Assistant BIS - Midtown East

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About the Position

Under the supervision of the Program Supervisor, Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialists serve as a lead members of the direct care team, performing all duties of a Direct Support Professional (DSP) while also providing clinical supports relating to habilitative, behavioral and psychiatric needs of persons supported under the direction and oversight of the Behavior Intervention Specialist (BIS).

Job-specific functions include educating other direct care staff and program leadership on habilitative and Behavior Support Plans, supporting clinical assessments and interventions, ensuring consistent and effective data collection and providing direct feedback. Provides leadership to the team on shift, directing and assisting direct care staff in the absence of supervisor and/or assistant supervisor.

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Program (Residential)

• 35th Street - Unit #2

Location

• New York - 314 E 35th St - Suite 2

Schedule

• Tuesday and Saturday; 11am - 7pm*

• Wednesday - Friday; 3pm - 11pm

*Mid-day schedules may be subject to change based on the minimum coverage requirements of the Program

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

All Assistant Behavior Intervention Specialists (ABIS) perform the following tasks:

• Performs all duties of a Direct Support Professional (DSP 1 – 3) as indicated in job descriptions, in addition to ABIS duties on a regular basis and/or as requested to ensure the overall supervision, protection and care of individuals in program, assisting in maximizing their strengths, interests and abilities while upholding their personal rights and facilitating activities that provide social capital and connections to the community.

• Leads the identification, facilitation and scheduling of community inclusion activities for assigned program based on feedback from and needs of persons supported, coordinating resources, securing necessary funds and ensuring that activities are completed and appropriately documented.

• Supports provision of appropriate, therapeutically documented levels of supervision to ensure and protect the health, safety and well-being of individuals at all times by ensuring updates and changes to levels of supervision for persons we support are regularly communicated to all staff and appropriately documented; may run shift meetings, assigning duties, completing shift sheet and making recommendations to ensure staff are qualified and able to maintain current prescribed levels of supervision.

• Understands and uses specialized clinical knowledge of person-specific needs and signs or symptoms of ailments/syndromes including mental health/medical conditions to provide effective supports to individuals, identify and escalate concerns to leadership and inform activities, training or specialized education or augmented trainings for staff.

• Stays up to date with current issues, diagnoses, needs and levels of supervision for the persons supported in assigned program under the supervision of BIS.

• Works with BIS to identify habilitative, behavioral and psychiatric needs of the persons supported and to ensure all programming and activities relating to clinical interventions are implemented consistently, in accordance with individualized plans.

• Provides guidance to program staff, setting the appropriate tone and ensuring that the standards of care are followed by modeling excellent counseling skills and interactions with persons supported and through use of person-centered philosophy and tools.

• Implements Behavior Support Plans, demonstrating understanding of behavior as communication and employing p