Board Certified Behavior Analyst

The Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) plays a crucial role in delivering high-quality behavioral services to the individuals supported by Beacon Specialized Living. This role is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals by promoting positive behaviors and reducing challenging behaviors and involves conducting comprehensive functional behavior assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, and implementing evidence-based interventions to improve client outcomes.

The BCBA collaborates closely with an intra-disciplinary team of professionals, families, and external stakeholders to ensure effective and consistent implementation of behavior support plans.

The Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) plays a crucial role in delivering high-quality behavioral services to the individuals supported by Beacon Specialized Living. This role is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals by promoting positive behaviors and reducing challenging behaviors and involves conducting comprehensive functional behavior assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, and implementing evidence-based interventions to improve client outcomes.

The BCBA collaborates closely with an intra-disciplinary team of professionals, families, and external stakeholders to ensure effective and consistent implementation of behavior support plans.

• Coordinates, creates, monitors clients’ behavior treatment plans and evaluates their effectiveness through data collection and analysis.
• Responds to crisis situations.
• Supports and debriefs staff and individuals following incidents.
• Evaluates causes and implements changes strategies when adverse incidents occur.
• Participates in clinical/behavioral consultation meetings with residential managers and direct service providers.
• Participate in treatment team meetings and case reviews as needed.
• Maintains clinical records and provides written Positive Behavioral Support Plans (PBSP), Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBA), and clinical meeting summaries.
• Reviews and report on monthly data sets to monitor individual progress.
• Conduct assessments.
• Provides face to face clinical services to BSLS clients according to the scope(s) of practice assigned.
• Ensures that our activities and programs will enrich the clients’ social, emotional, mental and physical needs as well as increase their home involvement and independent living skills.
• Assists with the development and implementation of ongoing behavioral health training for clinical staff.
• Conducts on-site training for home managers, program managers and direct care staff, and assist sites with training tracking as needed.
• Assists with resident abuse and neglect assessment issues and communicate findings with home manager, compliance, clinical and operations’ leadership.
• Build positive relationships with CMH and other government or service agencies and assist in coordinating care as needed.
• Participate in performance improvement activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
• Adheres to BSLS Core Values, Mission Statement, and Corporate Philosophies.
• Perform On-Call as required

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Behavioral Analysis, or a related field.
• Valid BCBA certification or close to completion
• Minimum of 1-2 years of clinical experience, may include practicum and internship experience is required.
• Experience with both mentally ill and intellectually disabled adult populations is preferred.
• Experience with complex, high intense/high frequency behaviors is required.
• Approved by the state, federal, and local governmental entities to work within BSLS programs.
• Maintains own mandatory training and certification…