Licensed Behavior Analyst

Job Description:

Licensed Behavior Analyst

Description

The Missouri Department of Mental Health is dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and public understanding of mental illness and developmental disabilities. By joining our team, YOU can make a difference in the lives of those impacted by a mental illness or developmental disability so they can have the opportunity to pursue their dreams, live their lives to the fullest, and be a valued member of their communities.

This position will function as the Area Behavior Analyst for the Central Missouri region. The behavior team works to arrange for Individuals with IDD to live meaningful, minimally restrictive, and maximally independent lives through the development of nurturing, constructional, and responsive communities. To accomplish this common goal, the Division of DD has established three teams that collaborate efforts: Universal Systems, Risk Prevention, and Intensive Supports. The Positive Supports team works to develop providers that have strong universal systems of support (Tier 1); these are the things that every person needs to live a good life and is the foundation of everything we do across all of our teams. The Risk Prevention team focuses on developing providers of specialized, targeted services for people that have been identified as at-risk (Tier 2). This team also works on systems of clinical collaboration and enhancing Tier 1 efforts. The Intensive Supports team (Tier 3) focuses on development of providers of intensive, individualized service and systems of clinical collaboration.

Area Behavior Analysts (ABA) work under the direct supervision of the Chief Behavior Analyst to assess and address systemic barriers that result in high-risk outcomes for individuals with complex needs. This includes collaborating to perform systems analyses, design and implement interventions to address concerns related to intensive, individualized supports for individual within the DD system. It also includes supervising and directing an Intensive Systems Consultant (ISC) to support Tier 3 activities. In extreme situations, ABAs may provide brief behavior-analytic services to individuals with complex behavioral support needs. In these situations, the ABA guides and assists the ISC to implement services focused on stabilization and short-term progress while appropriate and longer-term intensive supports are arranged.

License to practice as a Behavior Analyst. Experienced in provision of behavior analysis services serving individuals with developmental disabilities and dual diagnosis of developmental disabilities and mental illness. BCBA and licensed eligible in the state of Missouri. Licensure will be required at the time employment begins.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Salary:

85,484.03 per Year