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Job Description "Urgently Hiring!! Looking to fill as soon as possible!!” Job Summary QSAC is looking for dedicated and proactive Behavior Intervention Specialists (BIS) to support our In-Home Direct Support Professionals who primarily provide 1 to 1 services in the individual’s home and community. The BIS will work with the individual, family and direct care staff to develop and monitor Person Centered Service Plans to assist the individual in achieving their personal goals. The salary range for this position is $54,000-$60,000 annually. The Family Services BIS would travel to the individual’s home and other locations in the community. Flexible schedule which requires some evening and weekend hours. This position includes both office based and field based hours. Responsibilities Assessments & Goals • Visit individual’s homes on a regular basis to develop, maintain and evaluate goals to ensure goals are appropriate and outcomes are being achieved, • Complete Functional Assessments and other evaluations to assess skill level and behavioral support needs of each individual, • Develop individual goals and activities to support outcomes identified in the Life Plan utilizing evidence-based strategies in accordance with OPWDD regulations, • Provide support, supervision and feedback to ensure that direct care staff are able to meet the level of needs for the individuals they serve, • In service and observe goal implementation by Direct Support Professionals, • Monitor/Assess monthly goal progress and update short-term objectives, • Provide ongoing training support, supervision and evaluation of in home direct care staff, • Communicate with families, individuals receiving services and other service providers on a regular basis to ensure quality services, • Problem solve with families to resolve concerns over services., • Master’s degree and minimum 1 year experience supporting people with intellectual disabilities/autism required, ABA experience preferred, • Highly organized and able to handle multiple priorities, • General knowledge of theories and principles of behavioral analysis, assessments and goal development required, • Experience supporting people with intellectual disabilities/autism required, • Detail-oriented, multi-task capable and able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, • Bilingual Spanish or other language very helpful, but not required, • Experience writing goals and activities utilizing evidence based interventions to help individual achieve personal outcomes including Staff Action Plans for people with autism, • Ability to travel to client's homes, • Strong written and communication skills are essential QSAC is a New York City and Long Island based nonprofit that supports children and adults with autism, together with their families, in achieving greater independence, realizing their future potential, and contributing to their communities in a meaningful way by offering person-centered services. QSAC pursues this mission through direct services that provide a supportive and individualized setting for children and adults with autism to improve their communication, socialization, academic, and functional skills. Benefits Our benefits go beyond health and retirement. You will be joining a passionate community of professionals and staff who support each other in a challenging and rewarding work culture. For full-time employees, we offer generous benefit packages: • Competitive salary, • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance have very low out of pocket costs (for FT staff), • Medical can be as low as $1 dollar per paycheck / $26 dollars a year for full medical coverage ( for FT staff), • Generous Paid Time Off policy (for full time staff) Start with 24 days annually, • Group Life Insurance and Long Term Disability (for FT staff), • Flexible Spending Accounts (for FT staff), • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits, • 403(b) Retirement with Employer Match, • Opportunities for career advancement, • Qualifications are subject to change in accordance with government regulations., • We adhere to all strict COVID guidelines at all of our programs and sites. *Employee costs listed are based on individual coverage Qualifications are subject to change in accordance with government regulations. QSAC is Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) Mission-Oriented. Results-Driven. Collaborative. Passionate. We Are QSAC. INDCLINIC To Apply: please send resume to

Job Description Job Summary This management position exists in several Program Divisions. Under the general supervision of the Divisional Vice is responsible for the oversight of the administrative and clinical aspects of the program. Responsible for personnel management, fiscal operations, inventory management, client services, safety and welfare of staff and clients, hiring and training of personnel, directing and coordinating the activities of the staff, and general administration of the program. Establishes clinical procedures and policies for clients and ensures that program operations meet or exceed agency and regulatory guidelines. Essential Task To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions unless this causes undue hardship to the agency. Provides Clinical Services: • Directs clinical treatment services provided to consumers, oversees the development, implementation, and review of treatment plans to address issues of mental illness and substance abuse., • Provides clinical oversight of symptom assessment and rehabilitative services provided by the staff to consumers/residents to ensure the quality and that services meet or exceed regulatory guidelines. Monitors counseling performed by staff either individually with a consumer/resident or in groups to evaluate the quality of the service., • Ensures staff is obtaining information, such as medical, psychological, and social factors contributing to the individual's situation, and that the staff is evaluating the consumer's/resident's capabilities. Regularly directs the inspection of case records to evaluate the completeness and quality of treatment plans, quarterly service plans reviews, assessments, medical records, and progress notes. Responsible for the accuracy of data entered into a computer database or manual records., • Informs staff to the types of clinical services, recreational activities, and ICL programs available., • Reviews crisis assessment of consumers/residents with staff, reviews nonverbal and verbal crisis intervention techniques to be used with each individual consumer/resident, and staff-actions during a crisis situation., • Informs staff of community resources and ensures that staff are accompanying consumers on regularly scheduled or emergency visits to medical