Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

Ozark Center; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ozark Center, part of Freeman Health System, seeks a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to assist the Clinical Director, clients, and families in progress toward goals. The role includes functional and skill assessments, behavior support plan development, progress reporting, data analysis, and training, within a trauma-informed care framework.

The candidate must hold BCBA certification, be licensed as an LBA in Missouri, and reside in Missouri, Oklahoma, or Kansas.

Qualifications

• Active certification as a BCBA with the BACB
• Currently licensed in Missouri as an LBA
• Must be a resident of Missouri, Oklahoma, or Kansas

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.

Skills

BCBA certification

Data analysis

Staff supervision

Client/family coaching

Education

Master's degree in special education, psychology, social work, counseling or closely related field

Job description

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

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.

Qualifications

Qualifications: Active certification as a BCBA with the BACB Currently licensed in Missouri as an LBA Must be a resident of Missouri, Oklahoma, or Kansas.

Responsibilities

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.

• 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.

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.

Locally owned and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System is a not-for-profit health system serving communities across Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas through a network of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient locations, and specialty services. The system includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital, and the Freeman Health System facilities in Bentonville, Springdale, Willow Creek, and Siloam Springs. Freeman Health System also operates Ozark Center – the region’s largest provider of behavioral health services, and offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and women’s and children’s services. The system is supported by more than 7,000 employees and is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius. For more information, visit Freeman Health System.