Supervised Instructor Therapist

Overview

Department: ABA

Reporting to: Clinical Supervisor

Location: Toronto

Job Type & Duration: Full Time, Temporary 8 Month Contract

Hours: 37.5 hours/week

Salary: $45,000 T7 L1

Publish Date: October 2026

About SAAAC Autism Centre

The SAAAC Autism Centre is a Toronto based charity whose mission is to make autism services equitable for all Canadians. The Centre provides culturally responsive autism services targeting culturally and linguistically diverse families. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, our Centre offers a dynamic range of services that support the development of individuals on the autism spectrum at all life stages, along with their caregivers.

Your Role on Our Team

The Supervised Instructor therapist will work directly with children with autism and their families applying applied behaviour analysis (ABA) teaching procedures and interventions. Clinical supervision and guidance will be provided by a BCBA Clinical Supervisor. Opportunities for Registered Behaviour Technician (RBT) or BCBA (Board Certified Behaviour Analysis) supervision and support will be provided.

Main Responsibilities

- Work with multiple clients (age range): 2-18 years old, under the supervision of a Registered Behavior Analyst (RBA) and Supervised Senior Therapist
- Work with clients in a 1:1 format providing centre-based or home based ABA services
- Assist the RBA with in-person assessments
- Complete various assessments needed for client programming (e.g., preference assessments, baseline assessments)
- Use ABA Strategies and adhere to program write-up to teach various goals as per the client’s behavior plan
- Help to reduce client’s challenging behaviors (e.g., aggression,



self-injurious behaviors, property destruction, sensory behaviors) by collecting data, using antecedent and consequent based strategies, utilizing appropriate SMG strategies and adhering to the client’s behavior support plan
- Meet with RBA and Supervised Senior therapist regularly re: client programming and provide updates about sessions, client’s progress, effectiveness of individual programs, challenging behaviours and revisions
- Prepare and organize the teaching environments and materials needed for teaching
- Responsible for maintaining the client’s binder
- Utilize sound clinical judgment
- Responsible for collecting data during each session. Responsible for tracking, and analysis, including graphing and summarizing information at the end of each sessions
- Help prepare any reports (e.g., discharge reports) or session notes
- Flag exceptional circumstances as well as the need for changes to the program plan with Supervised Senior therapist and RBA
- Address personal care requirements of the client during each session (e.g., helping with toileting, diaper changes, assisting with changing of clothes, feeding etc.)
- Attend meetings with family and other service providers as required.
- Provide parent training opportunities for parents as stated in client’s service contract (i.e. parent observing the session,



modelling and feedback to parents)
- Maintain regular communications with parents and family members as required – providing parent debrief (in-person, phone call or through written communication)
- Maintain a clean and safe environment for clients (e.g. sanitizing toys, assisting with clean up etc.)
- Ensuring safety of clients by following SMG protocols, SAAAC health and safety protocols and adherence to SAAAC’s policies and procedures

Other duties include but are not limited to:

- Attending team meetings
- Contributing information and ideas to the team process and for client programming
- Communicating and interacting to team members and families in a skilled and respectful manner
- Being open to receiving and implementing feedback provided by supervisors
- Providing mentoring and collegial support as required (i.e. to placement students, volunteers or other team members)
- Utilizing educational opportunities (e.g. attending professional development meetings)
- Maintaining knowledge of and adhering to legislative requirements and professional standards
- Completing Centre administrative activities and requirements including attendance, serious occurrences and incident reports.
- Adhering to employee responsibilities for Health & Safety as defined by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and applicable regulations
- Ability to spend most of the day at the child’s level, i.e. sitting on the floor, or on child height chairs.
- Able to bend, stoop and lift child to adult height (up to 20 kg) and to move children’s furniture or equipment to prepare room for programming needs
- Partaking in Centre-based

📌 Supervised Instructor Therapist 8 Month Contract (Toronto)
🏢 SAAAC Autism Centre
📍 Toronto