Lead Center Based BCBA

Job Description

Job Description

BCBA Center Based

Location of Service: Onsite Center Based Services

Hours: Monday Through Friday 8-3:30 PM(Year round)

Start Date: Immediate Opening

ABOUT DRAGONFLY CARES

Dragonfly Cares is a mission-driven organization dedicated to helping children with autism and developmental differences thrive. We deliver high-quality Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy where it matters most: in homes, centers, schools, and communities across Long Island. Our team of compassionate professionals are united by one goal: meaningful progress for every child and family we serve.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Lead BCBA, Melville, is a licensed and BACB-certified behavior analyst whose day-to-day presence anchors the Melville center's daytime clinical operation; blending direct clinical practice, supervision, center oversight, and, as the role matures, primary center-based coordination of the Melville Bridge program. You'll carry a direct billable caseload while serving as a senior daytime clinical presence, providing live support to Behavior Technicians, ensuring sessions run with fidelity, and safeguarding the quality of care for every client on center-based Melville services.

You'll work in close daily partnership with a fellow Lead BCBA, Melville, report clinically to the Clinical Director, and report operationally to the COO. Over time, you'll become the primary center-based point of continuity for Bridge students transitioning into the Melville center; collaborating with the School Clinical Director on referral, intake, and enrollment, ensuring students are supported clinically and operationally upon arrival, and holding a real-time pulse on how the daytime side of the center is running.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Maintain and supervise a direct billable caseload, designing, monitoring, and revising behavior intervention plans and skill acquisition programs
• Provide live, in-session clinical support to Behavior Technicians during Melville daytime hours, ensuring sessions run with fidelity
• Schedule and deliver RBT/BT supervision hours per Dragonfly's supervision standards
• Serve as the senior daytime clinical presence on-site, opening the center on assigned days and holding a real-time pulse on daily operations
• Grow into the primary center-based coordinator role for Melville Bridge students — partnering on referral, intake, enrollment, and continuity of care as students transition from school-based to center-based services
• Attend CSE meetings, IEP reviews, and transition meetings for Bridge students as appropriate
• Respond to behavioral crises using CPI-consistent de-escalation and safety procedures
• Conduct a formal monthly check-in with each direct-caseload family and manage day-to-day parent communication
• Maintain all clinical documentation (session notes, treatment plans, BIPs, supervision notes) in Passage Health and ensure HIPAA compliance.
• Other Misc. Duties assigned

Requirements

• Active and in-good-standing Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification
• Active and in-good-standing New York State Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA) credential
• Current CPR/First Aid certification (or willingness to obtain at hire)
• Current CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) certification (or willingness to obtain at hire)
• BACB 8-hour Supervision Training (required for supervisors credentialed after January 1, 2022)
• Prior BCBA experience in a center-based setting
• Prior experience supervising RBTs/BTs in a clinical capacity
• Prior BCBA experience overseeing clinical programming for clients ages 2–22
• Experience coordinating across clinical, school, and family stakeholders
• Prior experience working in a school

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (BONUS POINTS)

• Fluency in assessment tools commonly used by Dragonfly, including the Vineland and equivalent indirect assessments
• Demonstrated ability to translate assessment data into clinically sound, individualized programming
• Fluency in additional languages beyond English and Spanish

Benefits

• Competitive Pay: Salary: $80,000-$90,000 per year
• Weekday Scheduling: Hours: Monday Through Friday 8-3:30 PM
• Referral bonuses: Earn up to $250 for each qualified referral
• Meaningful work: Help students grow academically, socially, and behaviorally every day
• Full Onboarding
• Collaborative Culture
• Ongoing training: Free monthly in-person CPI (Crisis Prevention & Intervention) training and unlimited free virtual trainings including CEUs

If you're passionate about helping children succeed and thrive, we want to hear from you.

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Dragonfly Cares provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other protected status. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

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