Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)

About the job

Join Our Behavior Services Team as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)

Abilities, LLC has supported adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Warrensburg since 2003. We are a Missouri DMH Tiered Supports provider, and that shapes everything we do. When someone is struggling, we don't ask what is wrong with the person. We ask what the person needs that they aren't getting.

Our Behavior Services team brings that question to life every day. We believe behavior is communication, and the people we support are people first. Our plans are written to build the skills that help people live the lives they want, not to make them compliant.

What You Will Do

As an RBT, you work under the supervision of our BCBA, with day-to-day direction from our Lead RBT. You deliver ABA services in person in the homes of the people we support.

• Implement Behavior Support Plans and skill acquisition programs exactly as written.

• Collect accurate behavioral data in real time during every session.

• Complete your session notes in SetWorks the same day you deliver the session.

• Model and coach Behavior Support Plan implementation with residential staff when the BCBA directs you to.

• Coach caregivers in Tools of Choice, the positive support practice every Abilities employee uses.

• Run preference assessments and support FBA data collection under BCBA direction.

• Report what you see. Changes in behavior, health, medication, or the environment go to the BCBA right away.

• Help run Abilibucks, our agency-wide token economy that rewards growth and is never taken away.

What We Expect

We hold a high bar because the people we support deserve it. Our core values are Integrity, Community, and Empathy, and this is what they look like in this role.

• Integrity: Your data is real, your notes are true, and your time records match the hours you actually worked. When you make a mistake, you report it. Hiding a mistake is always worse than the mistake itself.

• Community: You work side by side with Residential, Community Services, and Nursing as one team. You show up on time and own your schedule, because the people counting on you need to be able to count on you.

• Empathy: You treat every person with dignity, even on hard days. You use objective, strength-based language in how you write and talk about the people we support.

Leadership at Every Level

We grow leaders here, and that starts with how you carry yourself in this role.

• Stay within your scope. RBTs never change a plan on their own. When something isn't working, you bring it to the BCBA.

• Ask for direction early instead of waiting for a problem to grow.

• Welcome feedback and use it in your next session. Supervision here is coaching, and we invest in it.

• Own your documentation. Complete, accurate records do not depend on anyone reminding you.

• Protect confidentiality and keep healthy professional boundaries with the people we support and their families.

What You Need

• At least 18 years old.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Valid Missouri driver's license with current auto insurance.

• Ability to pass a background check through the Missouri Family Care Safety Registry, an Employee Disqualification List check, and a drug screen.

• Prior experience working with people who have developmental disabilities.

• A background in education, psychology, special education, social work, or therapy is a plus.

Not Certified Yet? We Will Get You There.

Abilities covers the full cost of becoming an RBT, including:

• The 40-hour RBT training course, completed within your first 30 days.

• Your BACB application and certification exam fees.

• Exam prep.

• Paid training time.

You will be fully certified and ready to work independently within 60 days of hire. We believe in being transparent, so you should know this up front: if you resign or are terminated for cause within your first 12 months, you repay the $951 in certification costs we covered.

Every new team member also completes paid training in CPR and First Aid, Bloodborne Pathogens, MANDT, Tools of Choice, HIPAA, Individual Rights, and Abuse and Neglect Reporting. We also pay for your ongoing PDUs and recertification.

Schedule

• Full-time, 35 to 40 hours per week.

• This is an in-person role. Remote work is not available.

• You can be scheduled any time between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM, based on when the people we support need services most.

• Your hours are always scheduled back to back. We do not do split shifts with a long gap in the middle of your day.

• Every other weekend, both Saturday and Sunday.

• Schedules are published two weeks in advance.

Physical Requirements

• Walk, sit, climb stairs, stoop, bend, lift, push, and pull throughout the day.

• Use computers and phones for extended periods.

• Stay calm and supportive during moments of crisis and follow each person's crisis plan as trained.

• Use MANDT physical intervention techniques only when someone is in imminent danger.

Pay and Benefits

• New to RBT: $20.00 per hour, with a bump to $21.50 when you complete your certification.

• Already certified RBT: $21.50-$27.00 per hour

• Weekly payday.

• Annual raises after your first year.

• PTO that starts building on your first day and is available after 60 days.

• 10 paid holidays.

• Health, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurance.

• 401(k) with a 3% employer match.

• Regular supervision and coaching from a BCBA.

If you want work that matters, a team that holds a high bar, and leaders who will coach you to meet it, we would love to meet you.