treatment facilities, social agencies, government offices, or other locations associated with treatment or assistance of the consumer/resident., • Immediately reports serious incidents, allegations of abuse, incidents, or sensitive situations and completes incident reports in accordance with agency policy., • Establishes and maintains work schedules in accordance with agency policy and assignments of staff. Responsible for managing the completion of time clock edits of staff within the suspense established by the Human Resources Department., • Ensures staff compliance with the agency's time and attendance policy; recommends disciplinary action for those out of compliance., • Manages the completion of performance evaluations, recommends staff for the employee recognition award and promotions., • Conducts staff supervision in accordance with agency and division policy., • Administers disciplinary actions in accordance with agency disciplinary policy, conducts disciplinary counseling, completes disciplinary action reports, and recommends employee terminations as needed., • Reviews authorized staff positions and personnel budget, submits Request for Personnel (RFP), on vacant staff position(s), interviews candidates for employment in accordance with agency policy and employment law. Recommends changes to authorized staffing patterns and personnel budget., • Ensures that staff have attended required in-service training and schedules employees to attend both in-service training and training provided by vendors. Conducts training on clinical subjects, charting, fire safety plan, fire drills, emergency plans and procedures, building security, volunteers and interns, and site-specific exposure control plan., • Manages employee accident reporting and initial submission of workers' compensation claims., • Monitors employee morale and the climate of the work environment to stop or eliminate sexual harassment or any form of employee harassment or employee discrimination. Responsible for taking complaints of sexual harassment, informing the Human Resources Department of the complaint, and investigating the complaint (as directed)., • Monitors employee accrual totals, approves or recommends approval of employee requests for time off, and notifies the Department of Human Resources when an employee should be placed on or taken off Family and Medical Leave (FMLA). Maintains contact with staff while out on FMLA., • Provides oversight in the area of administrative recordkeeping, maintenance of office equipment, reception of visitors, phone reception, and stocking office supplies., • Manages the orientation of new personnel and the sponsorship program., • Maintains accountability and serviceability of all ICL property assigned to the program to include vehicles. Reports lost stolen, missing, or damaged property in accordance with ICL policy. Conducts initial investigations of property that is lost, stolen, missing, or damaged., • Authorizes the purchase of supplies and equipment; properly secures all property and equipment. Conducts regular inspections of vehicles and property to ensure cleanliness, accountability, and serviceability., • Conducts regular inspections of consumer/resident rooms or apartments to ensure property accountability and serviceability. Establishes key control procedures., • Ensures internal program compliance with federal, state, city, and agency regulatory requirements. Monitors the quality of the rehabilitative services provided to consumers/residents., • Responsible for the development of a program mission statement and program goals that supports the division and agency mission statements and goals., • Coordinates with the Department of Quality Management and the departments in the Administrative Division for staff assistance in the preparation for an audit., • Reviews plans of corrective action, incident reports, and program evaluation reports and addresses areas that need improvement., • Exercises control over budgets through planning, prioritizing of spending, and monitoring of spending patterns., • Approves/disapproves all purchase orders and financial requests from staff and submits approved purchase orders and financial requests to supervisor for approval., • Manages resident/consumer funds program. Develops internal money management procedures., • Educates staff in the benefits of consumer and family involvement, levels of consumer and family involvement, types of consumer and family involvement, nature of consumer and family involvement, and issues of working with consumers and families., • Develops a program strategy for working with consumers and families and develops activities that foster program-consumer and family cooperation and coordination., • Promotes Mental Health and Managed Care programs in local communities; maintains liaison between local elected officials and community boards, educates citizens in the community on mental illness., • Educates staff and residents/consumers on the importance of a constructive relationship with local elected officials, community boards, and community citizens. ADDITIONAL TASKS: • May conduct regular inspections of apartments and contacts landlords to report repairs that need to be made in accordance with rental agreements., • May be responsible for facility maintenance and reports needed repairs to the Director of Real Property Operations., • May review drafts, procedures, and job descriptions., • May be involved in hosting visitors from community, regulatory offices, and/or other agencies., • May be chairperson or member of an agency or division committee(s)., • Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary staff of professionals and paraprofessionals in providing treatment services., • Ability to manage multiple projects, delegate tasks, and check on the completion of assigned tasks., • Ability to manage resources, which includes money, material, time, and people., • Serves as a role model to staff and consumers/residents., • Strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and flexibility, • Highly-developed clinical, engagement, and motivational skills;, • Experience with risk assessment and risk management;, • Track record of delivering quality treatment services to individuals with SMI, • Experience delivering treatment, rehabilitation and support services in the community;, • Proficient in computers and Electronic Health Record (EHR), • Ability to effectively hold field staff accountable and to spend a significant portion of the workweek traveling Qualification and Experience Master’s degree in social work, Mental Health, or Psychology, with a minimum of three years of professional mental health experience and in a supervisory capacity. Required LMSW for MSW, MHC required LMHC, or LPC. Preferred Bi-lingual in Spanish but not required.

