Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician)

Are you a PA licensed clinician pursuing fieldwork hours to become a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or pursuing additional licensure while desiring to maintain full time employment? Why not consider a new pathway that allows you to do both? When you work as a Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician) with Access Services, you will be gaining supervised fieldwork hours to meet clinical requirements as you deliver behavior support services across child, adolescent, and adult populations. Learn more about the work of Behavior Supports & Assessments here: Behavior Supports and Assessments – Access Services.

As a Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician) employee, you will provide clinical direction for the implementation of services, developing and revising Individualized Treatment Plans and Behavior Support Plans, and overseeing the implementation of the ITP/BSP with the client, client’s family, day program, group home, and the treatment team.

Essential Functions of Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician)

• Engage children, youth, and adults and their families/care providers to conduct thorough assessment of medical need for services.

• Prepare individualized clinical documentation which identifies target behaviors, replacement behaviors, and individualized interventions with identified team members responsible for intervention support. Design treatment plans/behavior plans to support and sustain change.
• Establish criteria for discharge from services. Develop a robust discharge plan to support the individual and family/care providers in maintaining changes, and address discharge planning throughout treatment with client and family/care providers.

• Maintain regular contact with families/care providers to consult on behavior presentation, skill acquisition, presenting concerns, and successes.
• Participate in regular treatment team meetings, supervision, etc. to support clinical improvement, program growth, and staff development.

• Provide coverage on unstaffed cases until regular staff is found.

• Communicate regularly with all treatment team members assigned to shared cases.

• Monitor progress relative to the individualized treatment plan/behavior support plan and adjust as needed.

• Conduct A&A skills training and development for new BHT staff as required.

• Maintain clinical documentation as required in the electronic health record and according to regulatory or programmatic requirements.

• Complete mandatory hours of training for individual training plan and annual regulatory training requirements across the lifespan.

• Generally, meet expectations of performing 30 billable hours weekly for full-time status or 10 to 20 hours weekly for part-time status.

• Maintain regular and predictable attendance and be available to meet program needs.

• Ability to travel during work shift to successfully carry out the expectations of this position including attending offsite meetings, providing services in the community, and providing service oversight and supervision. Therefore, employees drive their personal vehicle and/or an agency owned vehicle to meet these expectations. Employees are expected to meet eligibility criteria outlined in our Motor Vehicle Policy and successfully pass the agency’s substance abuse screening at any time during employment.

Requirements and Qualifications

Education:

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, education, applied behavior analysis, or counseling field required.

Certification/Licenses:

• Prior to hire, must be a PA licensed clinician in one of the following areas: Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), or Licensed Behavior Specialist (LBS).

Experience:

• One year of post master’s degree experience providing behavioral health services required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent organizational and oral/written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with all staff and the public.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple priorities, work independently, and as part of a team. Thorough knowledge of rules and guidelines mandated by medical assistance and managed care systems as well as CASSP principles.
• Ability to effectively communicate, when providing services to bilingual or non-English speaking families, and clearly write comprehensive English only notes.
• Proficiency in, or ability to learn and use, workplace applications, platforms and technologies.

Essential Working Conditions/Physical Demands of Licensed Behavior Specialist (Lifespan Clinician):

• Work in program sites and the community routinely providing direct care and/or support with individual(s).
• Stand, sit or run by self, or to provide proper care and supervision with an individual.
• Able to move and stay with an individual to keep them safe, both in home environment and community, both at near and far distances, even when an individual may struggle to meet identified expectations.
• Able to assist an individual who has fallen, regardless of weight or size.
• Walk, climb stairs by self, or to provide direct care and/or support.
• Work in a standard office environment and utilize desktop computer equipment daily.
• Able to lift or move items associated with sedentary and light work (exert up to 20 lbs.)
• Travel to offsite locations and regional office locations as necessary.

Pay: $32-$40/hourly

All employees receive the following benefits:

• Paid Time Off, 401K with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Mileage Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), referral bonuses, ongoing training
• Discounts on various services, perks with local Credit Unions, college tuition discounts

If working 30+ hours per week, benefits also include:

• Health, Vision, Rx, & Dental insurances
• Tuition Reimbursement and college tuition discounts
• 20 Days Paid Time Off plus additional time with continued service. Paid Holiday Time. Catastrophic Sick Leave (CSL)
• Company Paid Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability

Access Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer