Behavior Technician

NAFI Connecticut / Rhode Island / New York
New Britain, CT
Category Social Services
Job Description
NAFI Connecticut | Rhode Island | New York is a dynamic multi-service agency at the forefront of youth and family support across Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. Empowers clients by providing ongoing support, guidance, supervision, monitoring and role modeling. Facilitates client improvement in the areas of personal responsibility, social skills, community living skills and behavior.

Requirements

  • Serve as key staff member for clients assigned to you, assuring supervision and accountability for them at all times.
  • Provides and assists with development of treatment and/or service plans, goals, individual counseling to client to discuss interpersonal issues, and treatment issues.
  • Demonstrates the ability to assess client skill levels. And counsels' clients in the areas of independent living, coping strategies, pro-social, interpersonal, conflict resolution, and navigating peer pressure.
  • Maintains professional boundaries.
  • Demonstrates the ability to set and adhere to limits.
  • Ensures that client safety is priority.
  • Ensures that client success is paramount, by implementing an effective daily schedule that creates a culture to inspire clients to achieve goals.
  • Attends and participates in staff meetings.
  • May participate in and facilitates program group sessions when appropriate.
  • Prepares summaries of interactions and objective behavioral observations of clients at the end of each shift.
  • Participates in staff training, and maintains certifications as appropriate and required, and demonstrates the ability to pass proficiency test(s), where appropriate.
  • Provides safe transportation for clients as necessary.
  • Perform crisis prevention and interventions including de-escalation techniques and/or physical management as needed and allowed.
  • Completes other related duties as assigned.
  • Performs all duties in accordance with the Agency’s policies and procedures.

Benefits

  • Generous paid time off
  • Comprehensive and affordable medical, dental, prescription and vision coverage
  • No cost employee assistance program
  • Voluntary employee focused wellness programs
  • Company matching 403b and no cost retirement consulting
  • Company paid for life Insurance and long-term disability
  • Public service loan forgiveness
  • Insurance including accident, hospital indemnity, supplemental life
  • Pet Insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement: Includes licensure fees, professional memberships
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