Share Email Opening Title Board Certified Behaviour Analyst  Category Healthcare Professional Opportunities   Req Number HEA-24-00041   Open Date 4/18/2024   Number of Openings 1   Department Extensive Needs Service  Work type Temporary Full-Time  Grade Grade 7 ($43.30/hr to $54.23/hr)  FTE 1.0  Posting Close Date 04/21/2024  Description Join us in building a world of possibility! Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital, and a top 40 Canadian research hospital. Serving over 8,500 families annually in both inpatient and outpatient programs and services, Holland Bloorview is renowned for its expertise in partnering with clients and families to provide exceptional care and is the only organization to ever achieve 100 per cent in three successive quality surveys by Accreditation Canada. Holland Bloorview’s vision is to support the most meaningful and healthy futures for all children, youth and families. We are an academic hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. All clinical staff are expected to contribute to the academic agenda through one or more of the following activities: supervising students, teaching, academic service, scholarship and research. Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth. Position Summary This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative and experienced Behaviour Analyst to join the Holland Bloorview team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in two clinical areas: summer robotics camp and ambulatory care. The summer camp is a unique program designed to empower children and youth by enhancing their decision making and socialization skills. It is a therapeutic and goal-oriented program and the successful candidate will lead the identification of goals and progress throughout the program for each client. This will be done in a collaborative manner with therapeutic recreation staff as well as families. At the beginning of the fall, the successful candidate will join the Holland Bloorview ambulatory team and provide behaviour analytic services across two teams: Extensive Needs Service and Restrictive Eating. The Extensive Needs Service is a program for individuals up to the age of 18, whose needs cannot be met in a single service stream and who require an integrated approach across Mental, Behavioural and Developmental Health. As an integral member of the interprofessional team, the Behavioural Analyst will provide trauma-informed and compassionate behaviour assessment and care plans to children, youth and families with extensive needs such as co-occurring medical, physical and developmental complexities and/or social vulnerabilities. The Restrictive Eating clinic supports the needs of children with neurodevelopmental disorders that also present with ARFID and/or severe restricted food intake. Like Extensive Needs, the Restrictive Eating clinic is an interdisciplinary model, where team members collaborate to assess and make appropriate recommendations.   Behaviour Analyst Key Responsibilities: Builds strong rapport with clients and families to understand their values to effectively collaborate and formulate individualized goals Ensures all behaviour assessment and treatment plans focus on safety, client and family dignity, and rapport building Design behaviour assessment plans using relevant evidence-based tools including practical functional analyses Design skill-based treatment plans to support reduction of interfering-behaviour through teaching contextually appropriate behaviours in collaboration with clients and families as per their goals Trains RBT/Behaviour Therapists to assist in behaviour assessment and implement treatment plans as required Clinically supervises RBT/Behaviour Therapists implementation of treatment plans and provides supportive feedback Makes data driven decision to amend treatment plans in consultation with client, families, and therapy team. Responsive to the changing needs of clients and families and demonstrates flexibility to adapt treatment plans and goals as necessary Partners with families to provide education and coaching to implement strategies and generalize skills at home and across the community Makes appropriate referrals to other services, agencies, etc. Demonstrates familiarity with current literature, issues and trends of practice Participates in regular quality improvement activities to further refine clinical practice, equitable and efficient service for clients and families Shares new knowledge and best practices with colleagues, students and other professionals within the organization, professional body and community   Position Requirements: Board Certified Behaviour Analyst in good standing with the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board Strong knowledge and experience supporting children and youth with neurodevelopmental conditions, acquired brain injuries, and mental health conditions Extensive clinical experience including a minimum of two years providing behaviour analytic services to children and youth with varying abilities who engage in interfering behaviours including aggression, self-injury, property destruction, etc. Ability to train and clinically supervise RBTs/Behaviour Therapists with a minimum of three years’ experience doing so Extensive experience providing parent coaching to implement behaviour analytic strategies across environments Demonstrated knowledge in practical functional analyses and skill-based treatment methods Ability to supervise staff and students working towards their BCBA certification is considered an asset Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and communicate effectively with clients, families and members of the interdisciplinary care team Demonstrates flexibility and co-operation in dealing with change Other duties as assigned   About the Organization Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital creates a world of possibility by supporting children and youth with disabilities, medical complexity, illness and injury. All of our work is guided by our strategic plan, Transformative Care, Inclusive World: Holland Bloorview 2030. The plan: https://strategicplan.hollandbloorview.ca/ To get a glimpse as to who Holland Bloorview is, we invite you to watch the Dear Everybody, This is Holland Bloorview video. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbp-WhflXXo&feature=youtu.be Holland Bloorview is committed to fostering a climate of inclusion, diversity, equity accessibility, and anti-racism (IDEAA). This commitment is central to, and mutually supportive of, our research excellence mandate. We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community and we seek to create an inclusive culture for our clients, families, research scientists, staff, participants, trainees, volunteers, trustees, and partners. To help in our journey towards fully reflecting the communities we partner with, we welcome and encourage applications from Black individuals and other racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQI2SA+ persons, and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas within our community. Holland Bloorview is committed to fair assessment of a candidate's abilities, and consideration for diversity of thought, method, and experience, including non-traditional career paths. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation will be provided throughout the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. Please notify us of any accommodations that you require by contacting humanresources@hollandbloorview.ca or 416-425-6220.   This position is currently not accepting applications. 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