Registered Behavior Technician RBT (HCT III) - Wheat Ridge Regional Center

Behavior Technician

The State of Colorado is looking to hire motivated, hard-working individuals to provide direct support services to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Some of the individuals we serve have high medical needs, while others need significant support around behavioral and mental health needs. Once hired on, there are many opportunities for promotion and career growth. Our mission is to offer people with disabilities the necessary supports in order to promote the personal values of individual growth, participation, contribution, and capability.

Summary of the position: The Behavior Technician position is a paraprofessional position that assists in the delivery of behavior analytic services for Residents served at the Regional Centers. The Behavior Technician implements programs directly with Residents and trains data collection systems and behavioral interventions to Direct Support Professionals at Wheat Ridge Regional Center. This position promotes active treatment through the implementation of skill acquisition programs for the Residents served. The Behavior Technician recommends changes needed to benefit the resident and responds to a variety of situations, including medical and behavioral emergencies.

Additionally, as a Registered Behavioral Therapist, you can expect:

• Engages in data collection through an Electronic Health Record or physical data collection based on guidance from the supervising Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).
• Data collection for interfering or maladaptive behaviors to aid in the completion of functional behavior assessments (FBA) and skill acquisition targets, including but not limited to daily living skills, tolerance, and coping strategies.
• Identifies deficits within the residential environment to increase data collection accuracy.
• Determine if the data collection system is working to adequately reflect the Individual using Interobserver Agreement interventions.
• Recommends action plans for improvement to support services within the program standards.
• Implements preference assessments and skill acquisition programs to promote learning opportunities through the usage of behavior analytic concepts for residents served.
• Facilitates the delivery of highly preferred items that may function as reinforcement for desirable behaviors.
• Implements behavior reduction programs, including antecedent and consequent intervention strategies, outlined by the supervising BCBA.
• Document the outcome of treatments and program implementation timely and accurate.
• Physically lift, transport, and/or position residents by using approved lifting techniques (i.e., two-person lift or pivot transfer).
• Employ approved crisis management curriculum, Safety Care, in order to keep Individuals and Staff safe.
• Decides when and how to intervene during instances of interfering behavior while referencing the Behavior Intervention Plan of the Individual.
• Determine the appropriate method of delivering reinforcement to the Resident served while accounting for restrictions, resources, and needs of others.
• Difficulty implementing skill acquisition programs due to interfering behavior occurring from residents. This professional will use behavior analytic techniques, including pairing, behavioral momentum, and antecedent intervention, to increase compliance to treatment.
• Challenges with staff implementation and treatment fidelity of skill acquisition and behavior reduction programs. This professional will use behavior analytic techniques such as behavioral skills training to increase staff buy-in of programs.
• Provides onsite training and monitoring of direct care staff to ensure that all aspects of the individual's vocational/work life are being served and to ensure timely and accurate implementation of program plans as identified in the Individual's behavior plan.
• Identifies training needs and initiates requests for training from professional staff as needed (i.e., notifies supervisor and/or responsible discipline).
• Identifies and reports to the direct supervisor any problems that arise in the area of staff compliance in running clinical behavioral programs.
• Provides active treatment to all residents to meet their needs with a training approach, allowing the most independence possible as it relates to behavior programs.
• Provide assistance as needed to ensure residents' needs are met in all areas of daily living as it relates to behavioral needs/programming, to include but not limited to eating, hygiene, dressing, bathing, toileting, and clothing care.
• Determines the need to report training deficits to the supervising BCBA.
• Challenges with direct support professionals following the outlined behavior intervention plans and acquisition programs may arise. This professional utilizes clinical skills to tactfully provide feedback to the direct support professional prior to contacting the supervising BCBA.
• Challenges with direct support professionals engaging in appropriate data collection. These professional uses clinical skills to tactfully provide feedback to the direct support professional prior to contacting the supervising BCBA.
• Other duties as assigned