Job description

About the Position:

YAI has an opening for an Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialist. YAI promotes a person-centered approach by creating supports that cater to the specific needs of each person. Join our dynamic team teaching daily and independent living skills, providing individual and group counseling, and promoting community integration. The ideal candidate will have enthusiasm for empowering caregivers and willingness to teach caregiver the skills and curriculum to decrease the target behavior/s the child is experience in the home. ABIS will work directly with the caregiver in providing in-home behavioral interventions and/or skills training per program guidelines.

The Asst. BIS position blends together the DSP role and the clinical leadership role. Clinical leadership under the supervisor includes educating team members on habilitative and Behavior Support Plans, assisting with clinical assessments, ensuring data collection and providing direct feedback and education to all team members. Candidate must be bilingual, and able to communicate effectively in Spanish.

Location: Queens

Key responsibilities:

• To provide direct care services as needed. This includes, but not limited to, the provision of direct counseling, implementation of each individual’s treatment plan, training in ADL skills, assistance with personal care, medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative and other needs within the program.

• To train staff, which includes, but is not limited to, using the EMOE training system to ensure that all clinical interventions are properly implemented, to communicate clinical rationales to the staff, to provide staff with both formal and informal feedback, and role model at all times appropriate tone, implementing of habilitative and behavioral programming, and appropriate data collection techniques

• Role Model use of person

• centered philosophy and use of person-centered tools-To develop written, individualized habilitative plans in accordance with the agency philosophy, as determined by individual need.

• To conduct assessments –both behavioral and habilitative via formal means (written questionnaires, rating scales, baseline data, etc.) and informal (observations), under the supervision of the BIS.

• To design effective data collection systems that allows progress to be monitored. To monitor the data collection, ensure that the data is totaled and summarized on a monthly basis and that new data sheets are accessible to staff at the beginning of each month.

• To oversee/maintain the completion of all required paperwork, including monthlies, Person-Centered materials and ensure that all pertinent information is included on psychiatric anecdotal.

• To provide the appropriate therapeutically documented level of an individual’s supervision to ensure and protect the individual’s health/safety and well-being. Whenever this level is unclear or unknown, to provide the maximum level of supervision to assure and protect the individual’s health and safety.

• Train new staff on Level 1 competencies-Resource to staff by providing clinical support in absence of the BIS/Supervisor-Lead trainer of weekend staff on clinical interventions

Education and Experience:

• BA/BS Degree in Psychology or Human Services strongly preferred or

• Enrolled in 4-year degree in Psychology or Human Services field

• Experience working within the field of ID/DD preferred

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills

• Willing to take initiative

• Highly flexible to varied work schedule

• Experience in computer skills and ability to teach others

• College level writing ability.

• Must demonstrate assertiveness/leadership skills.

• Must demonstrate clinical skills

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $39,000.00 - $42,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Spanish: 1 year (Required)
• Human Services: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10017

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