Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) - A Bridge to Achievement

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

***$5,000 Retention Bonus Available***

Come join our team! This position is for our University City location.

OPPORTUNITY:

A Bridge to Achievement seeks a Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) for our University City, NC region. We are looking for a BCBA who is passionate about providing ethical, assent-based, evidence-based interventions to autistic children and autistic young adults (ages 2 to 21 years). The BCBA assesses, designs, and oversees ABA services under the supervision of our Licensed Psychological Associate (LPA).

Our services are mainly center-based, with a few home and/or community sessions if needed.

ORGANIZATION:

A Bridge to Achievement is dedicated to providing the highest quality ABA therapy for the learners we serve as well as superior levels of customer service for their families. Established by professionals with over 20 years of experience in the autism field, and led by Behavior Analysts with over 40+ years of combined experience in the field of ABA, A Bridge to Achievement is committed to meeting the needs, hopes and goals of autistic individuals and their families in the Charlotte and Winston-Salem communities.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete assessment and treatment plans for service authorizations
• Create programs and teaching plans in our electronic records management system
• Provide supervision to behavior technicians and trainees
• Prepare and facilitate on-the-job staff training/program modeling
• Provide caregiver training
• Travel to learners' homes if needed

TOP 10 REASONS WHY A BRIDGE TO ACHIEVEMENT IS THE RIGHT CAREER CHOICE FOR YOU:

1- A (REAL) Balanced Personal and Professional Life – You are the backbone of our organization and we want you to be happy, so we do our very best to accommodate your needs and requests. At ABtA not only do we respect a harmonious work/life balance, we promote and encourage it! We strive to create and nurture a culture where our employees feel supported, appreciated, heard, reinforced, and able to achieve a work-life balance that works for them.

Some of the benefits we offer include flex time, generous PTO, small caseloads and billable hour requirements, and internal trainings and initiatives to promote self-care, burnout prevention and management. We also offer a tiered structure of billable hour requirements, so that you can choose what works for you. All with full-time benefits and access to pay-for-performance bonuses!

• Tier A+: 25 billable hours per week
• Tier A: 22 billable hours per week
• Tier B: 19 billable hours per week
• Tier C: 16.5 billable hours per week

Tiers align with salaries that are pro-rated, based on percentage of billable hour expectations.

2- Empowered Corporate Culture – Our leadership team is composed of BCBAs. This means that our corporate decisions are always approached with a behavior analytic eye. We know what it means to be a BCBA and a BT, so we work hard to ensure an ethical, balanced, happy, collaborative, and supportive culture!

3- Clear Career Path with Commitment to Training and Development – We are strongly committed to professional development and promotions from within to increase job satisfaction and employee growth. We pride ourselves on the many employees who have grown their careers with us and continue to do so, as well as our extremely low turnover rate forall positions. Our growing company offers continuous and structured growth potential to achieve your career goals: We want to be your dream job, and we are working hard to grow professionally alongside you!

4- Full Administrative Staff Support – You can focus exclusively on the children and families you serve while our support team manages all administrative paperwork. ABtA has an intake department, a training department, a scheduling department, a center administrative support department, and we outsource billing!

5- Our Mission and Core Values-We are proud of our mission and core values and believe that these set us apart as an ABA agency. We ensure that our everyday actions always align with these values: Inclusiveness, dignity and compassion, integrity and ethical responsibility, excellence, evidence-based programs, learner-centered, family-centered, and positive work environment. (Go to https://abridgetoachievement.com/about-us to learn more).

6- Advanced Technology – Behavior technicians upload data to our electronic records management system daily, making it easy for you to collect, analyze and utilize data to make effective programming decisions. We also utilize virtual/online assessment portals for our learners (VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, EFL, AFLS, etc.), although we also have paper and pencil formats for any old-school BCBAs.

7- No non-compete clauses – At ABtA we believe and encourage collaboration among ourselves, ancillary providers, and other providers and agencies in the field of ABA. We do not believe in non-competes! We believe in building a workplace that you never want to leave because you love it here, not because you are being forced to stay!

