Youth Residential Clinician

Woods Services•Middletown Township, PA

21h

About The Position

Woods Services is seeking a compassionate and committed Youth Residential Clinician to provide behavior analytic services to a small caseload of children who exhibit challenging behaviors in residential, school, and community settings. The role focuses on individualized behavioral programming, stabilization, skill generalization, and possible reunification with a family or transition to a less restrictive setting. Caseloads are typically 8–12 individuals. The clinician develops and monitors individualized goals, behavior plans, and treatment plans; integrates goals into daily residential and classroom routines; collects and evaluates progress data; collaborates with families, staff, schools, and related service providers; and provides parent training and clinical coaching to paraprofessionals. The position also includes direct support for children’s daily living skills and extensive clinical documentation. A flexible schedule is offered, with some evenings and weekends required to meet caseload needs. Supervision for licensure is provided.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis or a related human services field with ABA experience; BCBA eligibility or BCBA preferred.
Background in developing and implementing behavioral interventions in accordance with high standards of practice.
Expertise or training in conducting functional behavior assessments.
Knowledge of normal human development and experience treating individuals with developmental disabilities and/or co-morbid mental health disorders.
Ability to lift or transfer a minimum of 50 pounds.
Clinician I: Graduate degree in psychology or a related discipline.
Clinician II: Graduate degree in psychology or a related discipline and LAPC, LSW, or LBS required.
Clinician III: Graduate degree in psychology or a related discipline; licensed mental health professional with an LPC, LCSW, or Licensed Psychologist license required.
Flexible schedule, with some evenings and weekends required to meet caseload needs.
Ability to manage a high level of documentation and direct care, collaboration, and consultation.

Nice To Haves

BCBA certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop individualized goals and objectives with children and families by reviewing evaluations, discussing treatment goals, and identifying skill deficits and behaviors that may require additional treatment.
Develop behavior and treatment plans emphasizing antecedent strategies, reduction of problematic behaviors, and development of skills and replacement behaviors.
Integrate each client’s ISP goals and objectives into residential and classroom routines and activities.
Monitor and evaluate progress through observations, data collection, and ongoing assessments.
Consult and collaborate with parents, team members, school faculty, funding agencies, and other school agencies regarding goal-related actions.
Maintain regular communication and rapport with parents through parent training and progress reports.
Collaborate with speech therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, special instructors, and other related service providers to support client participation in activities.
Prepare individualized materials such as visual schedules, communication aids, and reinforcement protocols as required by each ISP.
Support children with daily living skills, including toileting, mealtimes, hygiene, and dressing activities.
Complete clinical documentation, including Functional Behavior Assessments, ISP and treatment-plan updates, monthly summaries and data collection, required outcome tools, preference assessments, fidelity checks, and graphing.
Complete weekly paperwork, including progress notes and encounter forms, in compliance with funding agency and licensing requirements.
Coach and mentor paraprofessionals, including training them on behavior plans and interventions and monitoring implementation and treatment-goal progress.
Supervise client data sheets and program development and complete fidelity checks on program implementation.
Conduct parent training focused on treatment goals meaningful to the client’s family.
Create ongoing data collection systems to establish baseline data, assess program efficacy, and guide programming through frequent data analysis.
Meet with supervised staff as needed to discuss client issues and provide support.
Oversee the development of individualized plans in the milieu and incorporate therapeutic activities into schedules.
Provide input for biopsychosocial or psychiatric evaluations as needed.
Conduct and document weekly or bi-weekly parent training or family therapy sessions.
Participate in monthly interdisciplinary team meetings with the program’s psychiatric provider and other team members, presenting objective data and behavioral graphs to support medication management and therapeutic planning.
Participate in treatment team meetings and present progress, barriers, goals, and interventions.
Perform other duties relevant to program operations as defined by the Clinical Director.