IDD- Behavioral Intervention Specialist at Rising Ground, Inc. – The Bronx, New York

Job Summary: Provide clinical support to foster and maintain a person-centered therapeutic environment, allowing individuals with developmental disabilities to reach their maximum potential.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development and oversight of the Person-Centered Behavior Support Plans for a specified caseload of individuals, developed in conjunction with inclusive Functional Behavioral Assessments.
• Responsible for maintaining all behavioral data related to individuals on assigned caseload.
• Participates in all service planning meetings involving the individuals on assigned caseload, across settings.
• Acts as the liason between day and residential programming to ensure consistency in the behavioral planning whenever possible and to ensure that goals match the needs of the individual across different settings.
• Model behavioral interventions.
• Provides counseling and therapeutic support to individuals on assigned caseload.
• Maintains regular communication with and coordination of services with all service providers.
• Participates in staff and treatment team meetings and trains staff on the clinical needs of the individuals on assigned caseload.
• Conducts necessary psychological evaluations and other assessments as needed.
• Completes all paperwork in a timely manner, ensuring that functional behavioral assessments, person centered behavior support plans and all other required documentation meets the requirements of standards set by OPWDD. Completes monthly notes on individual’s behavioral progress.
• Participates in appropriate committee meetings.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive and protected information according to HIPAA standards.
• Conducts self in a professional and courteous manner at all times.
• Demonstrates teamwork by assuming expected role on the team and maintaining collaborative relations with other members.
• Demonstrates commitment to departmental and organizational goals.
• Assumption of other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• BCBA or Master’s Degree with OPWDD experience preferred; Bachelor's degree with ample OPWDD experience considered
• Experience working with individuals with varying degrees of intellectual/developmental disabilities a must.
• Excellent organizational/communication/writing skills.

Work Environment:

Normal

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

Full-time position, with one remote day optional. Monday-Friday, some flexibility of scheduled hours

Travel (if required):

Yes, this position requires the BIS to travel to varying residences (IRAs) in order to fulfill job responsibilities.

Physical Requirements:

Ability to travel from site to site.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits Offerings includes:

• 11 Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Personal days

Insurance Coverage

• Medical -3 plan options
• Dental - 2 plan options
• Vision - 1 plan option

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all

employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s

perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender

identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or

veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring,