Regional Director- BCBA

Program Administration Northern Virginia, Virginia


Description

Position at Little Leaves Behavioral Services

Regional Director, BCBA
This position will be a responsible for a territory that includes Reston, Ashburn, Alexandria and Midlothian Virginia

As a Regional Director with Little Leaves you will: 

The Regional Director is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and is responsible for the oversight of 3 – 5 centers as assigned in their geographical region. The Regional Director assumes overall clinical and operational oversight and implementation of initiatives of their programs under the guidance of the Territory Vice President (TVP)The Regional Director manages the quality of care and service within their programs and the performance and productivity of staff in accordance with clinical procedures and using professional judgement.  
  
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
  
Operational Responsibilities (40%) 
  1. Monitor assigned center budget and review with center directors on a predetermined schedule to meet monthly budgeted targets. 
  1. Manage assigned centers to ensure maximization of client utilization (90%), clinical quality, and use of resources (includes systems to monitor employee productivity, financial targets (i.e., client census), customer satisfaction, and service quality). 
  1. Comply with and ensure operational alignment and team member compliance with federal and state regulations in accordance with Full Bloom practices and mission. 
  1. Evaluate performance of employees and ensure systems are in place for ongoing performance monitoring and feedback (including ensuring employees are working in alignment with their work performance standards).  
  1. Ensure accurate records of activities for billing and individual clinical records per regulatory body and state guidelines. 
  1. In collaboration with marketing department (with TVP), ensure appropriate marketing focus and participate in marketing, public relations, and fundraising activities as required. 
  
Supervision and Training (20%) 
  1. Serves as a leader of the clinical team in assessing and supporting clients and staff within the center. 
  1. Support CD on an ongoing basis to assist with assignment of caseloads and ensure appropriate staffing ratios and clinician caseloads.  
  1. Maintains caseload as needed (SBA or CD vacancy) and serves as senior BCBA for peer review and problem-solving complex case presentation. 
  1. Ensure quality of service delivery and that assessment informs treatment protocols or curriculum by providing support to CDs and SBA as requested. 
  1. Ensures all necessary materials for completing clinical work are available for staff. 
  1. Provide services or supervision in a timely manner as specified by the division by measuring fidelity, rapport, and providing support to teams. 
  
Performance Management and Professional Development (20%) 
  1. Ensure staff meet competency requirements (as set forth by the clinical services team) and are following responsibilities as outlined in the individual work performance standards, state, and federal regulations. 
  1. Evaluate staff performance and provide professional development opportunities at pre-determined intervals from the date of employment and troubleshoot remediation plans in conjunction with CD, as necessary. 
  1. Coordinate regular center team meetings and attend divisional meetings as needed. 
  1. Review incident reports and provide guidance to Center Directors to address client and employee events. 
  1. Participate in monthly clinical and operational meetings as assigned. 
  
Quality Assurance (20%) 
  1. In collaboration with VP Clinical Services, implements clinical priorities and direction for centers in the region.  
  1. Ensures compliance with clinical and regulatory standards set forth by the BACB, CASP, and state regulatory bodies as applicable. 
  1. Acts as a clinical resource for centers, including peer review, case conceptualization/ formulation, and research review. 
  
Provides leadership, supervision, and support that is needed to ensure quality services meeting the mission and values of Little Leaves Behavioral Services to each center in the assigned region. 
  
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: 
  • Master’s degree and licensure; Ph.D. preferred 
  • Board Certification as a Behavior Analyst for at least 5 years 
  • 3+ years of experience managing and motivating multidisciplinary teams to provide services to children with autism or other developmental disabilities. 
  
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: 
  • Experience reviewing budgets and monitoring operational and clinical data. 
  • Demonstrated intelligence and poise with excellent verbal, written, and live presentation communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively across stakeholder groups. 
  • Knowledge of best practices for working with children with autism including familiarity with CASP autism guidelines, state regulations, and payer specifications (e.g., insurance guidelines). 
  
  

Our Company:

We are a professional organization with a powerful social objective: to become a national leader in programs for children with autism and unique learning needs. Little Leaves is a division of FullBloom, Impact for Life.

What makes Little Leaves a great place to work in ABA:

Ethics: Little Leaves has an unwavering commitment to ethics—both clinically and in our business practices. 

Professional Development:  With growth as a core value, Little Leaves ensures all staff receive on-going professional development.  Opportunities include regular supervision with an experienced BCBA/BCBA-D, peer reviews, all-staff trainings, and in-house CEU-granting presentations.  Little Leaves also provides financial support for conference and workshop attendance.  

High-quality Behavior Technicians:  Well-trained Behavior Technicians mean your programming will be implemented with fidelity.   Little Leaves uses rigorous hiring standards to ensure we find the right team members.  We then use a consistent training model which includes multiple weeks of hands-on coaching to ensure all BTs are well-prepared for their role.  

Multi-Tier Model: Little Leaves uses an apprentice style model to help up-and-coming and recent BCBAs develop into competent, independent case supervisors.    

Center based program: Being together in one building means that supervisors can see their clients and BTs more regularly and jump in to provide support as needed.  We all enjoy being together as a community where we can collaborate each day! More time with each other, less time in cars! 

What we do:  We provide high quality, critical early intervention programs, based on the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Services are designed to nurture the growth and development of young children with social, behavior, and/or language challenges. Little Leaves provides a range of in-home, at-school, and full day center-based ABA services for children with developmental delays, especially Autism Spectrum Disorders, in Virginia, the DC metro area, the Baltimore metro area, and the South Florida area. 

For more information, please visit www.littleleaves.org

Little Leaves and FullBloom are Equal Opportunity Employers