Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: Salaried; commensurate with experience

Are you looking to change your life and take a leap into something new? The Cayman Islands is a game-changer. The common story here is that people come intending to stay for 1 year, and 9 years later...well...that 's what happened to Cayman ABA's founder, Anoush. Come live and work in the Cayman Islands, and apply your experience to a wonderful community in the Caribbean.

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Cayman ABA is the first any onlyBHCOE-accredited ABA agency in the Caribbean , providing ABA interventions to children with autism spectrum disorders and other related developmental delays, ages 2-18.We are looking for an experienced and competent BCBA to oversee a team of RBTs and manage a caseload of 10-15 clients. The person we're looking for iseager to be part of a new and impassioned clinic and dedicated to serving families in need.

As a BCBA at Cayman ABA, you should demonstrate excellent client service, communication and organizational skills, plus the ability to perform well in stressful situations. The BCBA position requires an experienced and competent Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), who can manage a caseload of clients and supervise RBTs at a high level of excellence and independence. The BCBA will attend client related meetings, provide training to caregivers, conduct evaluations of clients and design treatment plans for clients. The BCBA will also be responsible for educating, observing, assessing, and supervising the activities and service delivery of all RBTs on their team. The BCBA is responsible for monitoring and continually evaluating and improving the effectiveness of all treatment plans, functional assessments, behavioral evaluations, behavior plans and individual education plans for clients, and the processes and policies surrounding each.

Reports to: Clinical Manager

Direct Reports: RBTs (5-8 maximum)

Reports to: Clinical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conducts assessments
• Collects, uploads and reviews all client files provided by parents and other providers to CentralReach before assessment begins
• Develops and maintains treatment plans in Central Reach, in preparation for report-writing and ongoing treatment plan export
• Develops treatment plan goals aligned with assessment data, skill deficits and parent goals
• Ensures teaching interventions selected are behavioral cusps/therapeutically indicated for each client
• Determines the measurement system and behavioural dimension best suited to track progress for each client
• Establishes a prompt hierarchy for each skill acquisition lesson based on domain and client performance
• Develops initial case start up plan.
• Conducts FBAs for maladaptive behaviours using standardized assessment tools and develops behavior intervention plans.
• Creates client session schedule for RBTs to follow
• Collaborates with the clients multi-disciplinary team, and makes referrals to additional team members required for optimal progress
• Conduct Case Transition procedure when transferring cases to another BCBA.
• Conducts ongoing treatment updates for each client based on individualized revision criteria
• Reviews graphs and raw data at least weekly and revises programming based on learner performance
• Conducts case management prioritization for skill acquisition and maladaptive behaviour
• Ensures BIPs match and are up to date in Treatment Planning sheets and in data collection system
• Ensures programming by skills domain are up to date in Treatment Planning sheet in data collection system
• Updates client treatment plans as it changes, including changes to treatment hours recommendations
• Responds to RBT/Clinical manager questions/concerns/updates noted in Treatment Planning sheets within 24 hours and conducts prioritization analysis to address the comment
• Conducts assessment updates (ongoing, every 3 months at minimum) and updates treatment plans in Skills and Google Sheets during assessment update
• Conducts treatment integrity checks for all RBT team member for individual learner Behaviour Intervention Plans
• Conducts IOA to ensure accurate data collection for BIPs and skill acquisition programs
• Conducts Treatment integrity checks including BIP integrity checks

Perks:

• Relocation Stipend (USD 2,000)
• 2 weeks Paid Vacation per annum, plus 2 additional weeks off over Christmas
• 5 Personal Days per annum
• 2 weeks Paid Sick Time
• All public holidays off
• Free CEU access through CR Institute
• CPI Training and Certification
• CPR/First Aid Training and Certification
• Child Protection Training
• Initial 6 months of employment is packed with mentorship, training and support

Requirements

• Must be a Board Certified Behvaior Analyst, credentialed by the BACB and in good standing
• A master's degree and educational coursework completed in the areas of marriage and family therapy, child development, special education, psychology, or related field
• Must have a minimum of three years' experience working directly with children with Autism and/or developmental delays.
• Must have a minimum of one year experience supervising BCaBA, RBT's or ABA Therapist.
• Must be willing to relocate to the Cayman Islands for a minimum of 2.5 years.
• Must have experience conducting assessments and designing treatment plans
• Must provide 2 professional references and 1 character reference