Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician)

Job Description

Job Description

Are you a PA licensed clinician pursuing fieldwork hours to become a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or pursuing additional licensure while desiring to maintain full time employment? Why not consider a new pathway that allows you to do both? When you work as a Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician) with Access Services, you'll be gaining supervised fieldwork hours to meet clinical requirements as you deliver behavior support services across child, adolescent, and adult populations. Learn more about the work of Behavior Supports & Assessments here : Behavior Supports and Assessments - Access Services.

As a Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician) employee, you will provide clinical direction for the implementation of services, developing and revising Individualized Treatment Plans and Behavior Support Plans, and overseeing the implementation of the ITP / BSP with the client, client’s family, day program, group home, and the treatment team.

Essential Functions of Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician) :

• Engage children, youth, and adults and their families / care providers to conduct thorough assessment of medical need for services.
• Prepare individualized clinical documentation which identifies target behaviors, replacement behaviors, and individualized interventions with identified team members responsible for intervention support. Design treatment plans / behavior plans to support and sustain change.
• Establish criteria for discharge from services. Develop a robust discharge plan to support the individual and family / care providers in maintaining changes, and address discharge planning throughout treatment with client and family / care providers.
• Maintain regular contact with families / care providers to consult on behavior presentation, skill acquisition, presenting concerns, and successes.
• Participate in regular treatment team meetings, supervision, etc. to support clinical improvement, program growth, and staff development.
• Provide coverage on unstaffed cases until regular staff is found.
• Communicate regularly with all treatment team members assigned to shared cases.
• Monitor progress relative to the individualized treatment plan / behavior support plan and adjust as needed.
• Conduct A&A skills training and development for new BHT staff as required.
• Maintain clinical documentation as required in the electronic health record and according to regulatory or programmatic requirements.
• Complete mandatory hours of training for individual training plan and annual regulatory training requirements across the lifespan.
• Generally, meet expectations of performing 30 billable hours weekly for full-time status or 10 to 20 hours weekly for part-time status.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance and be available to meet program needs.
• Ability to travel during work shift to successfully carry out the expectations of this position including attending offsite meetings, providing services in the community, and providing service oversight and supervision.  Therefore, employees drive their personal vehicle and / or an agency owned vehicle to meet these expectations. Employees are expected to meet eligibility criteria outlined in our Motor Vehicle Policy and successfully pass the agency’s substance abuse screening at any time during employment.

Requirements

Requirements and Qualifications

Education :

Certification / Licenses :

Experience :

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Essential Working Conditions / Physical Demands of Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician) :

Benefits

Pay : $32-$40 / hourly

All employees receive the following benefits :

If working 30+ hours per week, benefits also include :

Access Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer