior Technicians) when applicable.
• Complies with all rules and regulations set forth by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc.
• Maintain quality standards in regard to HIPPA compliance.
• Experience working with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, of all ages and levels.
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license (for when travel is required based on client/agency needs).
• Ability to work in the US.

Education:

• Hold a Master’s Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis or related field

License & Certification Requirements:

• Active Board Certified Behavior Analyst License (Required)
• Current8-hour supervision certificate (Certified to providesupervision to RBT’s and has supervisory experience. Experience utilizing behavioral skills training)

New Jersey LBA Licensure (Required)