Department Information This position will be accepting applications from residents and non-residents of Colorado. This announcement is open to potential candidates who are legal residents of the United States. All legal residents of the United States are eligible to apply and compete. If appointed to a position, applicants from outside of Colorado will be required to relocate to Colorado prior to their start date, at their own expense.
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
About The Facility
This unit provides a safe, secure and therapeutic setting for people served at Pueblo Regional Center (PRC). PRC serves people with co-occurring diagnoses of intellectual / developmental disabilities (IDD) and mental illness. PRC provides evaluation, assessment, and evidence-based treatment for problematic and socially significant behavior that doesn’t allow for the person to be served by a private provider.
The focus of treatment is stabilization, skill acquisition, and development of safe and appropriate behavior through a comprehensive treatment plan including Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy. This unit provides support for people through a variety of steps including: The Community Support Team, discharge planning and working together with families and community service providers to increase success and safety in the least restrictive environment. The unit goal is to return people to their optimal level of functioning and assist them in returning to the least restrictive environment.
Description of Job About The Position This position will ensure that the people in services receive the necessary services and support for stabilization. The people served at the Regional Centers exhibit challenging, complicated behaviors that private providers in the community have not been able to adequately address. There is a need for the Regional Centers to be specialized in providing robust and comprehensive behavioral services so that people served can achieve stabilization treatment and transition back to a private provider in the community.
This position provides evidence-based behavior analytic programming for people served with a range of IDD, mental health diagnoses, physical disabilities, and problematic behavior. This position conducts Functional Behavior Assessments, develops treatment and behavior intervention plans, monitors behavior programs, analyzes data, and provides clinical oversight to DSPs, who may or may not hold a specific licensure/credential, including Registered Behavior Technician. This position will regularly consult with the Medical team at the Regional Center, as well as outside providers, to ensure comprehensive and appropriate treatment.
This position will conduct assessments and provide treatment recommendations, provide data and consultation to the Human Rights Committee and interdisciplinary team (IDT), train DSPs and IDT members regularly and may also be required to appear in court to represent the agency in regard to Imposition of Legal Disability (ILD) hearings and/or participate in criminal hearings and/or probation meetings as part of the IDT. This position is required to provide agency-wide training as needed.
Primary Job Duties
Assessment and Behavior Plan Development and Writing. The individual in this position completes Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and the development of Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP). This individual works with the Support Services Coordinators (SSC) and Interdisciplinary Team IDTs to gather information about the person served.
The behavior intervention plans are in compliance with all Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver regulations and are written with a focus on decreasing maladaptive behavior and increasing appropriate and adaptive behavior that will increase the likelihood of success for the individual both while living at the Regional Center and once transition to the least restrictive environment is achieved.
Behavior Services
Supervision and Training. The individual in this position provides ongoing training and oversight to Direct Support Professional (DSPs) who may or may not hold a specific license or certification such as a Registered Behavior Technician. This position may provide supervision to individuals seeking and/or holding certification as a Registered Behavior Technician, BCBA or BCaBA.
This position is responsible to provide training and guidance to all staff implementing the behavior program. Data Analysis. This position makes appropriate and accurate clinical decisions based on data collected through behavior intervention plan procedures and other assessments.
Data analysis includes collecting, graphing, and interpreting data regarding each behavior program of the person in services. Data analysis may be conducted through a variety of platforms such as an electronic health record, computer