Behavior Specialist Res

The Behavioral Specialist serves as a keystone position amongst a multi-disciplinary team, serving as the lead for behavioral intervention design and application of behavioral supports.

The behavioral specialist drives the functional behavior assessment process to identify key targets for the Positive Behavioral Support plan.

The behavior specialist embodies, models, and emphasizes person-centered supports and supporting the Every Day Lives principles.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Utilizes positive approaches in every interaction with all direct support professionals, program specialists, behavior specialists, managers, directors, external stakeholders, and people supported.

Ensures that the wishes, hopes, dreams, and fears of each person supported are respected, and that their rights are honored across all settings.

Performs all job duties with the understanding that their highest priority is what is most important to the person supported.

Communicates as needed with all team members [i.e., person supported, direct support professionals, family members, advocates, support coordinators, therapists, and other providers] to ensure quality services and collaboration.

Acts as a positive role model and demonstrates professionalism, dignity, and respect towards the people supported, co-workers, management, and other associates both within and outside the organization.

Provides ongoing clinical consultation, training, and guidance to the direct support professionals.

Ensures all team members are working towards the person's vision of a meaningful and everyday life.

Carries out all planning, development, prevention, and intervention strategies using a restraint free and least restrictive methodology.

Licensing and Contractual Compliance: Review ISP, BSP, related supporting documents, and annual plans in Evolv at least annually for each person supported, if not more often, and complete the Staff Document Review Attends psychiatric/psychological consults to provide behavioral data and updates on application of new/existing interventions.

Coordinates the training of direct support professionals on the behavior support plan, restrictive procedures, psychiatric PRN protocols, and risk management plans (when applicable) anytime an update is made to the document, supports being provided, or as new team members join.

Meets with people supported and their teams, at a frequency which ensures effective support.

Completes timely documentation of service delivery including direct and consultation into the medical record.

Complete and pass the Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) training certification process within 3 weeks of hire.

Administrative: Completes an FBA for each person assigned caseload and updates annually using data to drive instructional decision making.

Implements, collects, trains and analyzes behavioral data on a monthly basis.

Completes 24 hours of required annual training and other educational opportunities that contribute to professional growth and de...