ABA Therapist

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

UK ONLY

We are recruiting for ABA therapists in Blackburn. A minimum commitment required of 10 hours per week, flexible to your schedule and client's needs. This role involves travelling to clients within Blackburn and to surrounding areas. This is a zero hour contract.

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: per week

We are currently recruiting for

Weekdays 9-3

Weekends and Various Hours

Salary: £ £12.50 per hour, depending on experience

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.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Zero hours contract

Pay: £12.21-£12.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Application question(s):

• Are you willing to undergo a background check, in accordance with local law/regulations?
• Do you have extensive experience working with children, particularly children with ASD or other additional support needs?
• Have you achieved, or working towards, completion of MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis or equivalent?
• Have you achieved, or working towards, completion of Registered Behaviour Technician (RBT) course?
• Do you drive and have access to transportation?
• Do you currently live in or will you be able to reliably commute to Blackburn, England?

Work Location: On the road