Lead Registered Behavior Technician - Social Connections Program

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

About Children’s Specialized ABA

Children’s Specialized ABA is part of the Children’s Specialized Hospital Autism Center of Excellence. We serve children with ASD by combining clinical innovation, whole-child care, and personalized therapy.

At Children’s Specialized ABA, we envision a future where every child diagnosed with autism has access to innovative and compassionate care, empowering them to thrive and reach their full potential. Our vision is built on four core values:

• Inclusivity : We celebrate the diversity within the Autism spectrum and are committed to creating an inclusive environment that respects and values each person’s individual strengths and differences.
• Innovation : We foster a culture of creativity and collaboration, exploring new ideas to develop personalized solutions that enhance quality of life for all children with Autism.
• Connection : We actively engage with the health systems and broader community to coordinate services and care for people with Autism.
• Quality and Safety : We invest in research and training to provide cutting-edge, effective, safe, and personalized services tailored to the unique needs of those we serve.

Join Us as a Lead Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)

As a Lead RBT for our Social Connections Program, your role is to support the structure, consistency, and quality of care provided. You serve as a bridge between the RBT team and the leadership team and a key support for onboarding, classroom readiness, and day-to-day operations. This role provides advanced clinical support. The role uses independent judgment to support treatment integrity, and supervise classroom organization standards.

What You'll Do:

Program Administration, Oversight, and Training

• Provide advanced Central Reach (CR) systems oversight, including onboarding support, training coordination, workflow development, and continuous improvement for new staff.
• Design, develop, and distribute monthly organizational newsletters, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and communication strategy.
• Develop, implement, and supervise weekly classroom activities, curriculum enhancements, and craft-based programming to ensure clinical and educational consistency.
• Oversee and maintain strategic classroom organization systems, optimize learning environments, and ensure compliance with program standards.
• Provide leadership for daily schedule planning, ensuring efficient resource allocation and coordination across classrooms.
• Oversee supply chain needs by forecasting, requesting, and managing inventory, ensuring operational readiness.
• Lead structured parent communication protocols, developing standards for ongoing engagement, supply needs, and program updates.
• Support employee engagement initiatives by designing, coordinating, and evaluating retention programs and recognition efforts.

Clinical/Professional Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced ABA services in individual or group formats, applying professional judgment within established Social Connections Program framework.
• Interpret and apply individualized goals designed by BCBAs, ensuring high-fidelity implementation of reinforcement, teaching, and reduction procedures.
• Exercise professional discretion to adapt behavior acquisition and reduction strategies, collaborating with BCBAs on treatment integrity and progress. Final treatment decisions (programming, goal changes, safety protocol modifications) remain under the assigned BCBA.
• Coordinate with BCBAs to evaluate, refine, and monitor client goals, skill assessments, and individualized checklists.
• Conduct and analyze stimulus preference assessments, making professional recommendations to treatment teams.
• Ensure the accuracy, compliance, and quality assurance of data collection, documentation, and session records in accordance with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Oversee timely completion and reconciliation of sessions within Central
• Reach, ensuring clinical and administrative compliance.
• Maintain and update client program books, ensuring documentation reflects current treatment goals, clinical decisions, and best-practice standards.
• Develop and design instructional and therapeutic materials, using professional judgment to enhance learning outcomes

Client Support & Professional Conduct

• Oversee client well-being in therapeutic settings, applying expert knowledge of behavioral principles while supervising implementation of care routines as needed.
• Provide families with professional summaries of client progress, ensuring communication aligns with clinical objectives and privacy standards.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, contributing professional insights and case analysis.
• Model professional conduct through punctuality, preparedness, confidentiality, and adherence to ethical standards.
• Maintain continuing professional education, ensuring up-to-date knowledge of ABA

Leadership & Operational Support

• Welcome clients and families and support daily arrival and dismissal procedures.
• Train, mentor, and support RBTs and new team members, including but not limited to training on Central Reach to document services.
• Oversee organization systems, weekly center preparation, program materials, and reinforcement systems.
• Communicate company and clinical expectations to BTs/RBTs under your direction.
• Provide corrective feedback professionally, and escalate issues when staff are unresponsive or when compliance concerns arise.
• Provide clinic-level coverage and leadership, supporting continuity of services across varying client needs and staff availability.
• Achieve and maintain competency benchmarks, demonstrating mastery of clinical and administrative skill sets required for high-level performance.
• Ensure compliance with BACB, organizational, and ethical standards, exercising independent judgment to resolve issues and uphold program integrity.
• Act as designated late-pickup staff when notified, according to center policy.

Other Job Duties

• Other duties as assigned

What You'll Need

• Highschool Diploma
• RBT Certification is required
• Minimum of 6 months experience as RBT in center-based service location
• BCBA student strongly preferred
• Detail-oriented on reports/session notes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to learn new systems such as Central Reach to provide ABA
• services.
• Required to maintain an active/unexpired RBT certificate throughout your tenure with the Company.
• Internal candidates must meet 80% competencies and be in good standing with the company (i.e. no final warning, not on an active PIP)

Work Location & Hours:

This is a full-time position on-site in our Clifton EI Center. The core hours for this position are 10:45am to 7:15pm.

Why Work With Children’s Specialized ABA?

We’re an amazing ABA provider! We take a whole-child, whole-caregiver approach. Our integrated model combines ABA therapy with speech, occupational therapy, and behavioral health support. You’ll be part of a deeply collaborative, mission-driven team.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Up to 19 paid days off in your first year (including PTO, sick time, and holidays); earned on an accrual basis, paid time off increases with tenure
• Comprehensive benefits including FREE medical (for employee, buy-up for dependent/partner coverage), voluntary dental, vision, short-term disability, critical illness coverage, and more!
• Free 50k life insurance policy.
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Company discount program – discounts of amusement parks, memberships, cruises, movie tickets, spas, sports tickets and more.

Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $53,000.00–$60,000.00 per year, and the position is not bonus eligible.

Final compensation will be based on a range of factors, such as your skills, education, experience, certifications, market conditions, and internal equity. All offers are made in alignment with applicable federal and state laws.

Children’s Specialized ABA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.?