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Behavior Technician – Community & Social Skills Focus

Location: Sanford, NC and surrounding communities
Job Type: Part-time, W-2
Pay: Starting at $25 per hour
Setting: In-home and community-based services

You do not need previous ABA experience to apply. We especially welcome applicants with backgrounds in coaching, fitness, education, recreation, childcare, psychology, healthcare, art, music, youth development, or other helping professions.

This Isn’t Your Typical ABA Job

If your idea of ABA is sitting at a table running flashcards for an entire session, The Progress Lab is going to feel different.

We believe meaningful skills should be taught where life actually happens. Our team uses Natural Environment Teaching, community involvement, movement, play and social experiences to help neurodivergent clients build skills they can use in their everyday lives.

Depending on the client, your session might include:

• Playing basketball or going for a walk
• Practicing ordering at a restaurant
• Completing a workout or wellness activity
• Playing games that build communication and flexibility
• Visiting a store and practicing money or shopping skills
• Participating in a structured social-skills activity
• Exploring hobbies and age-appropriate leisure activities
• Practicing self-advocacy, independence and real-world problem-solving

The activities are fun, but they are also intentional, individualized and clinically meaningful. Wellness and recreational activities are incorporated only when clinically appropriate and included in the client’s treatment plan.

Who We Serve

The Progress Lab primarily supports school-aged children and teens, with a particular focus on middle and high school clients. We address communication, social skills, self-advocacy, emotional regulation, independence, daily living and meaningful community participation.

Our services are relationship-based, assent-centered and respectful of neurodivergent people. We emphasize prevention, proactive support and de-escalation rather than physical-management procedures.

What You’ll Do

As a Behavior Technician, you will:

• Provide individualized ABA services in clients’ homes and community settings
• Implement treatment programs designed and supervised by a BCBA
• Use Natural Environment Teaching to make learning functional and engaging
• Plan age-appropriate activities based on each client’s interests and goals
• Support communication, social interaction, independence and self-advocacy
• Collect accurate data and complete timely electronic session documentation
• Follow individualized behavior-support and safety procedures
• Collaborate closely with the supervising BCBA
• Respect client assent, dignity, preferences and individual differences
• Participate in ongoing training, feedback and professional development

This role involves more than supervising a client or filling session time. We are looking for technicians who want to engage, move, connect, teach and grow.

You May Be a Great Fit If You:

• Genuinely enjoy working with neurodivergent children and teens
• Are energetic, creative and comfortable being active during sessions
• Can make learning fun while still following a clinical plan
• Are willing to play games, participate in community activities and explore clients’ interests
• Believe clients should be treated with dignity and included in decisions affecting them
• Are dependable, professional and receptive to feedback
• Want to develop a meaningful career—not simply pick up another job
• Can work responsibly in community and home settings while maintaining communication with your supervisor
• Are interested in growing with a smaller, mission-driven ABA company

Health and Wellness Experience Is a Bonus

We especially encourage applicants with experience or education in:

• Personal training or group fitness
• Sports coaching
• Health and wellness
• Physical or recreational activity programs
• Kinesiology or exercise science
• Recreation or community programming
• Physical therapy or occupational therapy support
• Special education, psychology or social services
• Direct support or behavioral health

ABA experience is valued, but we are also open to training the right person whose values, reliability and energy match our approach.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 18 years old
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation and current automobile insurance
• Ability to travel to client homes and community locations
• Ability to pass required criminal-background, registry and employment screenings
• Comfortable participating in active, community-based sessions
• Ability to stand, walk, bend and occasionally lift or carry activity materials or equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to collect data, complete electronic documentation and use a company-issued iPad
• Willingness to obtain and maintain applicable certifications
• Willingness to obtain and maintain CPR and First Aid certification
• Afternoon or early-evening availability is strongly preferred

An active RBT or ABAT credential is preferred but not required. Selected applicants who are not currently credentialed must complete applicable training, competency and credentialing requirements before being assigned to provide services under close, ongoing BCBA supervision.

Training and Advancement

Team members receive direct training, ongoing feedback and clinical support from a BCBA. Professional-development opportunities may include:

• Company-supported RBT training and credentialing
• RBT certification, examination and renewal reimbursement
• RBT professional-development and in-service PDU opportunities
• Advancement into RBT, Lead Technician and Student Analyst roles
• Mentorship for eligible employees pursuing QASP-S or QBA credentials

We want to invest in people who are passionate about the field and interested in building something meaningful with us.

What We Offer

• Starting pay of $25 per hour
• W-2 employment
• Paid orientation and required training
• Paid drive time between assigned work locations
• Mileage reimbursement at the current IRS business rate
• Partial compensation for qualifying client cancellations
• Company-issued iPad
• BCBA-led training and ongoing clinical support
• Credentialing and professional-development assistance
• Professional mentorship and advancement opportunities
• Employee referral program
• A small, collaborative team
• Community-based and interest-driven sessions
• No noncompete agreement

Whole-Person Wellness Benefits

We believe team members deserve support, too. After 30 days of employment, eligible employees receive access to wellness benefits with an annualized value of up to $900, including:

• A $40 monthly wellness stipend—up to $480 annually—to help offset gym memberships, fitness classes, wellness apps, therapy expenses and other personal wellness needs
• Complimentary continued access to the FitwHarm Employee Wellness Library, a $420 annual value featuring on-demand workouts, mobility resources, general nutrition education, routine-building tools, habit trackers and practical wellness resources
• Exclusive friends-and-family savings on eligible self-guided FitwHarm wellness memberships

All wellness benefits are optional and private. Participation—or the decision not to participate—will never affect an employee’s hours, supervision, performance evaluation or opportunities for advancement.

Apply to Join The Lab

We are looking for thoughtful, dependable and energetic people who believe ABA can be clinically strong, respectful and genuinely engaging.

When applying, tell us about an activity, hobby, sport or community experience you would be excited to incorporate into a client’s session and what skills you could help them practice through it.

The Progress Lab ABA LLC is an equal-opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and employment process.

Benefits:

• Gym membership
• License reimbursement
• Mileage reimbursement
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid orientation
• Referral program

License/Certification:

• RBT/ABAT (Preferred)

Work Location: In person