Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Live In Enid; Enid (OK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ERDA in Enid, OK is seeking a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to join an interdisciplinary team. The role provides functional behaviour assessments, designs individualized behaviour programs, and trains staff to implement plans effectively in community-based settings.

The BCBA will lead staff trainings, contribute to treatment planning, and participate in admissions, transitions, and case reviews while ensuring quality and safety for individuals with IDD and challenging behaviours.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in field and BCBA eligibility by national exam.
• BCBA certification or eligibility; OK DHS license within 6 months.
• Two years’ experience with IDD and behaviour modification services.
• Formal training in planning, programme evaluation, interpersonal relations, problem solving and habilitation.
• PCM certification prior to working with clients; First Aid/CPR certification; fingerprint clearance.
• Valid driver’s license and good physical health with TB test within one year.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and evaluates behaviour intervention plans (PIPs) and functional behavioural assessments.
• Provides staff trainings on PIPs and data collection; updates treatment plans annually.
• Provides on-site coverage and training across all shifts.
• Participates in admissions, transitions, and meetings to discuss behaviours and plans.
• Collaborates with IDT; provides training on person-centered assessment and habilitation.
• Conducts regular treatment integrity checks and monitors data for effectiveness.
• Attends admissions, annuals, case reviews, medication reviews, and discharge meetings.

Skills

Staff training

Functional behaviour assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Problem solving

Crisis intervention

Data collection

Communication

Education

Master’s Degree

BCBA Certification (National Board)

OK DHS License Eligibility

Job description

Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Job Title: Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

Immediate Supervisor: Clinical Director

Job Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Job Summary: The position is responsible for providing functional behaviour assessments and individualized behaviour programs to individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours. The Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) will work at the discretion of the interdisciplinary team as a key member to assess and provide treatment recommendations and training to staff to help individuals learn important life skills while reducing problem behaviours that were detrimental to their ability to live successfully in a community setting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Selects, designs, implements, and evaluates behaviour protective intervention plans (PIPs), provides staff trainings on the implementation of individual client’s PIPs and develops a written, functional behavioural assessment and treatment plan for each client which is updated annually based on the client’s admission date.
2. Ensures a written admission behaviour support plan has been completed and staff trained prior to client admissions and annually thereafter.
3. Provides all necessary support and training to all direct support professionals.
4. Provide on-site coverage, support and training to all staff across all shifts (1st shift, 2nd Shift, and 3rd Shift).
5. Attends all pre-placement meetings and meetings regarding transitioning a client to and from a Greer facility (team meetings, transition meetings, exit meetings, etc.) with a focus on exchanging information about behaviours and behaviour plans, discussing each agency and entity’s roles and responsibilities, and developing the admission behaviour support.
6. Engages in functional assessments to identify factors that are maintaining dangerous, maladaptive and disruptive behaviours. Conducts behavioural assessments of clients as assigned.
7. Functions as a member of the onsite treatment team through communication, collaboration, research, strategic analysis of quality indicators, special projects, and committee participation within the area of expertise.
8. Participates as a key member of the Individual’s Interdisciplinary Treatment Team (IDT) and consults with other IDT members. Provides classroom and on-the-job training regarding issues of assessment, habilitation training design based on a person-centered approach, and implementation to professional and paraprofessional personnel.
9. Performs staff training on behaviour support plans and data collection systems.
10. Performs staff training on behavioural support plans and conducts regular treatment integrity checklists to ensure competency and monitors the effectiveness through collected and graphed data.
11. Participates in meetings including admissions, annuals, case reviews, psychiatric medication reviews, and discharges by sharing pertinent behavioural data and insight to gain the overall treatment process for each individual.
12. Performs other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

1. Master’s Degree in required areas of study to have successfully completed BCBA National Testing.
2. Must possess one of the following:
3. Behaviour Analyst certified by National Behaviour Analyst Certification Board as a Certified Behaviour Analyst
4. Become a valid License Holder in Behaviour Analysis from OK DHS with 6 months of employment
5. Two years’ experience working with persons with IDD in designing, supervising and implementing behaviour modification services.
6. Formal training and/or experience in planning, programme evaluation, interpersonal relationships, problem solving, crisis intervention, and causes and habilitation/treatment of individuals with intellectual disabilities and mental illness/behavioural impairment/severe emotional disturbance is expected.
7. Must obtain and maintain current certification of Professional Crisis Management (PCM) prior to working with clients.
8. Must obtain and maintain current certification in First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), including abdominal thrust technique, prior to working with clients. Training must be obtained through class attendance that includes hands‑on instruction.
9. Must complete fingerprint clearance (OK Screen) prior to working with clients in facility.
10. Must be in good physical health which shall be verified by a health screening, including a test for tuberculosis, performed by or under the supervision of a physician not more than one year prior to or seven days after employment.
11. Ability to stand, sit, bend, lift, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and move intermittently. Use hands to handle or feel. Ability to turn on the knees, back, wrist, shoulders, and grasp with both hands. Must be able to frequently lift/move up to 50 lbs. and occasionally lift and move more than 50 lbs.
12. Must possess and maintain a current and valid driver’s licence.