ABA Clinic - Licensing Specialist

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This position is deemed 100% Remote Work.

This position is a pacesetter in the field who has a unique level of technical expertise in creating the landscape for the creation of interagency collaboration with the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), and the design of policies, procedures, and regulations impacting requirements in ABA Clinic settings. Management routinely relies on the essential consultation of this position before deciding essential, wide-ranging critical program policy or direction to ensure clinic practice is in compliance with required standards.

This position implements the Division's audit process to include sample reviews, technical assistance and training, issuing reports of inspection, issuing fines, authorizing licensure, and recommending adverse action against a facility, agency, or clinic. This includes staying up-to-date on policies, procedures, and requirements related to professional licensure and how they may interplay with licensing regulations and practices. This position is responsible for collaborating with the Behavior Analyst Licensing Board and DORA to best align requirements with regulation and practices when possible.

This position determines whether the agencies are operating in compliance with applicable internal guidelines, rules, policies, regulations, and standards. This position identifies and recommends opportunities for improving standards of practice for programs to meet operational expectations. This position is responsible for ongoing collaboration with the Behavior Analyst Licensing Board under DORA and providing support to other Licensing Specialists and other staff within the Division of Child Welfare when it comes to DORA and the professional licensure of behavior analysts in Colorado as a result of HB26-1425.

This position provides support to the other Licensing Specialists with regard to issues specific to ABA therapy services provided within the Unit's licensed facilities and agencies. This position ensures that youth are receiving safe and adequate care and treatment by evaluating the physical plant, treatment planning, staff and care provider qualifications, training, and supervision, as well as financial stability, interviews with youth in care, and required corrective actions.

This position is also responsible for handling and safeguarding confidential information regarding youth in care as well as specific to provider staff background checks.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience Only:
Seven (7) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position OR

Education and Experience:

A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to seven (7) years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services, Social Work, Psychology, or Sociology.
• Two (2) or more years of work experience related to human services or licensing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of child welfare policies and practices, residential best practice standards, and licensing regulations and statutes.
• Experience in an advisory or consultative role.
• Proven ability to direct research, analyze, and report on complex issues.
• Outstanding skills and abilities in verbal and written communications; ability to adapt a style to fit audiences of varying technical levels, and at various levels within an organization, in groups and individual settings. Demonstrated ability to establish collaborative partnerships and effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external customers and diverse public and private stakeholders.
• Demonstrated proficiency working collaboratively with internal teams; and national, state, and community partners.
• Knowledge of Volume 7 Rules and Regulations.
• Demonstrated knowledge working in CCCLS, TRAILS, I-LINX, and multiple databases and scanning systems.
• Applied Behavior Analysis work with children/youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).

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