POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for planning, monitoring, and improving overall clinical services delivered to children residing in the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Train Applied Behavioral Support (ABS) staff on behavioral/treatment plans
• Manage a caseload of children and their families with tasks, including but not limited to:
  • Formulating comprehensive assessments for assigned children and their families' strengths, weaknesses, and areas for development and growth
  • Providing regular individual and family therapy and participating as an active and available member of the overall treatment climate
  • Creating, maintaining and supervising the behavior/treatment plan with active participation of all necessary team members
  • Communicating with team members, clients, and their families, as well as outside agencies and referral sources
  • Conducting Functional Behavioral Analysis (FBAs), clinical interventions, as well as developing the necessary auxiliary materials to assist assigned clients in their treatment/behavioral goals
• Conduct Managed Care Organizations (MCO) reviews including clinical reviews of assigned children, family involvement, home visits, and family therapy for the families on their caseload
• Create and maintain contemporaneous documentation of therapeutic sessions and treatment progress
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), crisis intervention and medication administration using agency-trained protocols
• Perform other duties as assigned

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Clinical Director

DIRECT REPORTS: None

CONTACTS: Elwyn clientele and staff, families, funding agencies, representatives from MCO's, county and state agency representatives, medical consultants, and vendors

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Master's degree in psychology with Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) focus. Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) eligible or BCBA licensed preferred
• Four (4) years of experience developing and providing therapeutic interventions to children and youth on the Autism Spectrum
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Demonstrated strong time management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated excellent judgment with the ability to independently solve problems and make decisions with little or no need for direct supervision
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate future needed changes or identify problem areas and take effective actions
• Must be able to perform CPR, and medication administration using agency-trained protocols and perform crisis intervention protocol
• Must possess excellent customer interaction, collaboration, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated intermediate experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint; report-writer experience preferred
• Knowledge of Electronic Health Record (EHR) / Electronic Medical Record (EMR) preferred
• Must have current, valid driver's license in state of residence, three (3) years driving experience in the United States, and acceptable driving record

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE: See Physical Demands Checklist below which represents the general physical demands and environment conditions to which the employee holding this position must meet, in addition to the duties and responsibilities listed above, to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Elwyn will engage otherwise qualified candidates for this position whose disabilities may require reasonable accommodations to enable an individual to perform the essential functions.

Elwyn reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as needed. This job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of duties and responsibilities of the job nor does it constitute a written or implied contract.

Elwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and identity, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, genetic information, disability status, military or veteran status, marital or family status, political activities or affiliations, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, and federal law.

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