Behavior Support Professional

About the role

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do. We are seeking Behavior Support Professional to join our team! Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree
• 2+ years’ experience with developing and implementing Behavior Support Plans under the supervision of an individual with a Master’s Degree in Human Services, Education, Psychology, Social Work, or Special Education
• Demonstrated ability to support individuals with behavioral challenges
• Demonstrated ability to write and edit plans that incorporate Positive Behavior Supports
• Competency in writing supports plans and effective verbal communication skills
• Capacity to train and mentor others required
• Ability to perform duties with limited supervision
• Experience working with adults with IDD and with mental health diagnosis or autism

Responsibilities

• Completes observations in various settings and conducts comprehensive Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBA) of presenting issues from aggression, self-injurious behavior, adverse mental health symptoms, law offending behavior- sexual or other identified presenting issues
• Collaborates with the person, their family and team in the development and maintenance of a behavior support plan.
• Trains and mentors the persons support team on how to implement plans.
• Completes documentation including but not limited to data collection, progress reporting, development and revision of the Behavior Support Plan (BSP)
• Provides timely documentation, per policy, including but not limited to data collection, progress reporting, development and revision of the BSP.

Pay

Earn $22.18/hour in this position.