Senior Behavior Analyst

Organization for Research and Learning, Inc ( (ORL) a small, very well established and stable Seattle-based private practice providing home-based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to children with Autism and related disabilities seeks a Behavior Analyst to join our company's team. ORL is the Seattle area's second longest established ABA practice with an outstanding record of local and national leadership.

Consultant Position Overview: 

At ORL, our mid-level and senior behavior analyst position is called a Consultant. The Consultant is responsible for designing and supervising the implementation of ORL clients' Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) programs in line with best practices, applicable regulatory and funding source guidelines.

I. Generate measurable progress in all areas of client's needs

The Consultant is responsible for developing the clinical plan for each client.

• Develop comprehensive behavior intervention programs based on complete and accurate data, related, but not limited to the following areas:
  • new skill instruction for client
  • staff development
  • family Intervention
  • school intervention
• Design instructional sequences that attend to and account for critical and variable features of instructional stimuli and slice sequences such that each client's Program Manager can move clients through instructional steps easily
• Ensure clients reach mastery in all targeted intervention (e.g., pass Retention, Endurance, Stability, and Application tests on each skill targeted in intervention where appropriate)
• Measure and chart meta-level assessments (e.g., cumulative mastered targets, cumulative number of new things learned, etc.)
• Apply applicable current research from the areas of Behavior Analysis, Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, Precision Teaching, autism interventions
• Remain current with the extant and newly emerging research related to the behavior analytic care of persons with autism
• Develop and update treatment plans that describe the recommended plan of care for each client, compliant with regulations and funder requirements

II. Cultivate verbal behavior skills in clients and their families pertaining to client advancements and the therapeutic process.

• Ensure a match between family perception of progress and charted client data
• Ensure that each client's program addresses client values, and family goals and priorities, in that order

III. Collaborate with other service providers delivering services to the client

• Communicate with professionals in a form and of a frequency that directly benefits the client (e.g., team meeting notes, phone consults, co-attendance at team meetings, and email correspondence)
• Conduct school or other observations on schedule decided upon by the team and consented to by the parents

IV. Documentation and Compliance

• Maintains client medical records in accordance with ORL's compliance standards in all applicable forms including paper charts and documents, online charts, and online client files
• Design and maintain ABA Session Summary note templates as directed by the Consultant
• Manages uploading of daily session notes and client record activity logs as prescribed, and checks those documents for accuracy or missing information prior to uploading
• Documents and bills for their work in line with funder expectations and ORL expectations 

V. Professionalism and Ethics

• Complies with the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts published by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board 
• Maintains active position-appropriate licensure (for example, LABA or LBA) and professional certification (such as, BCBA or BCaBA)
• Completes, tracks, and reports adequate professional development, including CEUs in appropriate categories to maintain professional licenses and certifications
• Completes work in a timely manner 
• Discriminates and advocates for appropriate supervision and support when presented with tasks beyond their level of competence and expertise
• Learns and follows funder guidelines for each case including billing guidelines and treatment planning guidelines
• Understands what is included in their clients' authorization
• Monitors & manages authorization usage, ensuring clients receive scheduled dose of treatment
• Actively use community of practice
• Demonstrates strong employment hygiene and contacts their advocate or CSS if barriers arise

VI. Uphold O.R.L.'s Values and Contribution to Realizing its Mission

• Employ single subject research designs as appropriate to answer questions, which first pertain to the needs of the learner, and second, that would benefit the field of behavior analysis as appropriate 
• Present work to professional community nationally, regionally, and locally on behalf of ORL
• Attend conferences and events demonstrating your affiliation with ORL
• Play an active role in ensuring that Program Managers receive appropriate learning opportunities to advance their clinical skills and knowledge

Consultant Minimum Requirements

Education & Certifications:

• Master's degree in behavior analysis or related field with a strong emphasis in behavior analysis.
• BCBA or BCaBA certification (in good standing).
• Licensed Behavior Analyst in Washington state.
• Level B standardized assessment qualification (Pearson).

Experience (3+ years of the following):

• Implementing behavior analytic programs for children with ASD
  • Staff training and management, with data demonstrating skill acquisition shifts.
  • Providing assent-based care, including measuring/shaping assent/withdrawal behaviors and reducing high-impact/unsafe behaviors.
• Designing instruction for social, cognitive, academic, emotional, communication, community, and daily living skills, evidenced by:
  • Expanded work products (instructional materials, systems, training programs).
  • Robust, socially significant client gains (charted learner performance).
  • Culturally aligned intervention strategies and goals (charted learner performance).\
• Formal Training and Experience in Assessment: assessment & analysis skills across cognitive, social, adaptive, academic, or language skills for ASD and similar populations.

Other Requirements:

• Valid Washington State driver's license.
• Consent to background check.
• Clean driving record.
• Reliable transportation.
• Willingness to drive an average of 30 miles per day.

