Board Certified Behaviour Analyst

at  Ministry of Children Community and Social Services

At the Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) we provide highly specialized trauma-informed mental health and developmental services. These services include assessment, consultation, treatment, research and education. We work with local community services, building on what they have already done and use evidence based practices to adapt our approach to the unique needs of each child.
Note: This position is required to report to and work from the Child and Parent Resource Institute a minimum of three days per week. Requirements will continue to be aligned with the Graduated Return to the OPS Workplace.

KNOWLEDGE

• You have proven knowledge and experience as a Regulated Behaviour Analyst to practice, perform, and be responsible for behaviour programming of complex clients
• You have demonstrated knowledge of psychological procedures in assessing, describing and measuring disability or impairment
• You have knowledge of psychological assessment and treatment techniques to provide care to clients with complex behaviours

COMMUNICATION & INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

• You have communication and interpersonal skills with discretion and sensitivity to communicate information regarding psychological assessments and treatment activities to psychologists, community agencies, clients, their families and advocates
• You have experience inputting/retrieving client data, preparing reports, evaluating psychological tests and maintaining case documentation and statistics using word processing and specialised software packages
• You have the ability to participate in an inter-disciplinary team model and participate in Integrated Team Assessments and report writing.

ANALYTICAL & RESEARCH SKILLS:

• You have analytical skills to interpret and communicate strategies to clients, caregivers, and auxiliary disciplines
• You have research skills to participate in research projects

LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS:

• You have leadership skills to supervise and train non registered psychological staff and students and lead a variety of group therapy and behavioural management programs
• You have organizational skills to coordinate behavioural interventions and services

In this role, you will:

• Assess client’s behaviours and abilities through the use of functional assessment and other tools
• Provide recommendations for intervention strategies, treatment and discharge planning
• Develop treatment programs for clients based on Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) principles
• Provide leadership to non-certified staff in the development of ABA based strategies