BCBA Social Skills Lead

Easterseals Southern California • Gardena, CA

17h • $78,000 - $87,000

About The Position

Working at Easterseals Southern California is an opportunity to make profound and positive differences in people's lives. At ESSC, you’ll join a team of caring colleagues who support each other, encourage collaboration and refine clinical skills to benefit the participants we serve.
Here’s Why You Should Work With Easterseals:
Outstanding reputation in the quality of services we provide
Opportunities to learn and grow (we have Research, Training, and Provider Network opportunities)
Education and training opportunities
Free in-house CEUs
The opportunity for you to present CEU trainings and discussions to BCBAs in the organization
Support and a collaborative work environment
Outstanding reputation in the quality of services we provide
Manageable productivity requirement
The benefits of both a team environment, with the security of a large organization
Apply Today! Starting Pay $78,000-$87,000 per year.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in early childhood education/development, early childhood special education, special education, psychology or related field.
• Requires a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification in good standing or Marriage Family Therapist (MFT) or licensed psychologist.
• Three years of related professional experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
• 1-2 years’ of management experience; must possess strong clinical, administrative, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).
• Expert knowledge of scientifically-validated methodologies and behavioral analytic approaches found to benefit children with ASD; familiar with current related research findings.
• Able to interpret and implement policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Able to consistently demonstrate good judgment and decision-making skills.
• Ability to maintain customer service orientation and professionalism in all interactions.
• Ability to communicate effectively, through oral and written skills, and work cooperatively with a variety of individuals and groups. Must relate well to children and their families and maintain positive affect.
• Ability to exercise discretion, demonstrate good judgement, and maintain a high level of confidentiality to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation.
• Ability to exercise good judgement and maintain discretion when handling sensitive and/or confidential situations and documentation.
• Ability to pass a post-offer physical examination and a TB test.
• Ability to provide proof of required vaccinations or positive titer showing immunity. A signed declination may be acceptable for certain vaccinations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a criminal record/fingerprint clearance from the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation per Easterseals of Southern California and/or program requirements.
• Ability to travel locally; maintain driving record in compliance with Transportation Safety Standards; maintain auto insurance and vehicle registration.

Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, monitors and analyzes the clinical quality of assigned social skills groups; maintains group capacity; provides caregiver training; and provides supervision of direct reports.
• Functions as a liaison between organization, families, community, and health care providers to ensure a clear work flow of referral, screening, intervention, and transition of all participants receiving social skills services.
• Monitors the productivity of direct reports and maintains productivity standards as set forth by the agencyCreates regional inquiry lists of potential social skills participants.
• Initiates Trial exposures for participants to maintain group capacity of all assigned groups.
• Manages attendance compliance of a minimum of 80% across all groups assigned.
• Oversees the trial exposure process for all participants and associates.
• Monitors the accurate billing of direct reports across assigned social skills groups.
• Creates initial treatment plans, generates progress reports and term reports of all social skills participants.
• Leads caregiver training activities, ensuring caregiver involvement and accomplishment of caregiver goals set forth within the authorized period of service.
• Connects families with community resources and agencies who serve children, as needed
• Leads a team a of Social Skills associates; analyzes data collected by the team and guides treatment decisions accordingly; initiates lesson plans for assigned groups; conducts regular staff meetings with team and provides ongoing direction and guidance
• Manages parent inquiries and reports parent concerns to Coordinator.
• Addresses associate inquiries and concerns.
• Maintains safety regulations set forth across all Easterseals Center Sites and reports all safety violations to Coordinator
• Conducts assessments, facilitates social skills groups and provides supervision to Social Skills associates and participants to meet monthly productivity requirements as set forth by the agency
• Maintains materials for Social Skills Group, re-stocking supplies as needed.
• Manages social skills administrative work tasks (creating materials, inputting data, purging data, etc.) of assigned Behavior Interventionists
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Opportunities to learn and grow (we have Research, Training, and Provider Network opportunities)
• Education and training opportunities
• Free in-house CEUs
• The opportunity for you to present CEU trainings and discussions to BCBAs in the organization
• Support and a collaborative work environment
• Manageable productivity requirement
• The benefits of both a team environment, with the security of a large organization

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level