Preferred Qualifications 

Clinical Experience:

• Implementing Precision Teaching principles, including:
• Proficiency in charting and analyzing data on the Standard Celeration Chart.
• Measurement Proficiency: expertise in development and utilization of visual analysis to guide instructional decision making

Technical Proficiency (Specialized Tools):

• Precision X (Standard Celeration Charts, data collection).
• CentralReach (billing, assessments).
• Google Workspace (program materials, clinical documentation, spreadsheets, charts, progress summaries).
• Q-global (assigning assessments, generating reports)

Why Join Our Team?

If you're committed to science- and data-based, very high quality, culturally sensitive, and highly individualized intervention that can only be achieved through small caseloads, close supervision, careful attention to detail, comprehensive assessment, ongoing mentorship, and thoroughgoing participation in a practice community dedicated to constant improvement, then we'd love to chat with you.

What do we value?

• Excellence , which for us means doing things really well, in the service of doing what's best for people through ridiculously good, fast, and functional problem solving
• Connectedness, Relationships & People as evidenced through building strong personal relationships, developing trust, knowing the people around us, and doing the work of the organization collaboratively
• Making a Difference , which we achieve by (1) doing good for our clients, our colleagues, and our communities, and (2) taking data...in that order. 
• Diversity , in whatever way that shows up by including and welcoming anyone who shares these values, and we actively seek those people. 

What's it Like to Work Here?

We recently asked members of our professional staff to write down the three words that came to mind when they thought about ORL. We're very proud that our behavior analysts find ORL to be a supportive, progressive, caring, high quality, data-focused, and thoughtful place to work.

We're very proud of the culture we've created and we take very seriously the task of continuing to cultivate it by attracting, retaining, and partnering with incredibly skilled people all dedicated to achieving common good in sometimes uncommon ways.

What's the compensation like?

Yes, we cover all "the basics" of a good compensation package including things like:

• Competitive salaries , our senior career salaries range from about $75,000 per year to about $90,000 per year
• Very small caseloads , our behavior analysts have caseloads of about 4 to 7 clients. Why? Well, because our staff need very small caseloads so that they can pay very, very close attention to what's happening with each of their clients and help ensure that those clients are making the most progress they happily can. Ensuring that you have a small caseload also helps us live our values of Excellence and Making a Difference.
• Very reasonable weekly billable hour goals that ensure that you can actually get done the work you need to get done while also allowing you to do the other things you need to do to be a responsible scientist-practitioner.
• Really good benefits including gold-level medical coverage, health savings accounts, dental & vision benefits, and an employer-matched retirement plan (that means that we chip in money to help make sure you're secure when you retire)
• Generous paid time off  that starts with at least two weeks paid time off each year and goes up to five and half weeks a year (and that's not including the paid holidays each year, including flex holiday time so that you can celebrate whatever occasions feel good to you)
• Additional money  to help you care for the people you love. Through our Dependent Care Benefit, our employees receive up to $600.00 each month--that's over $7,000 a year--in tax free money to help them take care of the people that depend on them like children and other dependent family members.
• Ample technology to support you in your work. All staff are issued laptops and company phones. But in addition to that, we'll make sure you have whatever other technology you might need to make your work as easy as we can make it.
• Subsidized professional development opportunities that you pick for yourself can include everything from participating in professional conferences, to webinars and podcasts. This also includes providing you with opportunities to earn free CEU's from within our practice community.

But, in addition to those things, we also strive so help you create a work environment that really works for you and respects all the other parts of your life and who you are. To help with that we offer things like:

• Highly specialized clinical caseloads
  • We tie our intake process very closely to who on our professional staff has time in their schedules to serve another client. We don't admit clients based on a waiting list; instead, we admit clients based on how much the potential new client's needs overlap with the availability and clinical strength areas of the professional staff we have available.
• Highly supportive clinical teams
  • Do you really value collaborating with others and working together on behalf of your clients? So do we. That's why we typically assign three different behavior analysts to each client's case. So, no matter which case you're working on you'll always have a team of highly skilled behavior analysts working on the case closely with you.
• Very reasonable caseloads
  • Do you really care deeply about knowing each of your clients intimately? So do we. That's why we assign our professional staff the smallest caseloads of any ABA agency in the area. Our BCBA's typically have fewer than 4-7 clients on their caseloads at any one time. We think you'll do your best work when we give you the chance to really, really follow each one of your clients closely so that you can make sure they're getting what they need at all times.
• Flexible work schedules
  • Would life work easier if you worked full time but compressed that into 4 days a week instead of 5? Fine. Let's talk about it. We can probably make that happen.
• Flexible work locations
  • Would you prefer not to come into the office and instead to do some of your work at home? No problem.
  • Would you prefer not to work at home and instead come into our offices? Again, no problem. We maintain a very comfortable office space where you can work at a table around others, in a private space, or sit by a fire. (And we have plenty of pretty good coffee, juices, soft drinks, and snacks too.)

Our ability to serve our clients well, to do that work to the high level of quality we enjoy, and to create a community of smart people with diverse perspectives and overlapping--but also differing--perspectives depends completely on our ability to maintain long professional relationships with a wide range of smart, dedicated, people who are happy doing what they do. That's why our staff stay with us for so many years.

We look forward to getting the chance to know you a bit better.