Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Job Description

Summary: The Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) assists the Clinical Director, the client, and their families in progress toward specific goals. This person completes functional behavior assessments and skill assessments, developing and monitoring behavior support plans and individualized treatment plans, completing progress reports, recording, and analyzing data, conducting staff training, providing on-sight monitoring, and working with a team of other professionals. BCBA provides services to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health (addiction/substance use and mental health) issues, recognizing that the individuals we serve often times have experienced trauma that affects their development and adjustment. BCBA demonstrates a warm and welcoming empathic, hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. BCBA will be trained in trauma-informed care and will work to help provide services in an environment that is sensitive and responsive which will prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma as a result of the care received. BCBA reports to the Clinical Director of the Autism Center.

Education

• A graduate of an accredited college or university with a Master’s degree in special education, psychology, social work, counseling or closely related field.
• Work
• Experiences: A minimum of one (1) year experience in working with children with autism.

Responsibilities

Supervising, coaching, and performing intensive interventions with children with autism within the methodology of Applied Behavior Analysis. Oversight of the development, training, and implementation of plans to reduce challenging behavior. Conducting initial and ongoing normed and criterion-based assessments. Analyzing data and making treatment recommendations based on assessments. Monthly supervision for RBTs Report writing as required. Parent training and ongoing family support to each family assigned Completing billing forms/documentation as required Perform all other duties as assigned. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Physical Requirements: Typical physical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional team lifting to 200 pounds. Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed. Requires the ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours and deal with irate individuals. TB test upon hire. As the only locally owned, not-for-profit health system in the area, Freeman focuses on meeting the health and wellness needs of those we serve as well as the needs of our employees. Freeman in Joplin, Missouri, is a 460-bed, three-hospital system providing comprehensive healthcare services to an area that includes more than 450,000 from Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Freeman Health System includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital and Ozark Center – the area’s largest provider of behavioral health services – as well as two urgent care clinics, dozens of physician clinics and a variety of specialty services.