Essex County NJ BT (multiple openings)

Achievement Behavior Services • Maplewood, NJ

1d • Remote

About The Position

Achievement Behavior Services (ABS) is an agency founded in 2015 by BCBAs and LCSWs, dedicated to supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families through in-home/in-community Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapeutic services. Our mission is to mentor and support these children to enhance their communication, adaptability, resilience, and independence using ABA principles.

Requirements

• Areas of Study: Applied Behavior Analysis, psychology, Special education, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology
• Strong and multi-tiered stakeholder communication skills required.
• Adaptability and decisiveness under high-stress situations.
• Exhibits professional administrative reliability: punctuality and responsiveness.
• Proven experience working with pre-school and elementary school-aged children.
• Proven experience with documenting progress notes and data points aligning with individualized treatment plans and goals.
• Structured and creative play skills.

Nice To Haves

• Active Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certificate from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.
• Additional evidence of successful work with patients suffering from Autism and development issues.
• Other experience, certificates, or qualifications as required by NY State.
• Intuitive, engaging, compassionate, and person-centered approaches.

Responsibilities

• Work directly, one-on-one, with a child in their natural, home environment.
• Implement the individualized Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) to help the student increase success in communication, focus, and adapting behaviors.
• Engage in rapport building and find creative solutions to help a student communicate their needs, wants, and feelings.
• Measure, assess, and document skill acquisition of student's progress on the Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP).
• Conduct goal-oriented, in-home, direct service work with a student involving implementation of ABA approaches including discrete trial teaching, prompting, modeling, redirection, reinforcements, and reward systems.
• Provide thorough and comprehensive session-to-session documentation, data analysis, and billing.
• Actively engage with clinical direction and professional feedback from BCBA supervisor(s).
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with clients or students, caregivers, supervisors, and coworkers.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly starting rate ($20 - $25 per hour based on qualifications & credentials)
• Flexible PART-TIME, consistent weekly schedule (after school & potential for weekends)
• Work collaboratively with BCBA-level leaders in our ABA Professionals Network.
• Opportunities to pursue further professional credentials: Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
• Personalized Training and Supervision from a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed