ABA Program Supervisor Trainee (Mid Tier)

KEY ESSENTIALS TO BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT CORP

Program Supervisor Trainee

Pre-Certification Clinical Supervision

Role

Program Supervisor Trainee Pre-Certification Clinical Supervision

Compensation

$28 $31/hr

Employment Type

Full-time positions preferred; part-time considered for graduate-program candidates

Reports To

Clinical Director (Jazmin)

Location

Indio

Service Setting

Clinic-based with home and community session options

Credential

Masters degree in behavior analysis psychology special education or related field (in progress accepted) BCaBA or BCBA candidacy 1 years of ABA experience required

Why This Role Exists

Most ABA companies dont invest in supervisors before certification they expect you to either already be a BCaBA/BCBA or to stay an RBT while you finish your Masters. That gap is where a lot of good clinicians get stuck. The Program Supervisor Trainee role exists because KEBM refuses to make you choose. Youll develop supervisory skill now with full pay and full support while you finish your Masters and sit for your BCaBA or BCBA. The trainee period isnt a holding pattern its deliberate development.

About Us

Were a five-clinic ABA therapy company with four locations across Southern California and one in Georgia founded in 2016 by a BCBA with 25 years in the field. Our team of 68 professionals delivers evidence-based therapy through our proprietary S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. methodology and our Sensory Spot locations prove that therapy can actually feel like play.

We serve every client who walks through our doors insurance-funded private pay open play and camp families alike. Were women-founded minority-owned and we dont sacrifice clinical quality for profit. If you want to work somewhere thats serious about outcomes and serious about its people youre in the right place.

How S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. Work

S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. is our proprietary group ABA therapy methodology a pod-based model where social skills behavior intervention and individualized goals are delivered inside a structured group dynamic. Heres how it works on the ground:

• Each pod has 3 to 6 clients with varied diagnoses autism ADHD ADD Down syndrome developmental delays grouped by age skill level and goal alignment.
• The facilitator-to-client ratio is 1:3 inside the pod.
• A supervisor is always on-site and clinical support is always available in your pod. Your on-site supervisor is a Program Supervisor BCaBA or BCBA and they move between pods providing real-time coaching oversight and support for challenging behaviors. You are never figuring it out alone.
• We use a push-in / pull-out model: group work happens inside the pod and 1:1 intensive instruction pulls out when a client needs dedicated skill-building or behavior support.
• BCBAs and Program Supervisors move between pods providing real-time coaching clinical oversight and support for challenging behaviors.

Who We Serve

KEBM serves every client who walks through our doors no tiers no priority treatment no real clients vs. drop-ins. That means:

• Insurance-funded ABA clients (Medi-Cal Medicare commercial insurance)
• Private pay therapy clients
• Open play participants at our Sensory Spot locations
• Camp participants spring break winter break summer and any seasonal KEBM camp
• Consultation clients in adult residential and group home settings (Program Supervisor Masters level and above)

A camp kid gets the same quality of care as an insurance client. An open play family gets the same respect as a full-time ABA family. If that feels natural to you youre going to fit here. If the idea of treating any of those clients as less-than bothers you this isnt the place.

The Role What Youll Actually Do

In this role youll:

• Run pods and supervise RBTs with real authority within your scope under the Clinical Directors oversight. Youre not shadowing; youre supervising coached by Jazmin as you develop.
• Contribute to functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and treatment plans building the clinical reasoning skills youll use for the next 20 years of your career.
• Deliver direct clinical services skill acquisition programs behavior reduction protocols crisis intervention when needed. Youre in the room not just on the org chart.
• Coach Lead RBTs and RBTs in real time data interpretation program fidelity intervention selection. Your job is to make them better not just monitor them.
• Document everything defensibly progress notes session summaries data review program changes. This is where BCaBA/BCBA exam readiness is built one clean note at a time.
• Serve every client equally insurance private pay open play camps and (at Masters level) consultation into adult residential and group home settings.

In your first 90 days success looks like:

Running pods independently with Jazmins oversight documentation consistently defensible to the BCBA team on a clear track toward sitting for your BCaBA or BCBA within the next 612 months.

Who You Are

You might be perfect for this if:

• Youre pursuing your Masters (or have it) and you want clinical supervisory experience now because the BCaBA or BCBA certification opens doors only if you already know how to supervise.
• Youre ready to hold other clinicians accountable coaching an RBT is fundamentally different from being one. If youve never held that line this role will stretch you. If youre ready itll launch you.
• You read data before you act on intuition and you can explain your clinical reasoning to a BCBA when asked. This is the core skill being developed in this role.
• You take the pipeline seriously BCaBA or BCBA is the goal not a maybe. KEBM will invest in your supervised hours and support your exam prep but the commitment has to come from you.

Bonus points if you have:

• Already hold your RBT certification
• Some supervised hours accumulated toward BCaBA/BCBA
• Bilingual (Spanish)
• Prior experience supervising direct-care staff in any setting

What You Get

Compensation

$30 $33/hr published transparently on this posting.

We dont play the competitive compensation game and we dont bait candidates with the top of the band and pay the bottom. Where you land in the range depends on credential level experience and market and well tell you exactly why during the offer conversation.

Benefits Full-Time

Medical dental and vision Paid time off Paid holidays 401(k) eligibility after qualifying period CEU reimbursement for certification maintenance Supervision hours for BCaBA/BCBA pathway at no cost Professional liability coverage Ongoing S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. methodology training

Benefits Part-Time

Paid sick time (per state law) CEU reimbursement for certification maintenance Supervision hours for BCaBA/BCBA pathway at no cost Professional liability coverage Ongoing S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. methodology training Priority access to full-time roles as they open

Growth

At KEBM your next role isnt hypothetical. We built a 15-step clinical pipeline from Social Skills Assistant through Chief Clinical Director and every seat has a real compensation band a real scope of responsibility and a real path to get there.

Your direct next step from this role: Program Supervisor typically within 1218 months once your certification is complete. From there BCaBA and BCBA are the next steps.

Ask about it in the interview well show you the map.

Culture

We run on the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. framework which means structured collaboration not chaos. Our leadership team (COO Lynda Chief Clinical Director Maritza Clinical Director Jazmin) actually leads so youre not reporting into a black hole. Our CEO is a BCBA who built this from the ground up starting at $8.50/hour as a paraeducator in 1999 she gets what your day looks like.

Physical Requirements

This role is physically active. Youll spend most of your day standing walking sitting on the floor transitioning between activities and occasionally responding to challenging behaviors.

• Frequent (48 hours): sitting standing walking simple grasping reaching (all directions) bending twisting kneeling squatting
• Occasional (13 hours): keyboarding fine manipulation stairs lifting or carrying 150 lbs
• Crisis readiness: the ability to respond appropriately to behaviors including elopement aggression (hitting kicking spitting throwing) and self-injury with full training and supervisory backup

This is not desk work. But you are never handling it alone a supervisor is always on-site and clinical support is always available.

What Youll Actually Encounter The Honest Section

Most ABA job posts sanitize this part and then lose hires at day 30 when reality hits. Wed rather tell you now.

• Aggression hitting kicking biting scratching throwing objects. Training and crisis protocols are in place; youll never be expected to manage it alone.
• Elopement clients running or leaving the session space. The clinic is designed to be safe; staffing is set to make elopement manageable.
• Self-injury head-hitting scratching and similar behaviors. Protocols exist for every scenario.
• Non-compliance and task refusal some sessions will test your creativity and persistence.
• Vocal stereotypy and scripting understanding function is part of the clinical picture.
• Sensory-seeking and sensory-avoidant behaviors our Sensory Spot locations are designed with this in mind.

Why we tell you this upfront:

Because we respect your decision-making. This work isnt for everyone and thats okay. But for the right person theres nothing more rewarding than helping a child build the skills that change the trajectory of their life. And you wont be doing it alone a supervisor is always on-site clinical support is always available established crisis protocols are in place and a team has your back.

The KEBM G-W-C Test

Three questions. Take 60 seconds with them before you apply. If you can answer all three with an honest yes send your resume today. If any one is a no thats information too wed rather you filter yourself now than find out three months in.

1. Do you GET IT

Do you understand what this role actually is the real work the hard days the kids and families we serve Not the idealized version. The actual job.

2. Do you WANT IT

Not the paycheck. Not the title. The work itself. Do you want to do this specific job with these specific clients inside the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. model

3. Do you have the CAPACITY

Time skill emotional bandwidth physical readiness. The capacity question is not whether youre smart or capable its whether your current life has room for this role to be done well.

How to Apply

Apply at the link in this posting or send your resume and a short note about why this role caught your eye to Questions before you apply Call us at a real person will answer.

We review every application and respond to every candidate. Youre not shouting into the void.

Screening questions

Please answer both in your application:

• Whats your plan for BCaBA or BCBA pursuit and what would you need from an employer to make it happen on your timeline
• Tell me about a time you had to coach or correct someone what worked what didnt and what would you do differently now

Key Essentials to Behavior Management Corp is an equal opportunity employer. We are women-founded minority-owned and committed to hiring without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

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