Job Description Summary: Minimum starting salary $18.50 / hour Primary Responsibility is to assist the client and their families in progress toward specific goals by working one-on-one with the client. This person works cohesively with the Administrative and clinical staff involved with the clients treatment plan. Behavior Therapist I works one-on-one with extensive data collection of the clients progress. Behavior Therapist I provide services to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health (addiction/substance use and mental health) issues, recognizing that the individuals we serve often times have experienced trauma that affects their development and adjustment. Behavior Therapist I demonstrates a warm and welcoming empathic, hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. Behavior Therapist I will be trained in trauma-informed care and will work to help provide services in an environment that is sensitive and responsive which will prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma as a result of the care received. Behavior Therapist I reports to the Autism Supervisor and Clinical Director of the Bill & Virginia Leffen Center for Autism. Education: A graduate from an accredited four (4) year college or university, Or four (4) years experience delivering ABA services at the Bill and Virginia Leffen Center for Autism and currently enrolled in college coursework. Work Experiences: Prefer prior experience with Applied behavior analysis, but not required. Responsibilities: Performing intensive interventions with children with autism within the methodology of Applied Behavior Analysis. Implementing plans to reduce challenging behavior. Receiving weekly or bi-monthly supervision. Collecting and maintaining data. Report writing as required. Teaching and coaching of family members, caregivers, etc. as assigned. Completing billing forms/documentation as required. Perform all other duties as assigned. Physical Requirements: Typical physical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional team lifting to 200 pounds. Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed. Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours and deal with irate individuals. May require evening and weekend hours. TB test upon hire As the only locally owned, not-for-profit health system in the area, Freeman focuses on meeting the health and wellness needs of those we serve as well as the needs of our employees. Freeman in Joplin, Missouri, is a 460-bed, three-hospital system providing comprehensive healthcare services to an area that includes more than 450,000 from Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Freeman Health System includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital and Ozark Center the areas largest provider of behavioral health services as well as two urgent care clinics, dozens of physician clinics and a variety of specialty services.