Job Description Summary: Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading nonprofit victim assistance, advocacy and violence prevention program. Safe Horizon’s Child Advocacy Centers (CAC), play a critical, front-line role in responding to child sexual abuse and severe physical abuse by providing a coordinated and collaborative approach to the investigation of such cases, while ensuring that victims receive immediate, effective support. In each Child Advocacy Center, Safe Horizon partners with the New York Police Department, the Administration for Children’s Services, the local District Attorney and local medical providers, to ensure that an expert response begins as soon as a child victim steps through the door. At the Safe Horizon CACs in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Manhattan a team of child protective caseworkers, police detectives, pediatricians, prosecutors and Safe Horizon staff work together in a child-friendly setting to conduct joint forensic interviews and provide expert evaluation and therapeutic services, in order to improve the quality of child abuse investigations, prosecutions and outcomes and minimize further trauma to child victims and their families. Responsibilities: • Learn and integrate a trauma-informed, client-centered approach, using an anti-oppressive lens, into your work with clients. Coach and guide staff in their client practice that reflects these approaches., • Supervising and training the Program Assistant/Volunteers and Interns and providing weekly/biweekly supervision (number of supervisees, varies by CAC site), • Conducting monthly/bimonthly group meetings for the Program Assistant Team., • Provides Program Reception Area coverage, • Ensures Program Reception Area coverage by supporting Senior Director in creation and monitoring of Program Assistant schedule, • Overseeing the answering and directing telephone calls, faxes and mail directed to the person or department;, • Overseeing, managing and communicating between all MDT partners and MDT coordinator concerning all Immediate Response Team cases possibly arriving to the Child Advocacy Center on the same day., • Ensuring that the client reception area is supervised at all times, and that children and families are safe and taken care of in the front desk area;, • Acts as liaison with MDT partners for purchasing supplies, processing paperwork and facility needs;, • Ensuring that Program Assistants link all families to the appropriate CAC service providers;, • Collecting basic client intake information;, • Assisting in straightening up the playroom at the end of every day;, • Overseeing the Centers’ administrative duties including assisting with report preparation, staff OVS funder timesheet completion and submission, supply ordering, petty cash reconciliation, CMS and Collaborate data input, Ensure OMS survey administration and collection, processing payment requests;, • Working closely with other Safe Horizon programs such as, IS&T and FPM and with other offsite vendors to ensure equipment maintenance., • Scheduling and coordinating internal and external meetings;, • Often acts as a secretary for Senior Director, • Assisting Senior Director with Subpoena requests and preparing Forensic Interviewing recordings for MDT partners., • Participating in weekly supervision, staff and management meetings and required trainings;, • Proficient with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook);, • B.A. preferred or equivalent combination of college course work and professional experience; Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills required. Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred., • Strong customer service, written and verbal communication skills, • Demonstrates dependability and flexibility in the workplace., • Demonstrated success prioritizing multiple tasks, • Demonstrated ability to resolve problems and follow through on commitments, • Good organizational skills; detail-oriented and able to keep complete and accurate records AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply. Technology Statement: Applicants may be responsible for providing the equipment and tools they need to work remotely as required, such as access to a computer, internet service, and phone service. Safe Horizon will discuss potential solutions with candidates and may assist where needed and agreed to in advance. Please follow this link to view complete EEO Law and complaint filing information: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal. Hiring Range: $23.63 - $26.58 Hourly Full-time Hours: 35 Hours per week Full-time Benefits: Vacation Time, Paid Sick Time, Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, 403(b) Retirement Plan, Company Life Insurance, Medical/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Assistance Program, Commuter Benefits Program, Gym Reimbursement, Parental Leave, Employee Learning Center