Licensed Behavior Specialist / BCBA - Early Childhood ABA

CORA Services is a dynamic and growing not for profit organization in Philadelphia.  For more than 50 years, CORA has served children and families experiencing emotional, academic and social challenges that impact their development and productivity.  Our mission is to empower children, young people and families to thrive through quality and compassionate service.

CORA’s Community Services Division is currently seeking an Licensed Behavior Specialist or Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to join our Early Years Program at our Huntington Mills location.

An Early Childhood - Applied Behavioral Analysis Behavior Consultant and/or Behavior Analyst (EC-ABA-BC/BA) will have the opportunity to lead the clinical team to impact the lives of young children and families by implementing ABA services in a preschool program room. The EC-ABA BC/BA provides individual and group services to children with neurodevelopmental disorders. These services are primarily delivered in a preschool setting, and secondarily in their home and community settings (as needed). The EC-ABA-BC/BA supervises the implementation of behavioral treatment plans by EC-ABA BHTs and evaluates their performance through close observation and data review. The EC-ABA-BC/BA provides parent training, ongoing consultation, and consultation with other stakeholders in the treatment design and implementation phases. The EC-ABA-BC/BA helps plan for the client to maintain and generalize skills upon discharge.

This is a full-time, On-site position

Starting Salary:

$69,521 w/LBS (and required 2 years experience)

$74,440 w/BCBA (and required 2 years experience)

(Salary commensurate with additional experience and credentialing.)

All CORA team members are expected to uphold the mission, vision and values of CORA Services which includes valuing all individuals and supporting each individual’s potential for growth.

In addition, as a Licensed Behavior Specialist or Behavior Analyst your duties will include:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Foster a warm, nurturing, and engaging therapeutic relationship with preschool children.
• Lead the ABA intervention per daily scheduling of 7 to 9 children, ages 3-5. 
• Complete specialized assessments of multiple deficit areas, including adaptive skills, functional communication, and social skills. 
• Develop meaningful and detailed treatment plans, and intervention programming to address the needs of young children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including functional behavior assessments. 
• Develop reinforcement systems and provide behavior skills training to clients, stakeholders, and supervisees based on detailed FBAs and FAs. 
• Review program data, creating visual representations to ensure client outcomes are communicated to stakeholders and funders. 
• Utilize ABA strategies to monitor and ensure behavioral intervention plans have been implemented with fidelity. 
• Model a substantial repertoire of reinforcement techniques for staff and families. 
• Provide coaching and mentoring to staff and parents while overseeing the implementation of programs with clients. 
• Conduct group parent training on specific treatment goals and strategies that are meaningful to families. 
• Document service delivery consistently and meet all funders and state-mandated pertinent deadlines. 
• Coordinate a group model of service delivery with developmentally appropriate preschool activities with all differentiation based on individual treatment plans. 
• Collaborate closely with other early childhood intervention providers to improve outcomes for the young child. 
• Supervise ABA service delivery and the professional development of paraprofessionals and RBTs staff as part of the clinical supervisory team. 
• Attend and participate in meetings, training programs, and supervision as required by CORA, funders and the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). 

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

PA master’s level clinical license (LBS) with a scope of practice that includes overseeing the provision of ABA services and additional required supervised hours and specialized training.

Additional requirements:

• Two years of full-time professional experience working with young children with Autism or other developmental disabilities, developing Functional Behavioral Assessments and behavior plans, and providing training on behavioral interventions is required. 
• Ideally, an employee should have a BACB certification as a Board-Certified Behavioral Analyst