Licensed Behavior Specialist- Carbon County

Passionate Thoughts Behavioral Counseling & Evaluation Servi; Albrightsville (PA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Passionate Thoughts Behavioral Counseling & Evaluation Services is seeking a licensed professional to conduct behavioral assessments and develop tailored goals for clients across home, community, and school settings.

The role involves designing behavior support plans, data collection, and ongoing treatment oversight. Documentation must meet insurance requirements, including FBAs and progress notes, with opportunities to educate caregivers and school staff.

Qualifications

• Graduate or Master’s degree is required.
• License as a psychologist, counselor, behavioral specialist, or clinical social worker.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-energy environment while multitasking.
• Personable and able to work with individuals at all levels within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Administers, conducts, and evaluates behavioral assessments.
• Develops individualized goals for home, community, and school domains.
• Designs behavior support plans based on functional analyses.

Skills

Multitasking

Communication

People skills

Professional demeanor

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Albrightsville, PA

Salary Range: $45.00 - $63.00 Hourly

$45.00 - $75.00, starting

Lehigh County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Carbon County, Lackawanna County

Full-Time Day Shift / Evening Shift: The schedule is from Monday to Friday, and weekends may be required as needed.

Responsibilities

• Administers, conducts, and evaluates the implementation of behavioral assessment, functional assessment, and skills assessment.
• Develops individualized goals and objectives for home, community, and school domains.
• Additionally, designs behavior support plans in accordance with functional analyses and functional behavioral assessments.
• Ensures appropriate behavioral data observation and measurement systems necessary for effective maladaptive behavior reduction and skill acquisition.
• Is responsible for ongoing behavioral treatment plan oversight.
• Completes all necessary documentation, including; treatment plans, functional behavioral assessments, functional analysis, graph-based visual analysis, and progress notes in accordance with insurance protocols.
• Obtain authorizations for services as necessary.
• Utilizes single subject research design to depict function and provide visual analysis of behaviors.
• Parent education on effective intervention as well as appropriate transfer of skills to caregivers, teachers, school administration officials, instructional aides, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists.
• Completes initial evaluation for behavioral analytic service.
• Supervises BHT-ABA appropriately according to IBHS regulations Education.

Qualifications

• Graduate / Master's Degree (required).
• Preferred: College coursework in behavior analysis, psychology, education, early childhood, or related fields.
• License as a psychologist, counselor, behavioral specialist, or clinical social worker. (You will be prompted to upload this license as part of submitting your application.)
• Ability to work in an exciting, fast-paced, high-energy environment, while effectively multi-tasking.
• Personable, and able to work comfortably with individuals at all levels within the organization.