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Advance Kids is growing, hiring like crazy, and serious about bringing you along. If you want to make a big change and you qualify, join us! We are desperate to get quality people working for our clients!

Full or part time, great pay, and great benefits. Flexible work arrangements and paid training/certification. If you love working with people, we'd love to hear from you. If you have a resume, please send it to us via the form further down this page. If not, use the form to get us your contact info and we'll call you with in two business days.

We are so looking forward to hearing from you!

One-on-one behavior modification for children diagnosed with autism using Applied Behavior Analysis

Full Time, Part TimeBradshaw Clinic - Sacramento, CA 95827, Natomas Clinic - Sacramento, CA 95827

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Work one-on-one with child, implementing individual lessons and behavior intervention plans as specified by the behavior consultant.
  • Monitor progress by accurately recording each session and providing notes as indicated by behavior consultant on designated data sheets.
  • Know and understand the specific goals and behavior plans of each client.
  • Implementation of each individual lesson (specific SD or instruction, the exact target response that the child must display, the specific prompt level anticipated before giving the SD, and the appropriate amount/type of the consequence for the target response).
  • Communication with behavior consultant for questions on lesson implementation or progression, training needs, problems with child's progression, behavior excesses, etc.
  • Some clients require in-home services on a regular basis; other clients receiving center based services require monthly in-home visits in addition to their time at the center. Center based paraprofessionals are expected to provide therapy in the childs home as directed by their supervisor.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • 18 years or older.
  • A minimum of 1 year experience working with children, preferably in related field, within the past 5 years.
  • Education equivalent to a High School Diploma or higher. Enrollment or completion of bachelor degree in a related field (Behavior Analysis, Education, Psychology, Human Services, Speech Pathology) and knowledge in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) preferred.
  • Ability to run independently and repeatedly, stand, sit, stoop, crawl, kneel, reach, push and lift a child weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Reliable means of transportation.
  • Availability to work a minimum of 15 hours per week.
  • Have access to a computer or smart phone that allows you to read and respond to e-mail as well as complete online billing and timekeeping daily.
  • Pass criminal background check.
  • Provide documentation of current immunization including a negative TB test from the last 3 years.
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Adult patient care in a residential setting.

Full Time, Part TimeKala House Sr. - Orangevale, CA

Advance Kids is growing, hiring like crazy, and serious about bringing you along. If you want to make a big change and you qualify, we will help with moving expenses and even lease deposits to have you work for us in the Sacramento area, because we are desperate to get quality people working for our clients! Our residential homes are in Rio Lindo and Orangevale. Full or part time, $20-25 per hour starting pay with great benefits, flexible work arrangements, and paid training/certification. If you have a high school diploma and 6 months' experience working with challenging behaviors, get us your resume now, and a hiring manager will call within a day.  

Your team teaches our clients with autism and other diagnoses to succeed in independent living, to take on a whole new life. The home is large, open, and beautifully furnished, with an excellent manager and team. Check out this video from Kala House Jr., which is a very similar work environment.

This is your way into the greatest company of our kind in California. Not just because world-class leadership and cutting-edge techniques got us there, but also because we have so many ways we serve our clients and their families. A ranch day program. Residences. Parent led and clinical therapies. Schools. A unique, excellent culture like ours must teach, inspire, and grow from within- that’s why all but one of our directors started at the bottom with us. Learn from our LMFT, BCBAs, CSW, nurse, dietitian, music therapist, recreational therapist, and personal trainers. Competitors try to steal our people for a reason.  

Move up, or change departments, or support yourself well as you get through school. Gather awesome experience for a career elsewhere, or land a great job and team in this work we love. 

Minimum of 6 months of experience working with challenging behaviors.

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Teen and Adult direct instruction and support in a ranch setting

Part TimeOpportunity Acres - Shingle Springs, CA

Partners participate in a comprehensive hiring process of interviews and mandatory educational, health, and security clearances. Once employed Partners are required to attend mandatory training and pass competency written and in-situ exams and evaluations within the first two weeks of date of hire before being assigned to a group of consumers. In the first year of employment, Partners are required to pass field competency tests every three months.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide supervision, instruction and guidance of consumers per directives provided by the Clinical Behavior Consultant.
  • Support work tasks as designed.
  • Ensure participation in work routines (e.g., breaks, meal breaks, leisure time, etc.)
  • Ensure participation in leisure activities (e.g., reading, games, etc.)
  • Provide support during adaptive skill routines (e.g., preparing a meal, hygiene, etc.)
  • Record the performance of individual consumers.
  • Implement behavior intervention plans and record all data relevant to such behavior excesses.
  • Provide ongoing input, data, and communication with clinical behavior consultant on consumer progress, training needs, problems with consumer's progression, behavior excesses, etc.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Other Competencies or Skills:

