Behaviour Analyst - Toronto, Canada - West Park Healthcare Centre

West Park Healthcare Centre

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Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Status:

Permanent, Full-Time

Reports To:

Neuro Behavioural Clinical Manager

Hours of Work (shifts):

Monday - Friday (Days - Flexible Hours)

Internal Posting Dates:

April 9-15, 2024

Salary Range:

N/A

Employee Group:

Non-Union

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Job Overview:Behavioural Analysts are responsible for developing, coordinating, evaluating, and ensuring provision of behavioural rehabilitation programs or behavioural education sessions in conjunction with the Neuro Behavioural Clinical Manager

The Behavioral Analyst works in the hospital or community to make clinical decisions about behaviour through assessing, developing, implementing and teaching internal and external providers specific client programs.

This role is both mobile, requiring driving to client locations and requires delivering service in a virtual format where necessary Within this role the Behaviour Analyst participates in the process and makes recommendations regarding staff recruitment, engagement and retention though being a member of the interview panels, audits of staff adherence to patient programming and contributing to performance appraisals at West Park Healthcare Centre.

Accountabilities:

Specific Accountabilities

The Behaviour Analyst works in the hospital or the community to assess, develop, implement and teach external providers specific client programs.

This role is mobile, requiring driving to client locations. It also requires the ability to deliver services in a virtual format if required.

Assess suitability of potential clients for to receive program services in conjunction with the Neuro Behavioural Clinical Manager
Liaise with referral sources, internal and external care providers to provide input and education.
Provide teaching of behavioural and rehab interventions to internal and external caregivers.
Deliver community based learning to agencies.
Participate in the interview and performance appraisal process at West Park Healthcare Centre and for external partners as requested.

Unit Accountabilities

Functional Guidance

Provide teaching of behavioural interventions to internal and to external care providers.
Provide consultation and development of client and program activities.
Provide and participate in educational activities.
Prepare documentation.

Service Planning and Delivery

Assess behaviour and its functions using formal or informal observations and measurement and interpretation of results.
Determine client goals based on factors such as client preferences, supporting environments, risks, constraints, and social validity.
Select appropriate interventions based on assessment results, supporting environments, risks, constraints, social validity, clinical experience, and best scientific evidence.
Deliver ABA interventions directly to individuals who present with a range of skills, levels of functioning, and ages.
Plan for and identify unwanted effects of the recommended interventions.
Implement a full range of scientifically validated, behaviour analytic procedures (i.e., reinforcement, extinction, incidental teaching, and use of naturalistic teaching methods).
Utilize ABA tactics and procedures through direct, caregiver mediated and/or group intervention formats.
Train staff and/or caregivers as they deliver new or revised behavioural services.
Implement scientifically validated effective procedures for promoting generalization of behaviour change.
Observe interventions and assessments carried out by staff and/or caregivers and monitor intervention fidelity.
Conduct caregiver training using ABA procedures.
Work collaboratively with professionals from other disciplines.
Demonstrate adherence to professional ethical expectations.
Make databased decisions to modify intervention procedures.
Conduct functional assessments (including functional analyses).
Discuss assessment results, goals, service options and progress with caregivers, if applicable.
Evaluate and monitor effectiveness of interventions.
Review behaviour plans and assessment outcomes.
Review data and measuring progress.
Maintain detailed notes of progress, key decisions, and update points.
Provide behavioural oncall support.
Participate in team and/or hospital wide committees as requested.
Provide program statistics.
Participate where required in the revenue generating services of the Hospital.

Supervision, Orientation, Coaching, Education and Evaluation

Assist with orientation, training, education and evaluation of staff, and external care providers.
Delegate to supervisees those responsibilities that such persons can reasonably be expected to perform competently, ethically, and safely.
Confirm that supervisees maintain competence to perform the tasks assigned to them, considering numerous factors, including skills, education, and experience.
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