Job Description
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Opening
*Clinic only-based positions available
*Community and/or home service locations available
*Culture of clinical decisions being made by Clinicians only
*Salaried or Hourly positions available
Part-time and full-time hours available.
StepOne is dedicated to empowering individuals with autism through comprehensive behavioral health services that embrace a whole-child approach. We offer personalized, evidence-based care across various settings. Our passionate professionals collaborate with families, educators, and healthcare providers to create tailored support systems that nurture strengths, address challenges, and promote lifelong success. At StepOne, our mission is to build a more inclusive and compassionate world where people with autism can flourish. StepOne Is a BHCOE accredited provider.
BENEFITS OF WORKING AT STEPONE
- Competitive compensation and performance reviews with pay increase opportunities – salary and hourly options
- Relocation/Tuition/Outstanding Supervision Fee Reimbursements
- Salaried BCBA employees eligible for monthly incentive bonus plan
- Benefits available for employees working 20+ hours per week:
- Benefits available: Life, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident Insurances
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement Options with great match (401K)
- Healthy Savings Account (HSA)
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Tuition discount with partner universities for post-secondary education benefits
- Flexible scheduling offering a work/life balance
- Electronic data collection and analytics with access to curriculum and protocols
- Supportive work environment & clinical collaboration with peers, as led by Clinical Management
- Organization-wide commitment to innovative, ethical & quality-led services
- Opportunity to thrive, grow, contribute, and ultimately feel appreciated
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Full-time, Salaried BCBAs: Maintain 25 billable hours per week (105 per month); billables beyond this salaried monthly expectation are rewarded with a monthly incentive bonus plan
- Hourly BCBAs: Maintain a 75% billable hour ratio for weekly hours
- Develop and supervise the delivery of client-focused ABA autism therapy treatment plans and programs
- Complete evidence-based assessments, reassessments, and report results per deadlines
- Assess the client and family’s strengths, needs, abilities, preferences and goals
- Consult with clients and provide continuous program direction and maintenance
- Supervise delivery of therapy in mutually agreed upon environments such as clinic, home, school, and/or community based on the client’s needs
- Direct implementation of individualized treatment, behavior plans and data collection system
- Analyze data/behavior and make ongoing data-based decisions
- Develop and guide ongoing implementation of teaching procedures
- Ensure program directives are implemented accurately and timely
- Develop specific teaching procedures for the targets
- Train, lead, supervise, and support teams of Behavior Technicians and Registered Behavior Technicians
- Assess effectiveness of treatment plans and performance of Technicians
- Serve as a point-of-contact and coordinator for team meetings involving Technicians, healthcare professionals, clients, and caregivers
- Actively participate in regular clinical meetings, as needed
- Engage caregivers and facilitate skill transfer in a manner most appropriate for the care of the client
- Lead client meetings to provide guidance and training to caregivers
- Provide product, technical, and innovative insights to the technology partner team such as the following examples to reduce administrative burden on staff and ensure a high quality of treatment fidelity is achieved through traditional therapy and extensions of technology supplementation and reinforcements.
- Providing recommendations for high quality and evidence-based delivery of ABA and autism therapy with implementation of cutting-edge technology
- Recommending innovations and applications to improve delivery of, and satisfaction with, ABA therapies and child-centric applications
- Providing recommendations to improve therapy workflow and therapist job satisfaction
- Ensuring that the above enumerated responsibilities are being performed in accordance with the most up to date Applied Behavioral Analysis clinical standards, guidelines, and protocols and the BACB code of practice and ethical standards
- Ensuring that the above enumerated responsibilities are being performed in accordance with StepOne’s quality standards, policies and procedures
QUALIFICATIONS
- Valid Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification from the BACB
- Valid state Licensed Behavior Specialist (LBS) license in Pennsylvania
- Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Analysis, Special Education, Psychology, or related field
- Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with staff and families, collaborative, and team-oriented
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Compassionate, empathic, and caring
- Interest in technical innovations being applied to supplement and extend therapies and skill building through video games and immersive applications
WORK ENVIRONMENT
This role is performed in a variety of locations and may require travel; as such a driver’s license and insurance will be required. This role requires the ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing – including frequent talking, hearing, writing, typing, reading, and significant comprehension. This role assists with working with young children that will regularly require moving quickly, crouching, and sitting on the floor. The employee frequently is also required to sit, stand, walk briskly, use hands, and reach with arms/hands. Regular and consistent attendance required.
StepOne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, creed, color, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, military service or protected veteran status, citizenship, disability, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable law.