Direct Service Provider, Fern Creek

Looking for a place where you can truly make a positive impact on families and the community? Want a rewarding culture where you are treated well and where you receive 47 days off throughout the year PLUS generous PTO/vacation time off?  Want to never work nights or weekends? Looking for paid learning/training and ample career development opportunities?

BCA has been providing care to children and young adults on the autism spectrum for 14 years and we are proud to have 4 campuses (Fern Creek just opened in January 2025!).

If you want to put people first and work and grow with our amazing team, apply today!

Summary  

The Direct Service Provider (DSP) will assist in implementing training programs for ADT participants with autism and related disorders, working under the supervision of the ADT Group Skills Supervisor and Director. This role involves direct support to participant in achieving goals outlined in their Person-Centered Care Plan. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities - including but not limited to:

• Provide person-centered care, ensuring the needs of participants are met with respect to their specific requirements such as allergies or level of supervision. 

• Implement daily group schedules with a minimum of 5 clients per session, with groups potentially including up to 8 clients. 

• Model positive instructional skills, including appropriate praise and reinforcement. 

• Assist in creating and implementing training materials and leading programs for participants under the direction of the ADT supervisor or Behavior Analyst.  

• Ensuring that all scheduled activities and services are delivered as planned for the benefit of the individuals in the program. 

• Maintain participant daily records as directed by supervisor, including recording behavior data, graphing, daily summaries and tracking the progress of target skills. 

• Complete daily communication logs and necessary documentation by deadlines. 

• Collaborate effectively with all BCA team members, including but not limited to ADT Supervisor, Behavior Analysts, and the Clinical Director. 

• Ensure all data/billing documentation is submitted accurately and timely. 

• Participate in all staff meetings and mandatory professional development, receiving and acting on feedback to improve services provided. 

• Communicate with participants and parents in a professional and friendly manner. 

• Perform tasks in accordance with BCA policies and procedures, maintaining a professional and respectful work environment. 

• Demonstrates reliability and punctuality by consistently arriving on time to provide necessary support and care to participants.  

• Must complete competency training on each participants person center care plan before operating independently  

• Pre-employment drug screening at BCA affiliated lab  

• Weekly billing expectations: 75% or more of 40-hour week  
• Must complete state-mandated training of the following topics (including but not limited to): Orientation, Agency Disaster/Emergency Plan, CPR/First Aid, Medication Administration, DDID Crisis Prevention and Intervention, College of Direct Support Modules covering Individual Rights, Maltreatment Prevention, Developmental Disabilities, Documentation, Professionalism, and other topics as required.
• Must participate in post-training assessment, evaluations, and trainings to verify competency and successful completion of training modules with a score of 85% or higher for all requirements.

Education and/or Experience  

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Experience collaborating with individuals with autism is preferred
• Must have strong skills in communication, data recording, graphing, and maintaining records.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations 

• Must complete, CPR, First Aid, and RBT certification if applicable within 180 days of hire. 
• Continuous education on developmental disabilities and ABA therapy is required to ensure the latest standards are met. 

• Must maintain these certifications through regular documentation of supervision, trainings, and communication with supervisors, behavior analysts, and clinical director.  

Physical Demands 
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand; use hands regularly; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds. 

Work Environment 
The work environment characteristics described here represent those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high. The work environment is highly structured but requires flexibility due to unforeseen changes in client demands. 

Team Members Benefits 

• Group Insurance 

Bluegrass Center for Autism offers eligible Full-time team members health insurance and welfare benefits designed to fit the needs of their immediate families, including registered domestic partners. These voluntary benefits include medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance policies. All insurance benefits are only available to Full-Time team members on the first day of the month after 60 days of employment. As an additional benefit for eligible team members enrolled in medical coverage, Bluegrass Center for Autism will pay a percentage towards your premium; for each year of service reached, the percentage that BCA will pay towards your premium will increase, and the team members' portion will lower. 

• 401K 

Bluegrass Center for Autism offers all eligible team members to participate in our 401K plan. Participant requirements are a minimum age of 21 and must have worked full-time for 12 consecutive months and 1,000 hours of service. 

• Paid Time Off 
  Bluegrass Center for Autism team members receives time off when the learners are not in session. Hourly team members are not paid during the day students are not in session. Full-time team members are eligible to receive paid time off (PTO) after completing their 90-day orientation period to use at their discretion with supervisory approval. January 1, all eligible team members receive Ten days (or 80 hours) of PTO each calendar year. If a team member becomes eligible after January 1, their PTO amount will be prorated based on their 90-day eligibility date. Hourly team members are not paid during the days students are not in session. PTO hours do not roll over into the next calendar year but may be cashed in at the end of the calendar year. Bluegrass Center for Autism offers a Bonus PTO for hourly-only team members to earn additional quarterly PTO hours based on attendance that may be used on dates BCA is closed. These earned quarterly attendance PTO hours may not be used during dates that BCA is in session. 
• Life Insurance 

Bluegrass Center for Autism offers a $20K employer-provided life insurance policy for Full-time eligible team members.

• Work anniversary bonuses: 

BCA offers all staff members a work anniversary bonus; you will receive $100 for every year of service to our organization on your annual work anniversary. 

Hours of Operation 

Bluegrass Center for Autism's hours of operation is Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. Instructors will be assigned to early care one day a week from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm on that day. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Bluegrass Center for Autism provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. It prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Bluegrass Center for Autism has been awarded a BHCOE Accreditation credential from the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence.