Behavioral Specialist

Make a bigger difference

Behavioral Intervention Specialist

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you’ll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. 

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference: 

Mishkon Division provides supports and services in a health and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.

POSITION OVERVIEW:   

The Behavior Specialist will design, implement and monitor the Behavior Management Programs, Instructional Goals and Valued Outcomes for all individuals using the Positive Approaches Paradigm. 

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Administer and interpret the clients; cognitive, social/motivational and adaptive living skills.
• Responsible for accurate data collection and summaries.
• Participate as an active member of the interdisciplinary team process.
• Compile paperwork and participate in Human Rights, team meetings, and Psych apts.
• Collaborate with the psychiatrists in monitoring psychotropic medications effect in conjunction with replacement behaviors and fading plans as applicable.
• Interact with the residential individuals on a daily basis.
• Maintain a case load of up to 35 individuals.
• Supervise and train direct support staff and managers in the implementation of behavior support plans and instruction goals/valued outcomes.
• Communicate with the IDT regarding all aspects of behavior.
• Complete observations and trainings regarding behavior supports.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Must know how to write BSP and FBA’s.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAININGS REQUIRED:

• Master’s degree from a program in clinical and behavioral areas and training in assessment techniques and behavioral supports plan development, as well as, knowledge of ABA programs. Must meet the OPWDD and DOH requirements for both QIDP and BIS.
• Five years’ experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities, including those dually diagnosed.
• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, ability to engage staff.
• Organized with an ability to work independently to complete projects.
• Excellent writing and presentation, listening, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent data analysis and presentation skills and proficiency with relevant software.   

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Strong computer skills are required. The ability to use Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are critical. The knowledge or ability to learn software programs including use of data and trends to inform clinical practice.

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXTERITY:

• The visual and manual dexterity needed for this position include the ability to work on the computer typing reports and reviewing charts. There is also the need to speak frequently on the telephone including a cellular phone.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• The position requires the ability to travel from site to site to make program visits. There is walking in the residential programs up and down stairs and at times the ability to lift a social services chart/field.

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans 
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities 
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program  
• Life and disability insurance 

 Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

 We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.