Board Certified Behavioral Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Divine Speech is looking for a compassionate and skilled board-certified behavior analyst to join our team of health and wellness specialists. The BCBA is responsible for assessing patients with a variety of behavioral and emotional disorders and creating individualized treatment plans. The ideal candidate has:

• Patience and empathy to work with a population of clients that includes individuals with developmental disorders, brain injuries, or emotional control issues.
• Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills, as welll as a record of effective behavior modification, are essential for this role.
• Specialization in a specific population or issue, such as children, people with autism spectrum disorder or older individuals. Some of the common responsibilities of the profession include:
• Meeting with patients to observe and assess their behavior, with families, teachers, or doctors to discuss the patient's treatment and progress
• Recommending ways to address behavioral issues
• Developing plans to correct, maintain or improve certain behaviors
• Helping clients set and meet behavior goals
• Keeping detailed notes of patient meetings and progress
• Giving tools such as reinforcement and conditioning to encourage positive behaviors or correct aggressive, harmful or antisocial behaviors
• Conducting research and applying findings to their work