8- Commitment to assent-based, ethical, compassionate, and best practice guidelines– We closely adhere to our Professional and Ethical Compliance Code: We are an agency that is focused on responsible and ethical growth, where the emphasis is on the quality of services and never the quantity. We offer:

• A generous investment in professional development
• Monthly BCBA and LPA collaboration and supervision meetings
• Formal BCBA Mentorship Program
• Formal Trainee Program
• Free internal CEU events and professional development book clubs
• A thorough Quality Assurance systems in place to ensure high quality and ethical practices are consistently implemented
• Promote internal and external collaborations to broaden our team members’ scope of competence
• Ensure that we remain abreast with the most current ABA technologies and research.

9- We value our employee’s feedback, and use it to continuously shape and build a company we are all proud of– At ABtA, we have an open-door policy, and you have direct access to our leadership team who are eager to explore your suggestions and ideas for company improvement. Many of our corporate decisions and benefits are the result of our own employees' ideas and suggestions. We conduct bi-annual 360 reviews, regular BT and BCBA roundtables, and regular company meetings and surveys to assess how we are doing as employers. See what our own employees are saying about us and our culture!

10- Our Exceptional Benefits:

• See below under benefits!

Requirements

• Required Certification: Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

• Required Licensure: NC Behavior Analyst license
• 1+ year of post certification experience required
• 2+ years of experience implementing ABA interventions with children with ASD
• Proficient at conducting assessments such as VB-MAPP, Vineland, ABLLS, FBAs and writing assessment reports under the supervision and guidance of the agency’s licensed professional in compliance with the NC Psychology Board.
• Skilled at writing behavior reduction and skill acquisition programs under the supervision and guidance of the agency’s licensed professional in compliance with the NC Psychology Board.
• Experience training and supervising ABA Behavior Technicians and parents on implementing ABA techniques under the supervision and guidance of the agency’s licensed professional in compliance with the NC Psychology Board.
• Travel to learners’ homes as needed.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Creative, high-energy and organized. Positive attitude. Strong work ethic.
• Valid driver’s license and car insurance.
• Reliable transportation and a clean driving record.
• Flexible schedule.
• Criminal background check, health care registry check, and drug test.

Benefits

10- Our Exceptional Benefits:

• Competitive and transparent pay with lower billable hour requirements
• Generous PTO:
• Ten (10) paid holidays
• Two (2) weeks of Paid Time Off (which increases with every employee year)
• One (1) week of Paid Self-Care Time Off
• Shared PTO policy
• Generous professional development allowance (which increases with every employee year)
• Covered NC-ABA registration, CEU fees, and lodging (if living more than 1 hour from conference site)-PLUS no need to use PTO to attend the conference!
• Internal Free CEU events
• Mileage reimbursement policy for BCBAs (although most learners receive center-based services)
• Quarterly bonus incentives for exceeding billable hour guidelines while maintaining quality standards
• Mentorship and collaboration for all BCBAs, including our formal BCBA Mentorship Program
• Flexible schedule
• Agency laptop provided, and choice of Agency Phone or Phone Stipend
• Professional liability coverage
• Amazing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for all employees (plus their partners and dependents) which includes counseling services, financial services, legal services, discounts and more!
• Healthcare Insurance Options (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life)
• Ancillary Insurance Options through Aflac (STD, LTD, and more!)
• 401k Retirement Plan with a company match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for medical expenses and dependent care expenses
• Agency social events
• Exceptional benefits for our BTs (because our BTs deserve it!)- Happy BTs: Happy learners, happy parents and happy BCBAs!
• Our BTs have a consistent (30+) hours policy
• They get paid drive time AND mileage reimbursement policy
• They get exceptional pay!
• They get full benefits (401(k) with company match, health insurance, etc.)
• They have PTO, paid holidays, AND Paid Self care
• We have career growth opportunities for BTs and trainees, including a formal trainee program

ABtA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.