Behavioral Specialist

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Requisition No:884230

Agency:
Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title:

BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST -

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

CANDIDATE POOL:
Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

This posting may close prior to closing date.

is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Health insurance (over 90% employer paid)
• $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid)
• Dental, vision and supplemental insurances available at state rates
• State of Florida retirement package
• Generous vacation and sick leave
• 10 paid holidays a year
• Tuition waiver for state college/university courses
• Training opportunities
• For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to

The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) works in partnership with local communities to support people with developmental disabilities in living, learning, and working in their communities. APD provides critical services and support for customers with developmental disabilities to reach their full potential. The Agency serves people with spina bifida, autism, Down syndrome, children ages 3-5 at high risk of developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, Prader-Willi syndrome, Phelan-McDermid syndrome, and intellectual disabilities.

There is no charge or co-payment for services provided through the Agency.(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

Join APD’s TACACHALE and be part of the team that MAKES A DIFFERENCE – NOT JUST A LIVING, impacting the lives of developmentally disabled adults!

$44,990.40 – $49,489.44 Annually $1,730.40 – $1,903.44 Biweekly

The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary.

Evaluates and assesses residents utilizing functional behavior assessment tools, record review, direct observation, behavioral data analysis and consultation with other interdisciplinary members. Develops behavior support plans that incorporate the required ABA elements, including results of functional behavior assessment and specific strategies to teach replacement behaviors.

Makes daily rounds on homes of assigned caseload, to visit residents, gather feedback from direct care staff and collect ABC data sheets. Graphs data for analysis and write narrative notes for summarization in various reports.

Provides in-service training to direct care staff and monitors for appropriate implementation of behavior supports. Provides adequate follow-up of residents both directly and via consultation with other disciplines and direct care staff.

Attends interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss resident progress including Individual Support Plan meetings, and Interdisciplinary Team meetings. Attend placement/transition meetings related to resident admissions and discharge.

Develop reports and graph data to present during Psychiatric Clinic reviews.

Coordinates regulatory mandated attendance of guardians and community representatives to attend Human Rights Advocacy Committee meetings. Performs role of committee chairperson, to include the development and presentation of written reports that summarize prescribed restrictive or intrusive techniques to manage inappropriate behavior and the use of prescribed medications to manage behavior.

Participates in Tacachale’s Local Review Committee presenting and completing peer reviews for behavior support plans with restrictive components.

Attends Behavior Specialist professional meetings, facility management meetings, and other meetings as…