Location: Vestal, NY Category: Professional & Support Staff Posted On: Fri Nov 1 2024 Job Description:

The Institute for Child Development (ICD) is an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), their families, and their communities through compassionate partnerships and high-quality, person-centered, evidence-based practice. Our goal is to encourage each individual to reach their potential while appreciating the strengths that neurodivergence brings to our community. Located on the Binghamton University campus and affiliated with the Psychology Department, the ICD has been providing services to children and their families for over 45 years. ICD continues to be a center of excellence for service, training, and community engagement and is also a member of The Council of Autism Service Providers.

This position will be part of our dynamic team at ICD, which involves a number of programs and service models supporting the Southern Tier of New York. These programs include The Children's Unit for Treatment and Evaluation (CUTE), a New York State Approved Special Education Program (ages 3-11) and NASET School of Excellence, the Binghamton Regional Center for ASD, the Child & Adolescent Diagnostic and Consultation Clinic, and other training and education programs and initiatives prioritized by ICD. This position will be mostly centered in the CUTE school program with possible opportunities to support other programs and initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate, train, and supervise direct care professional and paraprofessional staff in providing effective services to enrolled students with reliance on evidence-based strategies.

• Develop, implement, and maintain staff training curricula and competency assessments to maintain high quality of facility services.

• Read and implement habilitative programs for students in collaboration with professional and leadership staff.

• Monitor and objectively evaluate staff progress on competencies and training initiatives; revise strategies as required.

• Conduct and consult on program analyses to determine effectiveness.

• Prepare written reports as needed.

• Participate in multiple weekly/monthly staff meetings, providing guidance and supervision regarding consistency of actions with ICD's mission and values.

• Provide proactive support, in vivo supervision, and performance feedback to direct care staff, practicum trainees, and auxiliary staff as directed.

• Provide support for Safety-Care TM programs to support emotional well-being of staff and students.

• Help to promote safety, health, nutrition, and social development during all activities.

• Have strong communication skills and the ability to manage all supervisory needs in collaboration with the executive leadership of ICD.

Duties:

• Collaborate, train, and supervise direct care professional and paraprofessional staff in providing effective services to enrolled students with reliance on evidence-based strategies.

• Develop, implement, and maintain staff training curricula and competency assessments to maintain high quality of

  facility services.

• Read and implement habilitative programs for students in collaboration with professional and leadership staff.

• Monitor and objectively evaluate staff progress on competencies and training initiatives; revise strategies as required.

• Conduct and consult on program analyses to determine effectiveness.

• Prepare written reports as needed.

• Participate in multiple weekly/monthly staff meetings, providing guidance and supervision regarding consistency of actions with ICD's mission and values.

• Provide proactive support, in vivo supervision, and performance feedback to direct care staff, practicum trainees, and auxiliary staff as directed.

• Provide support for Safety-Care TM programs to support emotional well-being of staff and students.

• Help to promote safety, health, nutrition, and social development during all activities.

• Have strong communication skills and the ability to manage all supervisory needs in collaboration with the executive leadership of ICD.

Level of Supervision

• This position will be supervised by and work closely with senior and executive leadership at ICD. In vivo supervision of instructional effectiveness will be provided. In addition, consultation on program development, data evaluation and related responsibilities will be held as needed.

Health and Hygiene Safeguards

• The ICD physical facilities are utilized by individuals from the University and the community; therefore, we cannot guarantee that areas within ICD are allergen free.

• All staff members are required to use vinyl gloves to meet required safety and hygiene standards where applicable.

• All staff members will need to comply with hand-washing/hand-sanitizing protocols, where posted, as part of general operating procedures.

  Job Requirements:

• Master's Degree or higher in behavior analysis, special education, school psychology/psychology, or a related field or enrolled in a graduate program pursuing such a degree.

• Board Certified Behavior Analyst credential in good standing with the BACB or certificate eligible (includes candidates who may need supervision hours to meet requirements for BCBA exam; service agreement required for supervision support).

• Familiarity with performance-based instruction and data-based decision-making in education.

• Experience with individuals diagnosed with ASD, particularly children ages 3-11 for a minimum of two years with at least one year being in a supervisory capacity over other staff.

• Must be fluent and easily understood in English with very good articulation to accommodate the communication and comprehension needs of the individuals served.

• Must be able to proficiently read, write, and comprehend written text and communicate in written form in English as the primary means of understanding and implementing individualized education plans and providing required documentation.

• Must have normative vision, hearing, strength, and agility in order to meet routine and emergency needs and safety of children and fellow staff. This includes:

• Capability to lift and carry a 50-pound child a minimum distance of 100 feet

• Capability to quickly move from floor sitting position to running to retrieve a child who may run away

Preferred:

• BACB Supervisor Training Curriculum 8-hour training complete.

• Licensed or license eligible for Licensed Behavior Analyst in NY.

• Hold active Safety-Care TM Trainer Certificate.

Organizational Policies:

• Must be able to demonstrate, via written exam in English, competency on ICD policies and procedures as presented in staff manuals.

• Exams must be passed, (proficiency 90%), within the first month of employment. Failure to do so results in immediate probation. If the exam is not passed within three attempts, employment may be terminated. Exams will be administered a maximum of 3 times per employee.

• Per State Education Department regulations, all employees are subject to clearance through the State Central Register of Child Abuse / Maltreatment and fingerprint supported criminal history background check.

• Per state Department of Health regulations all employees are subject to clearance through the Justice Center's Staff Exclusion List prior to hiring.

  Additional Information:

Salary: $60,000 entry level salary. Negotiable based on experience. Full-time,12-month position.

Professional Development Support: Conference and training support (up to $800 per individual funding per year at employee request), in-house continuing education trainings and workshops (BACB CEUs, NYSED CTLEs), tuition support for coursework relevant to role, and access to experts in clinical psychology, applied behavior analysis, special education, literacy, and classroom management.

Research Foundation Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy-related conditions, reproductive health decisions, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, familial status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, prior arrest or conviction record, genetic characteristics/genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, military status or service, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state or local law. The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Research Foundation for SUNY is a private, not for profit corporation and is a separate employer from SUNY and the State of New York and offers separate compensation and benefit plans.

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