OPS BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST - 67902028 1

Requisition No: 840430 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: OPS BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST - 67902028 1

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 67902028 

Salary:  $25.00 Hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 11/13/2024 

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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 POSITION: Behavioral Specialist - Other Personal Services (OPS)

POSITION NUMBER:  67902028

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY   

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

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

• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).
• And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. 

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

*Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

SALARY RANGE

$52,000.00 Annually          $25.00 Hourly

Position Summary

This position is a professional position responsible for working collaboratively with regional behavior analyst as well as with other APD staff and providers. Responsible for working in an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fashion within the construct of the regional structure. This includes, but is not limited to, regional behavioral analysts, state office staff, regional staff, contracted providers, and other community providers/stakeholders.

The Work You Will Do 

• Provides technical assistance to Medicaid Waiver support coordinators, APD NW region staff, ADT and group home staff, regarding effective behavioral intervention, laws, rules and procedures for working with Agency for Persons with Disabilities consumers.
• Participates in consumer staffing for health and safety concerns, and residential planning.
• Reviews, make recommendations and completes report related to crisis waiver enrollment requests to include completing a documentation review, making phone calls, gathering information, and scheduling visits as needed. Preparing a report that includes justification for approval or details related to why denied within seven (7) calendar days of request from Agency delegated staff.
• Collect required documents for the Behavior Analysis Services Eligibility, reports every six months and or every twelve months. Provide required documents to the regional behavioral analyst to complete the Behavior Analysis Services Eligibility report.
• Assist the regional behavioral analyst with disseminating Behavior Analysis Services Eligibility reports to required parties. Assist the regional behavioral analyst with collecting required documentation for annual designation of Behavior Focus and Intensive Behavior group homes in the Northwest Region.
• Completes annual medical necessity reviews for consumers receiving behavior analysis services in NW1. Provides follow-up on abuse report, and behavior related incident reports for consumers residing in NW1.
• Additional duties as requested or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in nursing, education, or a social, behavioral or rehabilitative science.
• An associate's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in nursing, education, or a social, behavioral or rehabilitative science and two years of experience involving the application of behavior modification principles.
• Experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.
• Valid driver’s license or other efficient means of transportation to travel for required work purposes.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Knowledge of:

• The principles and techniques of behavior analysis.
• The principles, methods and techniques of training or instruction.

Ability to:

• Evaluate and analyze data.
• Work independently.
• Utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to behavior analysis.
• Plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
• Communicate effectively.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others

Additional Information

Profile Completion

Applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year, to qualify for this position. 

Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information, but these will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.

Retiree Notice

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

Direct Deposit Program

As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.  Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.

Background Screening Requirement

It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.
Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

APD only hires U.S. citizens, and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-Verify). E-Verify is a program that electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9).

All applicants should complete the online application process.  If assistance is needed to apply for this position, please call the people first service center at 1-877-562-7287. 

Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.