Assistant Clinical Director; ACD

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The Assistant Clinical Director (ACD) provides clinical oversight of ABA services within a center, supports a caseload, and provides ongoing structured mentorship to BCBAs in the center. The ACD is integral to the mentorship and training of BCBAs at the local, in-center level. The ACD has exemplary clinical, leadership, and mentorship skills. Additionally, the ACD is able to successfully impart those skills – clinical, leadership, and professional growth – in fellow BCBAs.

• Provides program oversight for a patient caseload
  • Conducts behavioral and skills assessments, as required by funding sources, and as needed based on data/clinical judgment
  • Develops compassionate and function-based behavior intervention plans and individualized, developmentally-sensitive treatment plans
  • Completes initial evaluations for potential patients
• Provides training and supervision to Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) and Fieldwork students
  • Completes RBT competency assessments and re‑assessments
  • Responsible for continued competence and professional growth for RBTs, Fieldwork Students, and Trainers during weekly consultation (protocol modification) overlaps by using Behavioral Skills Training
  • Holds regular RBT POD meetings
  • Ensures supervision hours of RBTs meet the requirements of the BACB
• Builds and maintains positive family/caregiver relationships throughout the lifecycle/course of treatment of the patient
  • Completes regularly scheduled family guidance sessions
  • Identified touchpoints throughout the patient’s experience at Hopebridge to meet with the parent/caregiver to review progress and collaborate on individualized treatment plans and behavior plans.
  • Engages in coordination of care with the patient’s physicians, Hopebridge’s 360 Care team (Occupational and Speech Therapy), and other stakeholders
• Provides regular structured BCBA mentorship sessions and supportive performance guidance
  • Provides clinical oversight, consistent with Hopebridge quality standards and evidence-based practices to BCBAs within center by monitoring clinical program progress through defined quality audit processes
  • Supports clinical performance of BCBAs within center via procedural integrity documentation, provide feedback and necessary training, and communicate concerns to Regional BCBA, Center Manager, and Regional Center Manager as appropriate
  • Implements the Hopebridge BCBA Mentorship and Training curriculum with integrity
  • Delivers balanced corrective and development feedback to BCBAs
  • Uses Hopebridge reports to drive clinical performance

• Attention to Detail - the ability to see and pay attention to details; the ability to recognize the component parts of a procedure or object, and to verify the correctness or error in an individual part or procedure
• Attitude Toward Others - maintaining a positive, open, and objective attitude toward others
• Emotional Control - the ability to maintain a rational and objective demeanor when faced with stressful or emotional situations; a measure of self-composure in a difficult situation and the ability to act objectively, rather than impulsively or emotionally
• Enjoyment of the Job - the feeling that one's job is both fulfilling and rewarding and that it has a positive and useful benefit.
• Flexibility - the ability to readily modify, respond to, and integrate change with minimal personal resistance
• Handling Stress - the ability to balance and defuse inner tensions and stresses; the ability to appropriately separate yourself from stressful situations and maintain your own sense of inner peace.
• Developing Others - develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods
• Communication - excellent written and oral communication skills
• Self-Awareness and Leadership - demonstrated awareness of personal leadership skills and relationship management

Provides supervision, guidance, and mentorship to BCBAs and BCaBAs within assigned center in accordance with…