Behavioral Support Professional

About This Role

This role involves providing direct clinical services, including assessment, interventions, treatment planning, and discharge planning, for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral and direct support services according to accepted standards and best practices in I/DD services
• Plan and conduct supports to people according to their Person-Centered Plan
• Document according to BSP guidelines and assure DSP staff also do so
• Perform documentation for each shift worked and contribute to support plans and meetings as appropriate
• Attend team meetings and report on progress toward goals; update support plans as needed
• Deliver supports in an ethical manner promoting respect, dignity, and satisfaction for the person
• Assess and interpret a person’s response to supports in an age/disability/culturally sensitive manner and ensure documentation
• Identify safety, psychosocial, special mobility, and special equipment needs
• Communicate in an age/disability/culturally sensitive related manner to people and their families/guardians
• Participate in house team meetings and trainings
• Keep all certifications and trainings current

Requirements

• 5 years’ experience in an I/DD setting
• 2+ years’ experience working with people with a SIS scale of Level 4 for Autism or Behavioral Issues
• Knowledge of principles of growth and development appropriate to the I/DD population served
• Ability to assess and interpret data about the person’s status to identify needs and provide appropriate care
• Basic knowledge of chronic mental illness
• Excellent communication and group/process skills
• Ability to demonstrate assessment, intervention, treatment and planning skills
• Versatile, flexible, and able to perform in stressful situations
• Good time and organizational skills
• Capable of coordinating multi-faceted workload
• Ability to work with an array of mental/physical disabled persons
• Successfully complete CPR certification and TOVA training

Qualifications

• Associates Degree preferred
• 5 years’ experience in an I/DD setting, including 2 or more years working with people with a SIS scale of Level 4 for Autism or Behavioral Issues

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