Job Description

PURPOSE OF POSITION

This position is responsible for maintaining high quality direct service standards by overseeing the clinical assessment, treatment, and progress monitoring of clients in addition to designing and overseeing clinical training and professional development of staff. This includes the processes developed to train and credential Program Facilitators and Lead Program Facilitators as Registered Behavior Technicians and ensure ongoing compliance with BACB requirements to maintain credentials. The Clinical Director will be responsible for designing and conducting ongoing supervision for Lead Program Facilitators seeking BACB supervision. This includes coordinating with Clinicians to identify current client needs and identifying supervision projects that align. The Clinical Director will work closely with the Vice President of Trellis Autism Services and assume additional responsibilities related to the clinical workflows of the Trellis Center as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

· Supervise mid-level Clinical staff, including professional development, performance management, and ensure adherence to program operational and clinical expectations, policies, procedures, and processes through direct feedback.

· Provide clinical supervision for those seeking BACB certification, including identifying and managing supervision projects.

· Serve as the Requirements Coordinator of Registered Behavior Technicians, ensuring practices align with BACB standards.

· Designs and oversee the content and structure of clinical trainings and professional development opportunities.

· Oversee the clinical assessment process, treatment, and progress planning for client services.

· Demonstrate proficient knowledge of ASD and ABA instructional methodologies.

· Conduct Case Management of clients.

· Complete additional duties as assigned by the Vice President of Trellis Autism Services

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position supervises Lead Program Facilitators, Associate Clinicians (BCBAs), and additional clinical positions as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or

abilityrequired.Reasonableaccommodationsmaybemadetoenableindividualswithdisabilities to perform the essentialfunctions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

· Master’sdegreeinspecialeducation,appliedbehavioranalysis,psychology,orarelated field. Doctorate degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, Organizational Management or Education preferred.

· BoardCertifiedBehaviorAnalyst(BCBA or BCBA-D)issuedbytheBehaviorAnalystCertification Board(BACB) required. 5+ years’ experience post-credential preferred.

· State licensure for KS andMO.

· Management experience with professionals and/orBCBA/BCaBAs.

· Demonstrate proficient knowledge of ASD and ABA instructionalmethodologies.

· Experienceworkingwithindividualswithautismspectrumdisordersorrelative developmentaldisabilities.

· Excellentinterpersonal,verbal,andwrittencommunicationskillsandtheabilitytoexpress and exchange ideaseffectively.

· Exceptional problem-solving skills related to behavior assessment andresponse.

· Able to establish climate of trust, confidence, and mutual respect with a rangeof constituents internally andexternally.

· Abletoworkindependentlyandcollaborateeffectivelywithothers;efficientlymanage program resources – time, staff, andbudget.

· Skills to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situations – utilizing creativity, conceptual reasoning, and inductivereasoning.

· Able to respond to crisis and conflict with confidence andprofessionalism.

LANGUAGE ABILITY

Must have excellent interpersonal, oral, record keeping and written communication skills. The employee must have the ability to express or exchange ideas by means of written and verbal communication with both internal and external entities. The employee must have the ability to convey and receive detailed information or important instructions to and from various sources. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Advanced ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. This position requires an ability to calculate standard comparison measures such as percentages of difference and utilization, compute contribution margins and perform variance analysis within trends and performance measures.

COGNITIVE DEMANDS

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Extensive problem solving exists in this position. Ability to deal with problems involving several flexible variables in atypical situations without complete information requires adaptive reasoning and emotional intelligence. Problem areas include but are not limited to implementing clinical recommendation parameters effectively, problem solving last minute or time-sensitive changes, understanding authorization limitations as they pertain to scheduling, client’s needs, and recommendations for services, etc.

COMPUTER SK ILLS

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of industry specific software, industry specific systems and other web-based software programs, Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is essential to this position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear. Must also be able to jump, run, squat, and bend over, and successfully participate in crisis intervention training. Must be able to lift to 50 lbs. Regular Vision abilities, including computer work.

ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY

Active clinical office environment with high noise level and fast paced atmosphere. The duties

   and responsibilities of this position may place job-related stress on the employee.

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