OPS BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST - 67902028

Requisition No: 839701 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: OPS BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST - 67902028

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 67902028 

Salary:  $25.00 Hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 11/01/2024 

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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. <