Behavior Technician or RBT. Full-time or part-time. $23-$29 per hour!

Job Description

Job Description

Do you want to work with kids? Interested in fields like education, speech, OT, PT, or psychology? Are you ready to make a difference in the life of a child with autism? If so, ABA might be for you!

Cross River Therapy provides applied behavior analysis (ABA) services throughout the state of New Mexico. We're looking for part-time or full-time behavior technicians or registered behavior technicians (RBTs) to help us expand our reach in Santa Fe so that we can help more kids and their families.

Cross River Therapy offers very competitive pay and generous bonuses. You can choose the hours you want to work and the locations where you wish to provide services. Typical work hours are approximately 8:00 am-5:00 pm Monday through Friday, but vary based on client need and staff availability. (No weekends!)

We are an established ABA company in New Mexico, including two clinics in Albuquerque and one in Los Lunas, and have been offering home, school, and community ABA services in Santa Fe since 2022. We have two supervising board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) who live in Santa Fe and provide support and case supervision in-person, rather than remotely. We are committed to the professional growth and satisfaction of our staff and constantly strive to listen to and respond to the needs of our employees.

We are currently seeking qualified individuals to provide in-home, school, and community-based ABA services for families with children with autism in the Santa Fe area.

Behavior technicians and RBTs work one-on-one with kids with autism and related disorders, and implement individualized behavioral intervention programs to teach skills that will lead to increased independence, autonomy, and happiness. Treatment programs are designed and supervised by BCBAs, so you will have in-person support from a supervisor who lives in Santa Fe, rather than from a remote supervisor.

With this hiring cycle, our goals are to ...

Hire individuals who can help expand our ability to provide high-quality services to more kids in Santa Fe and the surrounding areas
Build our ability to provide substitute staff for sessions when staff are out due to vacations, illnesses, etc., and provide sessions to staff when clients are out as well.

Hire date: Spring/Summer 2026

Schedule: Schedules vary based on client need. Please ask if you would like more information about how ABA scheduling works, as it is tough to explain in writing for people who are totally unfamiliar with the field! Typical work hours are approximately 8:00/9:00 am-5:00/6:00 pm Monday through Friday, but vary based on client need and staff availability. School cases often start at 8:00 am and end earlier in the day, whereas home cases often start later and run until more like 6:00 pm.

Pay & benefits: Depends on experience; $23 to $29. Previous experience working with children or people with disabilities is helpful and will be considered when determining your pay rate. We provide health, dental, and vision insurance for staff who work over 30 hours/week; we also offer paid sick and vacation leave, as well as professional development hours.

Application process: First, we review everyone's applications as they come in. Then, we schedule phone calls with the people who look good on paper. After that, we follow up with Zoom interviews for everybody whose phone calls go well. And finally, we'll make hiring decisions promptly and let people know the good (or bad) news as soon as we can.

Brief version of the job description: (Please ask if you would like to see a full job description)

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

Must have:
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Telephone, computer, and tablet skills
A valid New Mexico driver’s license
Reliable transportation to client session locations
High school diploma (or equivalent) or higher
Must be at least 18 years of age

Must be:
Friendly and outgoing
Energetic and willing to be silly and creative during play!
A team player willing to learn new techniques and treatments and to implement them as directed
Able to be extremely flexible and accept change

General job requirements:
Provide direct behavioral services to clients in individual and group sessions
Complete daily session documentation and client data collection
Work with supervisors to implement individualized treatment plans using applied behavior analysis and verbal behavior analysis
Maintain respect and confidentiality for all clients
Maintain professional and technical knowledge
Maintain and protect the well-being of all clients during treatment sessions and when emergency crises arise
Other job duties as assigned
Don’t worry, we will train you! As part of onboarding, you will train with a small group at one of our Albuquerque clinics, including shadowing sessions with RBTs and their clients

Education and experience:
18 years of age or older (Required)
High school diploma (or equivalent) or higher (Required)
Experience working with children, or with children, adolescents, and/or adults with special needs (Preferred)
You will be required to become a registered behavior technician (RBT) within the first 6 months of your employment, but don’t worry, we’ll train you and help you prepare for your RBT exam!

Physical requirements:
Dependable and consistent attendance is required
Must be able to lift 40 pounds
Must be willing to work long or irregular hours under pressure conditions
This position requires the ability to walk, sit, bend, kneel, stand, crawl, crouch, and reach constantly for all scheduled work hours
Visual acuity that is sufficient to maintain accurate medical records, recognize people, and understand written directions
Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand, give information in person, and to instruct and teach clients and their families or caregivers
Fine motor skills that are adequate for utilizing tablets, small toys, writing and cutting implements, etc.

Job Type: Part-time or full-time

Benefits:
Paid training
Professional development assistance
Referral program
401(k) and 401(k) matching
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Paid time off

Work Location: In person in the Santa Fe area