ABA Clinic - Licensing Specialist

Posting number: IHA 07470 8/11/2026

Department: Colorado Department of Human Services

Division: OCYF - Child Welfare

Job classification: Social Services Specialist IV

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Administration, Accounting and Finance, IT and Computers, Child Support, Human Services, Statistics/Mathematics, Business, Communications, Mathematics, Child Care, Database Administration, Payroll/Benefits Administration, Financial Aid & Services

Summary

This position is open to current Colorado residents only

The position is located in the Division of Child Welfare, Provider Services Unit. The Division is responsible for the ongoing implementation of child welfare services in Colorado and supervises county departments of human/social services in the administration of Child Welfare programs, as well as privately operated 24-hour child care facilities. The Provider Services Unit exists to license, manage, supervise, and provide statewide oversight for privately operated 24-hour childcare facilities and agencies, to include Residential Child Care Facilities, Secure Residential Treatment Centers, Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs), Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs), Homeless Youth Shelters, Specialized Group Homes and Centers, Child Placement Agencies, Adoption Agencies, Respite Child Care Centers (RCCC), and Day Treatment Facilities across the State of Colorado. The goals of the unit are to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the youth served in those facilities. The work unit is responsible for comprehensive integrated (Interagency) licensing and monitoring of the 24-hour child care facilities, and to audit and investigate reports/allegations involving licensing violations, facility or agency culpability, and to ensure the safety of children in out-of-home placements using Volume 7 rules and regulations, the Licensing Act, and all other applicable rules and statutes.

Examples of duties

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 Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) and Colorado Provider Training Academy (CPTA) 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 researching and staying up-to-date on policies, procedures, and requirements related to applied behavior analysis and the practice of applied behavior analysis, including processes like discrete trial training, antecedents, behavior management, de-escalation, data tracking, and using data to develop and inform Behavior Intervention Plans, Functional Behavioral Assessments, and Individual Treatment Plans for children/youth in ABA Clinic settings. 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 BHA and CPTA on any overlaps or inconsistencies in regulatory frameworks. This position provides support to other Licensing Specialists and other staff within the Division of Child Welfare with regard to ABA therapy and its respective clinical practices within the Unit’s licensed ABA Clinics. This position ensures that youth are receiving safe and adequate care and treat