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YAI Behavior Support Assistant - CFS in Queens, New York
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About the Position :
YAI has an opening for a Behavior Support Assistant. YAI promotes a person-centered approach by creating supports that cater to the specific needs of each person. Join our dynamic team teaching daily and independent living skills, providing individual and group counseling, and promoting community integration. The ideal candidate will have enthusiasm for working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a willingness to help with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as assisting with showering, toileting, grooming, laundry and housekeeping as necessary. The BSA works directly with people in their home, work, and daily life in varying capacities. A BSA must have previously worked as a DSP, completed all the required trainings and demonstrated all the knowledge, skills and accountabilities of a Direct Service Professional Level three. The BSA position blends together the DSP role and the clinical leadership role. Clinical leadership under the supervision of the BIS includes educating team members on habilitative and Behavior Support Plans, assisting with clinical assessments, ensuring data collection and providing direct feedback and education to all team members.
Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Provides in-home services that accommodate families' schedules and needs including assessment, observation, training/education and monitoring for people we support (PWS) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in times of crisis or as requested to address specific behavioral concerns.
Conducts behavioral and habilitative assessments via formal means (written questionnaires, rating scales, baseline data, etc. home and school observation) and through informal observations, under supervision of a clinical supervisor.
Participates in the development of written, individualized habilitative plans in accordance with the agency philosophy, as determined by individual need.
Provides in-home intervention, supportive behavioral counseling and training to families who are experiencing specific behavior problems that impact the family’s routine or ability to function.
Provides short term in-home training designed to address specific behaviors and enhance family coping and parental skills and supports families through the entire intervention.
Coordinates intervention and observations with other service providers (school, therapies, ACS, etc.) and assesses progress/supports in other settings related to behavior intervention plans.
Provides direct care services as needed including assistance with personal care/Activities of Daily Living (ADL)s including toileting, grooming, laundry and housekeeping, etc., medical, dietary, social, sexual, recreational, financial, habilitative and other needs within the program.
Coaches and trains caregivers and PwS in a variety of areas, including but not limited to:
Using progressive teaching to ensure that all clinical interventions are properly implemented
Communicating clinical rationales
Providing both formal and informal feedback
Role modeling use of person-centered philosophy and use of person-centered tools
Implementing of habilitative and behavioral programming
Appropriate data collection techniques
ADLs and other skills, as needed
Monitors the data collection, ensure that the data is totaled from multiple sources and summarized on a weekly basis, to analyze the data for effective use, to compare the data to assess for progress or significant changes, and that new data sheets are accessible at the beginning of each month
Oversees/maintains the completion of all required paperwork, including daily and monthly progress reports, Person-Centered materials, Intakes, Phase summaries, Quarterly and Fiscal Year Summaries, and ensures that all pertinent information is included on anecdotals.
Provides the appropriate therapeutically documented level (or maximum level, where unclear/unknown) of an individual’s supervision or safety plan to ensure and protect the individual’s health/safety and well-being.
Meets for regular supervision with supervisors to discuss case updates and receive recommendations
Participates in Team Rounds and leads discussions around assigned casework
Creates occurrences and incident reports as needed and follows up with supervisor’s recommendations.
Performs all other duties, as assigned
Compensation:
$22.50/hour to $22.50/hour
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our Roots:
YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.
YAI Today:
Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.
Better Together:
At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.
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