Behaviour Consultant - Burnaby, Canada - CBI Consultants

Description

Behaviour Consultant working with children and adults.

CBI Consultants has been providing person centered inclusive practices since 1990.

We are committed to full inclusion for persons with disabilities and have provided training and technical assistance to more than 10,000 family members, school personnel, businesses and community living personnel throughout the world.

VALUES
Everyone has the right to be heard and supported to live the life of their choosing.

Everyone has the right to be taught to communicate their wants and needs such that they don't need to use challenging behavior.

OBJECTIVES

• To develop an evidence based, personcentred plan for each individual within contractbased time frames
• To collaborate as a team to bring about a reduction in the frequency, intensity and duration of the individuals challenging behaviour
• To collaborate as a team to increases overall Quality of Life

SUMMARY

The Behaviour Consultant is responsible for conducting Functional Behaviour Assessments and creating Multi-element Behaviour Support Plans (BSP) or Prevent-Teach-Reinforce assessments and plans for persons with disabilities following Person Centred Planning and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) principles.

You value Excellence, Courage, Integrity, Fairness, and Passion in your work. Behaviour Consultants carry a caseload of individuals who have a variety of support needs, abilities and ages.

Additionally, Behaviour Consultants train teams to independently maintain the BSP with fidelity and write and monitor safety plans as needed.

You will be a key member of a team of passionate professionals committed to inclusion and diversity.

You will be a recognized leader in the community you serve, practicing the principles of positive behaviour support and person centred planning.

As a trusted member of the CBI team you will have a positive impact on peoples lives on a daily basis.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and relevant experience

• Master's degree in related field
• Three years of experience in a PBSrelated field
• BCBA certification an asset

Certifications

• Mandt or Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

Requirements:

• Driver's license, safe and reliable vehicle
• Private home office
• Willing to work inperson with community team members
• Clearance letter for children and vulnerable adult populations
• Two professional references

DUTIES

• Complete Functional Behaviour Assessment or Prevent-TeachReinforce assessment
• Create individualized Multielement Behaviour Support Plans (BSP)
• Train team to implement BSP with fidelity
• Create Safety Plans
• Deliver professional report presentations
• Develop, train team to fidelity, and monitor Safety Plans as needed
• Train and provide handson modelling of techniques
• Maintain well organized case files (paper and electronic)
• Consistently generate creative, resourceful solutions in crisis situations (Problem Solving)
• Understand and model personcentered practice (Professional)
• Promote a collaborative and teambased approach in service delivery decisions (Professional)
• Demonstrate initiative and proactiveness (Excellence)
• Communicate openly, honestly, and respectfully (Team work)
• Manage and lead effective meetings (Team work)
• Models appropriate behaviour through positive interactions with team members (Team work)

TASKS

• Follow CBI Consultant Planning Tool to complete all tasks in assessment, development and implementation, monitoring, and follow up
• Deliver professional report presentations
• Develop, train team to fidelity, and monitor Safety Plans as needed
• Train team members, including handson modelling of techniques
• Develop visual supports in collaboration with CBI media team and Implementation Consultant
• Return all incoming correspondence as per CBI policy

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide Person-Centred planning following the Lifestyle Development Process, including transition planning and goodness of fit for various planning processes (high school to work; home to living in the community; move from parents to paid caregiver)
• Monitor team's implementation of BSP to ensure fidelity
• Report to funder regarding successes and barriers to implementation of BSP
• Submit billable hours daily, expenses monthly
• Maintain well organized client files (paper and electronic)
• Work using technology as efficiently and effectively as possible
• Utilize evidencebased research in report compilation
• Maintain 90:10 direct to indirect billing ratio
• Manage time such that inoffice tasks (for example, writing reports) are completed as per contract parameters and outofoffice tasks (for example, scheduling/attending appointments) are conducted in a professional manner
• Remain professional at all times (externally and internally)
• Attend staff meetings
• Other duties as requested

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Hours
Position involves working during business hours, evenings, and weekends according to curren