Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Who is NCYF?

Northeast Center for Youth & Families, Inc. (NCYF) is made up of a team of devoted and highly skilled professionals and paraprofessionals who provide quality care to the individuals we serve. Our agency is led by a passionate and involved leadership team based out of our Easthampton main office.

NCYF opened its doors in 1972 and became incorporated in 1976. We’re an experienced agency with multiple locations which provide foster care services, in home therapy, outpatient therapy, treatment residences , and therapeutic day programs. For nearly 50 years, we have been committed to providing innovative and high quality care to our consumers. Our mission is to empower individuals, children, adults and families to live healthy and successful lives. Our values include respect, integrity, compassion and hope. We encompass these values in everything we do.

NCYF provides paid training for all employees. We offer competitive wages, a dynamic work environment & the following benefits: Medical/Dental Insurance; Disability; Group Term Life/Voluntary Life; 401k Retirement; Paid Holidays/Vacation/Personal/Sick time; Whole Life, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance; Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Tuition Reimbursement, and Member Discounts.

Board Certified Behavioral Analyst

Northeast Center for Youth and Families, Inc. has a full-time opening for a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to be part of the Residential Services clinical team that will focus on the behavioral and mental challenges that latency-age youth and female adolescent youth face in their well-being.

The primary role of the Board Certified Behavioral Analyst is to support the development, implementation, and refinement of programmatic and individual behavioral supports for clients with social, emotional, and behavioral health needs. The Board Certified Behavioral Analyst will function as a specialist whose expertise will increase the capacity of all team members to effectively provide behavioral support to clients and will also function as the primary interventionist in the modeling of data collection, conducting assessments and formulating individual treatment plans, and providing group work to youth, as well as training staff and assisting youth in meeting treatment goals.

The Board Certified Behavioral Analyst will develop and implement assessment tools to conduct functional behavior assessments and analyses when appropriate and develop appropriate behavior strategies to teach appropriate behavior and reduce maladaptive behaviors.

Board Certified Behavioral Analysts provide ongoing support and create and present training workshops to direct support professionals and other individuals in support roles. The BCBA also meets as needed with supervised staff to discuss ongoing client issues and provide support as necessary.

A Board Certified Behavioral Analyst with NCYF develops behavior plans/treatment plans for all clients with a focus on teaching and other strategies for reducing problematic behaviors, as well as providing crisis intervention as needed, including but not limited to verbal discussion/processing of events with clients and staff and the application of physical intervention methods to reduce the risk of injury to clients or staff.

The Board Certified Behavioral Analyst must maintain all data, paperwork, and communication between personal care staff and families, and to provide ongoing feedback to government related agencies. The BCBA will also perform other duties as assigned by the Clinical Director of Residential Services. Candidate must have experience with the writing of IEP goals and objectives/benchmarks.

NCYF Board Certified Behavioral Analysts will provide transportation for clients to and from site (in agency vehicles as well as personal vehicle).

Qualifications include:

A Master's Degree in Applied Behavioral Analysis; Psychology; Human Services; or Special Education

Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) Certification.

Approved CORI & DCF background checks (preformed by the EEC)

Approved driving background check

Valid driver's license and reliable transportation

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