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Looking for Specialists in Community Support, Skill Building, Behavior Support, and Vocational Services.

Job Descriptions

As a Community Support Specialist you will…

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring health, safety, dignity, and individual rights of learners at all times
  • Provide service delivery as scheduled (on time) and as defined in learner’s homes and local communities
  • Participate in observation and basic data collection to help shape goals/objectives
  • Complete and submit all daily progress notes and timesheets in a timely and professional manner in accordance with ACCS guidelines
  • Participate in team meetings and collaborate with team members as needed
  • Adhere to ACCS Policies and Procedures

Qualifications:

  • Valid driver’s license, car insurance, car registration and inspection stickers
  • High school diploma or GED
  • PA Background check with no criminal record (FBI finger printing for candidates out of state)
  • Previous experience in related field highly preferred

Key Responsibilities:

· Ensuring health, safety, dignity, and individual rights of learners at all times

· Provide service delivery as scheduled (on time) and as defined in learner’s homes and local communities

· Develop Skill Building Plan (SBP) that identifies goals to be monitored, and is comprehensive in specifying strategies for implementation to support the individual’s progress

· Monitor and analyze data, making changes when necessary

· Provide training on the Skill Building Plan and its implementation

· Complete and submit all daily progress notes and timesheets in a timely and professional manner in accordance with ACCS guidelines

· Participate in team meetings and collaborate with team members as needed

· Adhere to ACCS Policies and Procedures

Qualifications:

· Valid driver’s license, car insurance, car registration and inspection stickers

· Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to human services such as sociology, special education, psychology, gerontology, applied behavior analysis, etc.

· PA Background check with no criminal record (FBI finger printing for candidates out of state)

· Previous experience in related field highly preferred

Spread our Mission: ACCS strives to educate that every person is unique and has a purpose. Serving adults with autism in 28 counties across PA, ACCS is committed to creating lasting and meaningful change for those in our treatment. As a Behavioral Support Specialist you will contribute your leadership and behavioral expertise to guide an individual’s team of support staff toward empowering the individual to build upon their skillset and succeed in targeted goal areas. You will identify essential strategies to encourage active engagement/participation, positive interactions, and perseverance.

Key Responsibilities:

· Ensure clients’ health, safety, dignity, and individual rights

· Conduct Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)

· Develop Behavior Support Plans (BSP) that are individualized, identify SMART behavioral goals to be monitored, and are comprehensive in specifying strategies for implementation to support the individual’s progress

· Develop a Crisis Intervention Plan (CIP) and provide crisis intervention support as needed

· Monitor and analyze data, making changes when necessary

· Provide training on the BSP and its implementation

· Collaborate with the person’s service treatment team, including participation in the individual’s ISP meetings

· Complete/submit all daily progress notes and time sheets in a timely/professional manner in accordance with ACCS policy

Qualifications:

· Master’s Degree or higher in Psychology, Special Education, Counseling, Social Work, Education, Applied Behavioral Analysis, or Gerontology

o AND/OR have a PA Behavior Specialist License

o AND/OR BCBA – ACCS offers supervision to those pursuing BCBA

 

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Have questions or want to learn more? Feel free to contact our recruiter, Suzanne Mateyka, at smateyka@appliedccs.com

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