Aba Therapist

**We are looking for more therapists to join our incredible, ever growing and fantastically supportive team**

**Job to start in September.**

We are recruiting for ABA therapists across Liverpool. A minimum commitment required of 10 hours per week, flexible to your schedule and client's needs. Travel to clients in Liverpool, Southport, and surrounding areas will be required

**Training and Supervision provided - RBT and BCBA supervision available**

**Core Purpose of Role**:
To implement a personalised programme of educational support using behaviour analytic principles and interventions.

**Hours**:10-37.5 per week

**Salary**:£10.42 -£11 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications
- **Required qualifications and experience**_

**Qualifications**:

- Achieved or working towards completion of Registered Behaviour Technician (RBT) course
- Achieved or working towards Bachelors degree in related field.
- Achieved or working towards MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis or equivalent.
- Desirable to have additional qualifications in implementation of specific interventions such as, PECS, Makaton, PEAK etc.

**Experience**:

- Extensive experience working with children, particularly children with ASD or other additional support needs.
- Desirable to have experience in an ABA therapist role.
- Experience in the key roles and responsibilities listed below.
- **Key roles and responsibilities**_

**Implementation and professionalism**:

- Responsible for ensuring the implementation of recommendations from consultations with consultant BCBA.
- Responsible for reading and implementing ILPs - including but not limited to targets based in discrete trial teaching (DTT), natural environment teaching (NET), incidental teaching, pivotal response training (PRT), functional communication training (FCT), other communication trainings, self-help and toileting interventions.
- Responsible for reading and following any behavioural plans (including safe management of behaviours that challenge), protocols and target sheets.
- Responsible for completing ABC datasheets with adequate levels of detail.
- Responsible for completing target datasheets.
- Responsible for keeping folder organised following completion of each session.
- Responsible for ensuring effective communication to the behavioural supervisor and other key stakeholders when requested by the family or consultant BCBA.

**Teaching and Learning**:

- Responsible for continuing with therapeutic sessions as already agreed.
- Responsible for following teaching and learning recommendations.
- Responsible for providing a handover regarding targets and any ABC data completed to the behavioural supervisor and other educational support staff following each session.
- Responsible for communicating any teaching or learning requirements of the learner to the behavioural supervisor and consultant BCBA.
- Responsible for communicating any other training required for themselves or other educational support staff.

**Data collection/Assessment/Reviews**:

- Responsible for completing ABC data sheets and any other assessment elements as requested by the behavioural supervisor and consultant BCBA.
- Responsible for completing all recommended data collection procedures.
- Responsible for ensuring that data sheets remain in the folder for the behavioural supervisor to locate.
- Responsible for contributing to the summary report as requested by the behavioural supervisor.
- Responsible for contacting the behavioural supervisor if it is believed that targets need changing or adapting between workshops.

**Supervision and Training**
- Support in training new therapists or designated teaching support staff members to defined competency levels as required when requested.

**Resources**
- Responsible for ensuring that behavioural supervisors are aware of any necessary resources required for successful implementation of teaching and learning targets.
- Request or create resources required for newly introduced targets.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.42-£11.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 04/09/2023