Summer Internship - Media, PA

Dates: May 27th-August 8th

Times: 8:30am-2:15pm

Location: Elwyn's Campus in Media

Training will be provided!

The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) provides one-on-one interventions including but not limited to crisis intervention, intensive behavior management support, emotional support, time-structured activities, and psychological rehabilitative activities to children/adolescents who manifest a wide range of disabilities and functioning levels at homes, schools, day care, and/or community by implementing applied behavior analytic interventions and support. The provision of these services allows the child to remain in the least restrictive treatment or education setting.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Carries out specific interventions that are identified in the behavioral treatment plan developed by the Behavioral Consultant (BC), the Interagency Team and the Elwyn treatment team
  
  
  
  • Teaches the child positive social skills in order to avoid or decrease socially inappropriate, threatening and/or dangerous behavior by implementing the behavioral interventions (e.g. role play, modeling, positive reinforcement) that have been developed by the BC
  • Models and explains the appropriate intervention to the child, family and/or teacher by working collaboratively with them modeling the behaviors based on the interventions that have been developed by the BC
  • Supports caregivers in providing immediate rewards or consequences for behavior identified in the individual behavioral treatment plan
  • Implements behavioral supports as identified in the treatment plan to support the child in their participation in activities such as summer camp, community events and school-based events
  
  
  
  
• Records behavioral data and documents progress toward child's treatment plan goals into Elwyn electronic health records system
• Writes daily progress notes consistent with treatment goal adjectives to be placed in child's case files
• Completes and submit weekly encounter forms to ensure appropriate billing
• Complies with IBHS regulations and seeks out and receives the appropriate number of supervision hours per month to maintain compliance.
• If applicable, Performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols
• Performs other duties as assigned

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Individuals who provide ABA services through BHT-ABA services shall meet one of the following:
• Have a certification as a BCaBA.
• Have a certification as an RBT.
• Have a certification as a BCAT.
• Have a behavior analysis certification from an organization that is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies or the American National Standards Institute.
• Have a high school diploma or the equivalent of a high school diploma and have completed a 40-hour training covering the RBT Task List as evidenced by a certification that includes the name of the responsible trainer, who is certified as a BCBA or BCaBA.
• Have a minimum of 2 years of experience in providing ABA services and a minimum of 40 hours of training related to ABA approved by the Department or provided by a continuing education provider approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.
• Ability to keep pace with active children
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage and prioritize multiple, often competing, priorities
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail
• 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 crisis intervention using agency-trained protocols
• Must possess excellent customer interaction, collaboration, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated basic experience with Microsoft Office Word and Outlook

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.