Assistant Center Director (ACD), Ally Behavior Centers, Beltsville, MD
Ally Behavior Centers -
Beltsville, MD,
US
Assistant Center Director (ACD)
Date Posted: 2024-06-15
Job description
Job Title: Assistant Clinical Director (ACD)
Reports to: Clinical Director (CD)
Location: Beltsville, MD Clinic
Who We Are: Ally Behavior is a dynamic, fun, and rewarding place to work that offers superior growth and leadership opportunities in a supportive, engaging environment. We are a full-time, center-based, early intervention Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy program serving children with autism ranging from 18 months to 6 years of age. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality therapy to help our early learners reach their potential to communicate, improve social skills, and prepare for academic success. The children we serve are at the heart of everything we do and we are passionate about our commitment to having a meaningful impact in the lives of our children and their families. We have a unique and collaborative start-up culture that is driven by our diverse team of professionals and our core values of transparency, accountability, respect for others, and growth. Our comprehensive onboarding and training approach will support and prepare you to provide the best possible ABA therapy to our clients!
Job Summary: Our ACDs provide leadership and organizational management in a therapy clinic for both RBTs and BCBAs in addition to maintaining responsibilities including but not limited to client programming, behavior interventions, staff development, classroom management, and parent training.
Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
Experiential & Certification Requirements:
Physical Requirements:
What You Will Bring:
What We Offer When Joining Our Team:
Note: This position is NOT eligible for Visa sponsorship.
Ally Behavior is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with Federal and State Equal Opportunity Laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, veteran status or any other legally protected status
Reports to: Clinical Director (CD)
Location: Beltsville, MD Clinic
Who We Are: Ally Behavior is a dynamic, fun, and rewarding place to work that offers superior growth and leadership opportunities in a supportive, engaging environment. We are a full-time, center-based, early intervention Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy program serving children with autism ranging from 18 months to 6 years of age. Our mission is to deliver the highest quality therapy to help our early learners reach their potential to communicate, improve social skills, and prepare for academic success. The children we serve are at the heart of everything we do and we are passionate about our commitment to having a meaningful impact in the lives of our children and their families. We have a unique and collaborative start-up culture that is driven by our diverse team of professionals and our core values of transparency, accountability, respect for others, and growth. Our comprehensive onboarding and training approach will support and prepare you to provide the best possible ABA therapy to our clients!
Job Summary: Our ACDs provide leadership and organizational management in a therapy clinic for both RBTs and BCBAs in addition to maintaining responsibilities including but not limited to client programming, behavior interventions, staff development, classroom management, and parent training.
Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Conduct and score initial (and ongoing) cases using appropriate tools
- Develop individualized treatment plans for each client and communicate goals/progress with your team of Behavior Technicians
- Maintain a caseload of clients across all aspects of treatment including intake, assessment, case conceptualization and treatment planning, intervention, data-based outcome evaluation, treatment plan revision, report writing, care-giver training, and post-service transition.
- Ensure clinical quality of the center and other BCBAs, conducting case reviews of your team
- Meet billable hour targets for supervision and parent trainings
- Minimum 5% supervision per kid
- Minimum Parent Training 1x per month per client, ideally 2x per month
- 20 billable hours per week
- Provide supervision for BCBA/BCaBA candidates
- Ensure quarterly goals are met and clinical audits are passed
- Develop parent training goals and lead parent training meetings
- Collaborate with Speech and Occupational Therapists to coordinate the therapy of shared clients
- Provide direct one-on-one ABA therapy to children as necessary
- Attend team meetings as scheduled
- Carry out the Ally Behavior Handbook guidelines
- Maintain strict client confidentiality following HIPAA protocol
- Maintain open communication with families and clinical teams to ensure the most effective treatment and goals
Experiential & Certification Requirements:
- Master's Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, Psychology, Special Education, or related field required
- MD license as behavioral analyst (or willingness to obtain upon hire)
- BCBA Certification from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board required
- BLS Certification (or willingness to complete training and exam upon hire)
- Ability to be on-site from 8:30am-5:30pm Monday through Friday required
- Reliable transportation and a valid driver's license
- Must submit to a federal and state background check
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to sit on the floor, kneel, crawl, squat, run or stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to reach and hold objects
- Ability to lift 30 pounds
What You Will Bring:
- Enthusiasm to make a difference working with young children and their families
- Passion for the Ally core values and the ability to relate them to your staff and center
- Exceptional ability in building trusting relationships and maintaining confidentiality
- Commitment to learn and pursue professional development
- Strong knowledge of ABA principles
- Strong leadership and professionalism qualities
- Effective communication skills
- Multi-tasking & time management
- Creative solutions to problems with the ability to quickly adapt
- Patience and calm demeanor in stressful situations
- Strong performance in team settings & collaboration with others
What We Offer When Joining Our Team:
- Salaried, full-time position
- Over $20,000 in bonus eligibility (on top of base salary)
- Guaranteed bi-weekly paycheck
- 18 days of paid time off plus 9 paid holidays
- CEU assistance and professional development opportunities
- Medical +HSA, Dental, and Vision coverage through Cigna
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Short-Term Disability (100% Employer-Paid)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Term-Life/AD&D Insurance
- Whole Life Insurance
- Critical Illness with Cancer Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Hospital Confinement Insurance
Note: This position is NOT eligible for Visa sponsorship.
Ally Behavior is an equal opportunity employer. In compliance with Federal and State Equal Opportunity Laws, qualified applicants are considered for all positions applied for without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, veteran status or any other legally protected status