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Team Leaders

 A Team Leader is the most senior member of an ABA therapy team in our agency.  As a Team Leader you act as a liaison between the family, other therapists and Behavioural Consultant to ensure that each client’s intervention program is being implemented as it has been designed. Team Leaders have a diversity of responsibilities that reflect and utilize their superior therapy skills in addition to providing direct therapy to the children they work with.

Core Responsibilities:

• Providing regular, ABA therapy sessions to clients on teams where you are designated the Team Leader.
• Assisting new families to set up the therapy environment prior to starting a treatment plan and ensuring the environment is maintained during the course of therapy.
• Trialling newly designed treatment plans and probing for existing skill sets with clients prior to formal teaching as per the direction of the programs behavioural consultant.
• Overlapping with less experienced therapists when they are beginning with a new client or joining an existing team to ensure that they are ready to work independently.
• Attend and participate in team meetings.
• Ensuring that program changes discussed and approved by the child’s Behavioural Consultant in team meetings are implemented in a timely manner.
• Monitoring the day to day implementation of the treatment plan and appropriately addressing any concerns that may have a negative impact on the child’s progress.
• Evaluating therapists’ therapy skills and providing feedback to them based on their performance.
• Providing additional training to families if required.
• Contributing to the biannual progress reports of clients.
• Providing coverage where possible for other therapists who are unable to make their sessions.

Essential Requirements:

• Own car and valid driver’s licence.
• A minimum of 15 hours availability per week (Monday-Friday) during business hours.
• At least 12 months active experience in an ABA therapist role.
• At a minimum, undertaking or completing some form of tertiary qualifications in a related field, e.g., psychology, social science, speech pathology or occupational therapy, disability, child-care and applied behaviour analysis.
• A comprehensive understanding of introductory level Applied Behaviour Analysis theory.
• An enthusiastic and energetic personality.
• Reliable, disciplined and conscientious attitude.
• A demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with other professionals and agencies.
• Proven time management skills.

 Benefits:

• Flexible working hours.
• Initial and ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Definite career progression for dedicated employees.
• Competitive hourly rate depending on experience and qualifications.

Application Process:

1. Download and complete the  application form. Return it to administration@momentumlearning.com.au with a 1-page resume. 
2. Suitable applicants will then be invited to complete an online assessment of their theoretical knowledge of Applied Behaviour Analysis.
3. Applicants who pass the online assessment will be invited for an interview.