  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Applied Behavior Analysis, command of terminology in order to effectively communicate with supervisors and administration, understanding and working knowledge of the basic behavioral principles, verbal behavior, and incidental training; knowledge of prompt hierarchy, ability to appropriately address behavior excesses (i.e., tantrum, aggression, etc.)
  • Punctual to sessions and meetings, consistently at work and on time, presents self professionally, dresses appropriately;
  • Works well independently and as a team player; maintains effective and proper working relationships among coworkers, clients, and supervisors; welcomes feedback, accepts responsibility for own actions, follows directions, follows proper chain of command;
  • Ability to manage difficult or emotional client situations, keeps emotions under control, maintains client and company confidentiality;
  • Effective oral and written communication, participates in meetings;
  • Sets and achieves goals, adheres to a schedule, pursues training and development opportunities, attends ongoing mandated professional development, volunteers readily, asks for help and offers help when needed, applies feedback to improve performance, monitors own work to ensure quality and accuracy, meets productivity standards, ability to multi-task, organizes work, completes work in timely manner, checks and responds to email daily, completes billing on time and accurately;
  • Displays original thinking and creativity, meets challenges with resourcefulness, works well with teens and adults, displays high energy level;
  • Observes safety and security procedures, reports unsafe conditions, uses equipment and materials properly;
  • Adheres to all company policies and procedures

Education/Experience/Training

  • Education equivalent to High School Diploma.
  • Minimum of six months experience working with individuals with special needs in a home, care setting, classroom, recreational program, therapeutic or tutorial setting, or ABA program.
  • Partners receive formalized continuing education training throughout their employment, and are provided with continued hands on training and feedback on their performance on a daily basis. If a Partner exhibits deficits in any particular area of program implementation, re-training is provided within 30 days. Partners must receive 80% passing rate on all areas of the field competency and evaluation forms.

Physical Demands

Ability to run, stand, sit, stoop, crawl, kneel, reach, push, and lift 75 pounds; normal visual, vocal & hearing acuity; use of a computer; ability to travel via automobile.

Background Checks and/or Licensing

Must be at least 18 years old; criminal background check; reference checks; provide a negative TB test; education verification; current drivers license and proof of auto insurance.

Other Requirements

Must have reliable means of transportation and willingness to travel via personal automobile; availability to work a minimum of 30 hours per week; and have access to a computer with knowledge of internet, e-mail and Microsoft Office applications.

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Youth patient care in a residential setting.

Full Time, Part TimeKala House Jr. - Rio Linda, CA

Advance Kids is growing, hiring like crazy, and serious about bringing you along. If you want to make a big change and you qualify, we will help with moving expenses and even lease deposits to have you work for us in the Sacramento area, because we are desperate to get quality people working for our clients! Our residential homes are in Rio Lindo and Orangevale. Full or part time, $20-25 per hour starting pay with great benefits, flexible work arrangements, and paid training/certification. If you have a high school diploma and 6 months' experience working with challenging behaviors, get us your resume now, and a hiring manager will call within a day.  

Your team teaches our clients with autism and other diagnoses to succeed in independent living, to take on a whole new life. The home is large, open, and beautifully furnished, with an excellent manager and team. Check out the video below to see what your team and the work are all about. 

This is your way into the greatest company of our kind in California. Not just because world-class leadership and cutting-edge techniques got us there, but also because we have so many ways we serve our clients and their families. A ranch day program. Residences. Parent led and clinical therapies. Schools. A unique, excellent culture like ours must teach, inspire, and grow from within- that’s why all but one of our directors started at the bottom with us. Learn from our LMFT, BCBAs, CSW, nurse, dietitian, music therapist, recreational therapist, and personal trainers. Competitors try to steal our people for a reason.  

Move up, or change departments, or support yourself well as you get through school. Gather awesome experience for a career elsewhere, or land a great job and team in this work we love. 

Minimum of 6 months of experience working with challenging behaviors.

Get Aimee your resume if you have it handy, or even just your number- if you qualify we’ll call you right away.
Quick Apply
If you want to get hired super fast, hit the Apply button and get the preliminaries out of the way... We can't wait to meet you!
Fill out a Full Application
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