Skills Trainer Behavior Modification Specialist

ND Health and Human Services; Minot (ND); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

ND Health and Human Services seeks a Skills Trainer (Behavioral Modification Specialist) in the Minot area to work with our Youth and Family Team. You will travel to individuals' homes and communities, teaching daily living, household, communication, and emotion regulation skills, to help clients live independently.

You will join an integrated team to support each person’s plan and empower success in home and community settings, using role-modeling and client-centered approaches.

Qualifications

• Master's degree requirement OR bachelor's with two years of relevant supervised experience.
• Valid driver's license and completion of the assigned defensive driving course during new-hire orientation.
• ND Medicaid may approve related degrees at its discretion.

Responsibilities

• Travel to individuals' homes and communities to teach daily living, household, communication and emotion regulation skills.
• Be part of an integrated, interdisciplinary team focused on providing the best support plan for each individual.
• Thrive in role-modeling, empower others and work in home and natural environments.

Education

Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, education, child development and family science, human services, marriage and family therapy, applied behavioral analysis, speech pathology, therapeutic recreation, occupational therapy, behavioral health, or communication disorders.

Bachelor's degree in one of the above fields and two years of work experience in the respective discipline

Job description

NCBHC is seeking a Skills Trainer (Behavioral Modification Specialist) in the Minot area for our Youth and Family Team

As a Skills Trainer, you will assist individuals where they live to build skills so they can live a quality, independent life.

Every day, you will travel to individuals' homes and communities. There you will teach daily living skills and household skills, communication and emotion regulation skills, budgeting skills, as well as health, safety, and hygiene skills. You will be part of an integrated, interdisciplinary team focused on providing the best support plan possible for each individual.

To thrive in this position, you should enjoy teaching and role-modeling, be passionate about empowering others, and prefer working with individuals in their home and natural environments.

• Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, education, child development and family science, human services, marriage and family therapy, applied behavioral analysis, speech pathology, therapeutic recreation, occupational therapy, behavioral health, or communication disorders.
• OR a bachelor's degree in one of the above fields and two years of work experience in the respective discipline. The work experience must be in a professional setting and supervised by a licensed practitioner in a related field. ND Medicaid may approve related degrees at its discretion.

This position requires a valid driver's license and successful completion of the assigned defensive driving course during new-hire orientation.

Location

This position provides essential client services face to face and therefore the person in this position needs to be able to travel to meet clients at their location.

About HHS

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of wellbeing: physical, economical, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness, and love for all.

About Team ND

\"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.\" - Theodore Roosevelt

More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.

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Employing Unit

ND HHS - NCBHC

Contact

Telephone Number: 701-857-8500

TTY Number ND Relay Service 1 [phone] (text) or 1 [phone] (voice)

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. Sect. 23-12-10.