Play-based RBT

• *Active RBT certification required. We are not able to consider applications from candidates who are not yet certified. If you do not have your RBT, please check back with us when you do.**

We have an immediate opening and we need someone who can start within the next two weeks. This is not a posting we put up to build a pipeline — we have a caseload, we have families waiting, and we are looking for a certified RBT who is ready to work.

If that is you, and you want to work somewhere that takes the clinical side of this job seriously, keep reading.

About Building BLOCS

Building BLOCS has been open since 2010. We are owned and operated by a BCBA and a BCBA/SLP who make the daily clinical decisions — not a corporate office, not a franchise. Our leadership team has been with us for years, and our clinical approach reflects what we actually believe about how children learn, not what is easiest to scale.

We were an early adopter of the Early Start Denver Model. Our BCBAs are ESDM-certified and will train you in delivering naturalistic, evidence-based therapy in both 1:1 and group settings. Our kids are seen in groups for three hours each day so that the skills we are teaching in individual sessions have somewhere to go — into real play and real interactions with peers.

Therapy here is play-based and relationship-focused. It looks like actual childhood, not a behavior modification program. That is by design.

What the work actually looks like

Here is a concrete example. Right now it is ocean month. Our therapists are planning a blue jello activity with Swedish fish and graham cracker ocean scenes, pulling out the ocean song choice boards, gathering supplies for sensory bags and paper plate jellyfish, and organizing a field trip to the nearby pet store to look at the fish. Next month we move on to camping.

This is what therapy looks like here. If that sounds like something you would genuinely enjoy planning and doing, that is a good sign. If it sounds exhausting or beside the point, this is probably not the right fit.

Beyond the themed activities, you will be delivering 1:1 therapy sessions with young children, supporting group sessions, taking data, and working closely with your supervising BCBA to adjust and improve your sessions. The work is physical — you are on the floor, moving, engaged, and present for the full day.

You will receive regular supervision and feedback, and we expect you to implement it. Attendance is a serious expectation here. Families schedule their weeks around these appointments, and when a therapist does not show up, real people are affected. We look for that reliability early.

Who does well here

You genuinely enjoy young children. You are playful and creative and can follow a child's lead without losing track of the goal. You stay calm when kids are dysregulated, you take feedback without shutting down, and you show up on time.

Many of our therapists are working toward their BCBA. We have an active cohort who meet regularly to go over cases, readings, and assignments — a built-in peer group for people who are serious about the field. If that is part of your plan, there is room for it here.

We are not looking for someone who already has everything figured out. We are looking for someone who is curious, consistent, and genuinely invested in the children on their caseload.

Pay: From $19.00 per hour

Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Opportunities for advancement
• Paid orientation
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person