Registered Behavior Technician

Wareham Public Schools; Wareham (MA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Wareham Public Schools seeks a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) to support students with Autism across a variety of settings. The role includes delivering therapy, data collection, and collaborating with BCBA supervisors to implement treatment plans.

The position is full-time, based in Wareham, MA, with a starting date immediately and a starting salary of $40,000 per year. Candidates must hold an RBT license and related certifications, and commit to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Crisis Prevention and Intervention or Safety Care certification.
• Current license as an RBT.

Responsibilities

• Implement Treatment Plans: follow BCBA plans to teach skills and reduce challenging behaviors.
• Data Collection: accurately record client progress and behavior.
• Client Support: provide direct therapy in home, school, and community settings.
• Communication: keep supervisors and families updated on progress.
• Family Training: coach parents on implementing strategies.
• Professional Development: participate in ongoing training and supervision.

Skills

Patience

Strong communication

Ethical behavior

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Education

High school diploma/equivalent

Undergraduate Certificate degree preferred

Job description

Registered Behavior Technician

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Job Details

Job ID: 5973268

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Oct 27, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Wareham Public Schools seeks an RBT to support students with Autism across a variety of settings. Key duties include delivering therapy, data collection, assisting supervisors, and working in-home with families. The role requires patience, ethical conduct, and physical ability for client support.

Core Responsibilities:

• Implement Treatment Plans: Follow detailed plans from a BCBA to teach skills (communication, social, daily living) and decrease challenging behaviors.
• Data Collection: Accurately record client progress and behavior to monitor treatment effectiveness.
• Client Support: Provide direct therapy in various settings (home, school, community).
• Communication: Keep supervisors and families updated on progress.
• Family Training: Help parents learn to implement strategies.
• Professional Development: Engage in ongoing training and supervision.

Common Techniques Used

• Discrete Trial Training (DTT): Structured teaching of skills in small steps.
• Natural Environment Teaching (NET): Teaching skills in everyday settings.
• Positive Reinforcement: Rewarding desired behaviors.
• Functional Communication Training (FCT): Teaching appropriate ways to communicate needs.

Requirements & Skills

• High school diploma/equivalent, background check, Crisis Prevention and Intervention or Safety Care certification, and current license as an RBT.
• Patience, strong communication, ethical behavior, teamwork, and problem-solving.
• Physical ability to manage client needs, potentially including restraint if trained. Position Type: Full-time
• Salary: $40,000 Per Year

Job Categories:

Special Education > Behavior Specialist / EBD

Welcome to Wareham Public Schools

Wareham is a great place offering all of the amenities of its neighbor Cape Cod but with a diverse and eclectic landscape that includes miles of coastline and rugged hideaways dotted with ponds and streams. Wareham is centrally located, with access from Route 6 and Interstates 195 and 495. The town also is close to the Lakeville MBTA commuter rail. Discussions continue about potentially extending rail service into Wareham. Offering a mix of recreational and business pursuits, Wareham is 36.7 square miles with about 22,000 residents.VISION STATEMENT:Wareham Public Schools will provide challenging, engaging, innovative, globally minded educational experiences providing a competitive advantage for our students, our schools, and our community, creating a better world.GUIDING THEMES:Scholarship: Success of transformative learning results transferred to college and career ready graduates becoming life-long learners.Goal(s):1.Expand students’ capacity to learn by setting rigorous tasks, posing familiar and non-familiar problems, and encouraging perseverance and effort through conventional and innovative solutions.2.Create student-centered classrooms that follow an experiential, interdisciplinary approach that provide multiple pathways to a shared learning goal and reflect academic integrity and practical application.3.Expand curiosity, creativity and critical thinking skills through the exploration of new ideas by requiring student to plan, design, execute, and evaluate solutions.4.Expect students to communicate learning in multiple ways – orally, visually, in writing, and through movement in multiple media.Leadership: WPS has established clear philosophies and prevailing norms, created by our leadership team. These are established by the vision and supported by the Strategic Plan.Goal(s):1.Build flexibility, adaptability, and resilience by setting challenging tasks.2.Help students learn from targeted feedback as a pathway to academic and personal growth.3.Develop student skills for self-reflection, self-motivation, self-direction, self-advocacy, and personal responsibility.4.Encourage students to model / demonstrate ethical behavior, integrity, and personal accountability.5.Support students to set and pursue goals that lead to physical, emotional, and social wellness.Citizenship: WPS will examine issues from different socio-economic and/or & cross-culturalperspectives.Goal(s):1.Require students to examine issues from different socio-economic and/or & cross-cultural perspectives.2.Consider complex problems, both as an individual and as a member of a diverse group3.Work and communicate effectively and respectfully with others, both within and beyond the classroom.4.Engage with the world as a critical, principled participant.5.Teach and explore what it means to act with integrity.Stewardship: Resources will be distributed and responsibly aligned to support the WPS vision and Strategic Plan.Goal(s):1.Secure the resources necessary to implement the strategic plan.2.Establish school-family-community partnerships that strengthen and sustain public education.3.Communicate setbacks, progress, and accomplishments through mass media, monthly newsletters, website postings.

Job Requirements

• At least 1 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Undergraduate Certificate degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Melissa Fay , Director of Student Services
• 4 Viking Drive, Door 22
• Wareham, Massachusetts 02571
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]