Behavior Specialist

Being a Behavior Specialist for Devereux has its Advantages

You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need.

What Devereux Offers YOU:

• Excellent health benefits, which start 30 days after employment .

• Time Off Benefits begin on day one .

• A Challenging, rewarding and exciting clinical position that makes a positive impact on the lives of the individuals we serve.

• Supervised by a BCBA and the opportunity to collaborate with like-minded and creative clinical professionals across the entire organization.

• ASCEND – thefirst career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential.

• A Servant Leadership culture, where employees feel welcomed, valued and empowered to voice ideas that will benefit the individuals and families we serve.

• A supportive team environment that creates an empowering and positive atmosphere.

• Ability to grow and develop both personally and professionally as a part of our clinical team.

• Most importantly, the opportunity to change the world – one person, one family, one community at a time.

The Behavior Specialist reports directly to a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and will be based in our Gloucester location and provides clinical support to the group homes located in the region.

Salary: $54,000

What we look for in YOU:

• Assist BCBA with the assessment and treatment of challenging behaviors

• Consultation on ISP Plan Goals/Objectives, as well as environmental supports

• Training, oversight, and monitoring of direct support professionals with respect to behavioral support and therapeutic interactions

• Data collection and inputting data into excel database

• Input notes regarding behavioral services

• Provide specific number of hours of services per consumer in required settings per week

• Conduct observations and integrity assessments of BCBA's current BSP per Individual

You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you!

Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND – thefirst career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to $15,000 annually for undergraduate and $25,000 annually for graduate) and student loan repayment, among other benefits!

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Qualifications

You'd make a great Behavior Specialist if you have:

• Bachelor's in behavior analysis, psychology, or a related fieldand Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) Certification

• At least 2 years providing behavior support to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder or Intellectually / Developmentally Disabled clients

• Solid interpersonal skills required to work as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team

• Demonstrated experience and skills in presentations

• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication experience

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date3 weeks ago(10/23/2024 12:23 PM)

Requisition ID2024-40458

CategoryDirect Care

Position TypeFull-Time

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.

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