Autism Specialist | Pingree Center

Valley Behavioral Health • Salt Lake City, UT

1d • $20 - $25

About The Position

The Autism Specialist provides developmental and educational services to children and adolescents with autism in a clinical setting or the home environment.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Three months of experience as an Autism Assistant or six months of direct client care experience
• CPR certification
• Valley de-escalation certification
• Driving positions require a minimum age of 21 and a current driver’s license

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience working with individuals with autism

Responsibilities

• Designs individualized programs for children and adolescents with autism to increase and develop social, communication, and behavioral skills
• Provides services within the assigned treatment setting - clinical setting or the client’s home. Homebased treatment assignments require access to reliable transportation.
• Designs specialized programs and teaching procedures for individual or small groups of clients to develop academic knowledge and ability through the application of behavioral techniques and procedures
• Charts the progress of assigned clients through weekly progress notes to ensure the ongoing evaluation of each client's strengths and opportunities
• Monitors progress notes and related data to ensure the proper implementation of individualized behavior change programs
• Reviews current research on autism, understands behavioral modification theories and applies appropriate techniques
• Completes various administrative tasks and meets deadlines for submission to ensure timely and accurate data collection for electronic health record systems

Benefits

• On-Demand Pay allows access to a portion of earned wages before the usual payday.
• Time off includes 15 days of annual accrued paid time off, which increases by one day with each year of service, 11 paid holidays, 2 wellness days, and paid parental leave.
• Full-time and part-time (30+ hours) team members are eligible for health, dental, vision, life & disability insurance, accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, financial protection, and pet insurance.
• Your out-of-pocket medical costs of up to $2000 for individuals and $4000 for families may qualify for reimbursement through our Garner HRA.
• In addition, based on the medical plan you choose, you can utilize pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible healthcare costs with an HSA, which includes a company match of up to $900 for individuals and $1800 for a family.
• We help our team members with tuition reimbursement, new licensure reimbursement, and career training and development.
• Valley also participates in Utah and federal student loan forgiveness programs.
• Our discounts and perks program provides more than $4500 in savings on everything from pizza to the zoo to movie tickets to oil changes!
• 401(k) retirement program allows for pre-tax and post-tax contributions and includes a company match up to 6% of your annual salary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees