Behavior Technician- GAP program

Job Details: Job Location: Day Program

• Cranston, RI, Salary Range: $20.00 - $22.00, Position Summary Access. Point RI's GAP program provides structured, person-centered adult day services for people with autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities. The Behavioral Technician delivers direct, hands-on 1:1 and 2:1 support in the center, in the community, and during transportation. Many participants are minimally or non-verbal and use AAC, visual supports, predictable routines, and sensory/regulation strategies. Some need intensive support during aggression, elopement, refusal, self-injury, or significant dysregulation. This is an active direct-support position - not a desk-based, observation-only, or therapy-only role.

What You Will Do

Stay actively engaged with participants throughout the day; learn each person's preferences, communication style, triggers, goals, and effective supports. Implement individualized support and behavior plans, daily routines, visual schedules, AAC supports, sensory/regulation strategies, reinforcement, and prompting procedures consistently.

Create clear structure, prepare participants for transitions, maintain calm boundaries, allow processing time, and follow through without escalating power struggles. Teach functional skills and promote independence in communication, ADLs/IADLs, personal care, meal preparation, recreation, community safety, and vocational readiness, using the least assistance needed.

Recognize early signs of dysregulation, use proactive de-escalation, and respond safely to aggression, elopement, refusal, or other unsafe behavior according to approved plans and crisis procedures. Support safe community access and transportation, including vehicle entry/exit, close supervision, transitions, and driving company vehicles when assigned.

Provide medication support as assigned and document accurately through daily notes, goal/behavior data, medication records, communication logs, and incident reports. Collaborate with the Program Director, coworkers, clinicians, therapists, families, and service coordinators; help prepare, reset, and organize the program environment.

What We Need From You Calm presence: Remain confident, firm, and highly consistent, including when participants test limits or situations become challenging. Relevant experience: Bring experience supporting people with profound autism and high-intensity behaviors, and build rapport with minimally verbal adults without sacrificing structure.

Safety and judgment: Be physically capable and comfortable responding to aggression, elopement, refusal, and other unsafe behavior without becoming intimidated or rattled. Reliability: Arrive on time, maintain consistent attendance, and communicate schedule concerns promptly. Participant-first attention and initiative: Personal phone use is limited to emergencies or authorized purposes, and personal conversations do not take priority over support.

Use unstructured time to engage, prepare, document, organize, or reset. Professional conduct: Use a respectful, adult, person-centered tone; maintain confidentiality and appropriate boundaries. Flexibility and follow-through: Adapt when plans change while maintaining predictable routines, expectations, and approved supports.

Teamwork and accountability: Communicate clearly, support coworkers, accept feedback, follow plans, and ask for help appropriately.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications High school diploma or GED and ability to pass required national criminal background and employment screenings. Valid driver's license and ability to meet agency requirements for driving company vehicles. Ability to complete and maintain required training within agency timelines, including CPR/First Aid, crisis prevention/intervention, Universal Precautions, and medication administration when assigned.

Ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to stand/walk frequently, bend, assist with mobility and ADLs, respond quickly to safety concerns, work in varied weather, and lift, push, or pull up to 100 pounds as required.

Preferred Qualifications

Two or more years of relevant experience in an adult day, residential, school, clinical, or community setting; an associate degree in a related field is preferred. Experience with AAC, visual supports, positive behavior supports, sensory/regulation strategies, and proactive de-escalation; RBT or comparable training is a plus.

Additional duties may be assigned based on participant and program needs.