Clinical Behavior Intervention Specialist

YAI - Seeing beyond disability

United States

On-site

USD 26,000 - 37,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

YAI - Seeing beyond disability in Rye Brook is seeking an Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialist to support people with ID/DD across home, work, and community settings. The role blends DSP duties with clinical leadership, teaching daily living skills and implementing individualized plans.

The ideal candidate will work under BIS supervision, train staff, collect data, and ensure habilitative programs are followed.

Qualifications

BA/BS in Psychology or Human Services preferred; enrolled in a 4-year degree in the same field.
Experience in ID/DD field preferred.

Responsibilities

To provide direct care services as needed. This includes, but not limited to, the provision of direct counseling, implementation of each individual’s treatment plan, training in ADL skills, assistance with personal care, medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative and other needs within the program.
To train staff, which includes, but is not limited to, using the EMOE training system to ensure that all clinical interventions are properly implemented, to communicate clinical rationales to the staff, to provide staff with both formal and informal feedback, and role model at all times appropriate tone, implementing of habilitative and behavioral programming, and appropriate data collection techniques.
Role Model use of person-centered philosophy and use of person-centered tools.
To develop written, individualized habilitative plans in accordance with the agency philosophy, as determined by individual need.
To conduct assessments – both behavioral and habilitative via formal means (written questionnaires, rating scales, baseline data, etc.) and informal (observations), under the supervision of the BIS.
To design effective data collection systems that allows progress to be monitored.
To monitor the data collection, ensure that the data is totaled and summarized on a monthly basis and that new data sheets are accessible to staff at the beginning of each month.
To oversee/maintain the completion of all required paperwork, including monthlies, Person Centered materials, and ensure that all pertinent information is included on psychiatric anecdotals.
To provide the appropriate therapeutically documented level of an individual’s supervision to ensure and protect the individual’s health/safety and well-being. Whenever this level is unclear or unknown, to provide the maximum level of supervision to assure and protect the individual’s health and safety.
Train new staff on Level 1 competencies Resource to staff by providing clinical support in absence of the BIS/Supervisor Lead trainer of weekend staff on clinical interventions.