Behavioral Therapy Specialist

Behavioral Therapy Specialist

The Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) is seeking candidates for the Behavioral Therapy Specialist (BTS) position at the Harold Jordan Center.

DIDD operates the Harold Jordan Center located in Nashville. The Harold Jordan Center is a Medicaid-certified facility that provides 24-hour residential care to support and maintain the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional capabilities of people with an intellectual disability. In addition, the Harold Jordan Center offers a residential program that provides specialized services including forensic and behavior stabilization services to persons with an intellectual disability. 12 Beds at the Harold Jordan Center are certified to provide ICF/IID services for persons with severe behavioral challenges.

The Harold Jordan Center is primarily responsible for ensuring the daily health, safety, and welfare of people who reside there while also providing for their daily services and supports. The services typically provided are personalized care, self-help training, ambulating, communication and socialization skills, intensive care for personalized habilitation training in self-help, language development, and motor skills for people with intellectual disabilities.

Job Overview
Under immediate supervision, performs vocational, Behavioral Therapy Specialist technical work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required. An employee in this class works at a developmental center or community home providing vocational, habilitation training, therapy, and supervision for intellectually and developmentally disabled clients.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents within this role. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, or responsibilities associated with the position. Employees may be assigned job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Essential Job Duties

• Follows the individual support plan to ensure that the needs and the active treatment requirements of persons served are met
• Communicates with families, conservators, and employers of persons served and the public to share information and meet active treatment requirements. –
• Analyzes medical treatment and training data to detect changes in needs, behavior, and abilities.
• Analyzes environmental data to ensure the safety and appropriate environment for persons served.
• Promotes teamwork and working together.
• Trains other staff on active treatment interventions to meet the requirements of individual support plans of persons served.
• Operates vehicles, mechanical lifts, home appliances, and other specialized equipment to assist persons served in accomplishing their daily activities, training, and to ensure mobility and safety.

Schedule

• Three (3) – 12.5-hour shift per week
• Rotating schedule with Weekends, Nights, and Holidays required
• Overtime

Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience: Education equivalent to graduation from high school and experience equivalent to one year of full-time work in teaching, business sales, and marketing, or providing services for disabled persons.

Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional college or technical coursework with at least nine quarter hours in education, a social or behavioral science, industrial arts, nursing, or mental health or human services field from an accredited college, university, or technical school may be substituted for the required experience.

Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid vehicle operator's license will be required for employment in this position.

All necessary training is provided on-site.

Pre-employment Drug Testing and a Criminal Background Check is Required.

State Employee Benefits (http://www.tn.gov/hr/topic/benefits)

• Pay & Holidays: Each year, full-time state employees receive 11 holidays off with pay.
• Insurance: There are a variety of insurance options available to state employees including Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Long Term Care, Medicare Supplement, and Pharmacy Vision. Information on all benefits is available on the Benefits Administration website.
• Annual Leave: Full-time employees earn annual leave each month at a rate based on years of service.
• Sick Leave: All full-time employees accrue 1 day (7.5 hours) of sick leave per month, provided they work the major portion of that month.
• Bereavement Leave: Leave with pay is granted for three days in the event of the death of an employee's spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parents, grandparents, siblings, stepparents, foster parents, or parents-in-law without charge to the employee's leave time. Two additional days of sick leave may be granted to provide a total of five days of absence for this purpose.
• Retirement: State employees are automatically members of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System. (TCRS) Employees must accrue 5 years of creditable state service to be vested (guaranteed retirement benefits when age requirements are met). Vested members of TCRS Legacy Plan become eligible for service retirement upon completion of 30 years of creditable service or upon attainment of age 60. Vested members of TCRS Hybrid Plan become eligible for service retirement upon completion of the rule of 90 or upon attainment of age 65.

About the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is the state agency responsible for administration and oversight of community-based services for approximately 8,000 people with intellectual disabilities as well as 4,000 people through the Family Support Program. Every day, the department strives to support people to live rewarding and fulfilling lives. It does so by ensuring people are free to exercise rights, engage with their broader communities, and experience optimal health. DIDD is the first and only state service delivery system in the nation to receive Person-Centered Excellence Accreditation from the Council on Quality and Leadership. It has also been recognized as a national leader in the development of Enabling Technology and its efforts to increase competitive, community-based employment outcomes for people with disabilities.

If your name appears in the Tennessee Department of Health Abuse Registry, we cannot consider you for employment in this position.

This organization participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $2,674.00 per month

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Night shift
• On call
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $2,674