Description

Summary

As a Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) with Hummingbird ABA Therapy, you will provide 1:1 behavioral interventions to children and adolescents between the ages of  2 and 21 years old who are diagnosed with a qualifying diagnosis. The goal of the BHT is to improve independence to levels that require less or no service intervention. The BHT will attempt to transfer skills to the child/adolescent and parents.

This position requires work within Centre County, primarily in State College, PA. 

***We will be reaching out to candidates in the September/October time frame for mid-late fall hiring.

Essential Duties and Responsibilitie

• Provides face-to-face behavioral interventions. Implements Individualized Treatment Plans (ITP)
• Provides support to parents, teachers, and community members.
• Delivers and models treatment interventions.
• Provides positive reinforcement to the clients and families.
• Implements consequences for inappropriate actions as agreed upon.
• Communicates with peers and co-workers and exchanges information, which is important in achieving the individual goals for the clients.
• Setting and adhering to professional boundaries with all clients and families.
• Provides culturally aware and competent service provision.
• Completes initial training curriculum as per company requirements and guidelines, and state regulatory standards.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with little notice, dependent on client needs.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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 accommodations 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 stand, walk, sit, handle or feel, talk or hear, and see.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly working in a nontraditional setting that may include environments made up of multiple family dynamics.
• BHT will be expected to work in a variety of settings with clients, including clinics, schools, homes, or community settings.

Travel

This position requires travel up to 20%  of the time, with clients being no more than 30 minutes from the staff’s home or Hummingbird ABA Therapy's Center, unless specifically agreed upon. BHT is required to have their own reliable transportation to/from clients within Centre County.

Benefits

Paid Holidays: After 3 months of service, all full-time staff members are entitled to 9 paid holidays/year. 

Paid Time Off (PTO): All full-time staff earn 1 hour of PTO for every 25 hours worked, equivalent to 0.04 hours per hour worked. For Salaried Full-time employees, this amounts to 1.6 hours of PTO per week, even if working under 40 hours/week. PTO can be accumulated and rolled over to the following year, up to a maximum balance of 110 hours. 

Tuition Discount: All staff members are eligible for discounted tuition on Purdue Global University, Florida Institute of Technology, Ball State University, or York College’s undergraduate, graduate, or certificate programs in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Retirement Savings w/ Match: After 3 months of employment, Hummingbird ABA offers the option for staff to contribute to their retirement savings through a 401K plan. The company provides an 80% match for the first 5% of contributions.

Health, Vision, Dental Insurance: After 3 months of full-time employment, you will have the opportunity to enroll in the health, vision, and dental insurance plan funded by Hummingbird ABA. The cost of each plan will be shared between the employee (45%) and Hummingbird ABA (55%). The premium will be deducted from each paycheck.

Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance: After 3 months of employment, all employees are enrolled in a group Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance at no cost.

Optional Insurances: After 3 months of full-time employment, you will have the opportunity to enroll in Voluntary Life insurance and Short and/or Long Term Disability. The premium will be deducted from each paycheck.

Clinical Experience and Supervision: As an employee of Hummingbird ABA Therapy, you will be eligible to receive clinical experience hours and supervision towards the RBT, BCaBA, or BCBA credentials through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). BACB supervision requires a separate contract, as per the BACB’s requirements.

Training and Tuition Reimbursement: After 3 months of full-time employment, you will be eligible for reimbursement of up to $350 per year for any training or tuition expenses related to your position. To receive reimbursement, you must submit a written request along with a copy of the receipt and training/course description to Human Resources.

Discounted Phone Plans and Gym Memberships: All employees are eligible for a Verizon Wireless discount and a Planet Fitness discount. 

Employee Assistance Program (EAP): After 3 months of employment, employees are qualified for our EAP, providing low-cost or no-cost legal and financial services and mental health support.  

Requirements

 Behavioral Health Technicians shall meet all of the following requirements before starting the position:

• Must have clean PA Criminal, PA Child Abuse, and FBI Clearances
• Must have a minimum of a high school diploma or GED 

Applicants with a certificate from a valid 40-hour RBT Training Course or with certification as an RBT, BCaBA, BCAT, or IBT are preferred.