Board Certified Behavior Analyst - #WWRW0049

Title: Board Certified Behavior Analyst - #WWRW0049

State Role Title: Psych II/Psychology Assoc II

Hiring Range: Anticipated starting salary up to the high $90,000s, commensurate with experience. Sign‑on Bonus: $2,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: Wilson Wkfc Rehab Ctn

Agency Website: https://www.wwrc.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

About the Agency

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center provides people with disabilities comprehensive, individualized services to realize personal independence through employment.

About the Position

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center is seeking a Board‑Certified Behavior Analyst to lead the Behavioral Support Specialist Team. As a Board‑Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), this role will supervise Board‑Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (BCaBAs), Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), and other professionals who implement behavior‑analytic interventions. The position supports the implementation, monitoring, and oversight of behavioral support services for clients participating in programming at Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center. Responsibilities include developing, tracking, and providing positive behavior supports to maintain a stable behavioral environment, including individualized support plans, interventions, and group facilitation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Behavioral Analysis Services

Facilitate Behavioral Analysis services to ensure clients receive appropriate interventions and progress is documented.

Collaborate with Rehabilitation Team to review charts before admission. Assist in addressing participant needs using evidence-based supports. Resolve conflicts and ensure communication with students, staff, sponsors, families, and support.

Follow up with clients to ensure appointments are kept. Provide information to Counselors to support employability and training.

Social & Interpersonal Skills

Provide interventions and instruction on social and interpersonal skills, psycho educational groups, and support groups based on campus needs.

Identify interpersonal and social skill issues. Provide daily individual and group interventions with progress assessments. Develop Behavior Support Plans and document follow up. Design and oversee ABA based programming and facilitate group learning environments.

ABA Expertise

A BCBA addresses behavioral challenges through evidence-based interventions, including FBAs, BIPs, staff training, monitoring outcomes, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Improve emotional regulation, social skills, and vocational readiness. Reduce staff burnout. Enhance compliance with IDEA, Section 504, and ADA. Strengthen relationships with families and community partners.

Documentation & Communication

Document client interactions and services in a timely manner and communicate updates to the Rehabilitation Team.

Monitor and document client progress.

Provide program information to visitors and consumers.

Process records per policy.

Respond to inquiries from consumers, families, community organizations, Rehabilitation Counselors, and other professionals.

Improved student outcomes in emotional regulation, social skills, and vocational readiness.

Reduced staff burnout and turnover due to better support and training.

Enhanced compliance with IDEA, Section 504, and ADA regulations regarding behavioral supports for K12 and adult participants.
Strengthened relationships with families and community partners.

Documentation & Communication

Documents interactions and services provided to clients in a timely manner and communicates these services (or absence from services) to the Rehabilitation Team.

Monitors and documents progress of clients on caseload.

Provides general overview information concerning WWRC programs and services to visitors and consumers.

Processes consumer records and documentation in accordance with center and departmental policy and procedures.

Responds to inquiries from consumers, family members, community organizations, Rehabilitation Counselors, and other professionals.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge:

Knowledge of characteristics of various emotional, physical, behavioral, and developmental disabilities.
Knowledge of social issues within a residential treatment or educational setting.
Knowledge and skills in behavioral analysis, and behavioral management principles and techniques.
Knowledge and experience in developing behavior support plans to address individual needs of consumers.
Knowledge and experience in providing therapeutic interventions to individuals with disabilities in relation to vocational goals.
Knowledge of leading psycho-educational and support groups in a residential setting.
Working knowledge of Windows based computer office software and similar software.
Understanding of case management within a vocational rehabilitation perspective.

Skills/Abilities:
Skills in observing and collection of data.
Skills in data entry, including working knowledge of office procedures, tracking systems, and work task organization.
Skills in working directly with people in an empathic manner leading to therapeutic learning experiences.

Maintain BCBA Credentials

• Obtain ongoing continuing education Adhere to the Behavioral Analyst Certification Board’s ethics requirements and self-reporting requirements.
• Submit a completed recertification application and associated fees every two years before recertification date.

Education, Experience, Licensure, Certification Required for Entry into Position:

Board Certified Behavioral Analysis certification.

Additional Considerations

Experience providing behavioral therapy, or treating the individual needs of persons with physical, behavioral, substance abuse, emotional, or developmental disabilities.

Special Instructions

This position has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2 1201.1.
A fingerprint based criminal history check will be required of the finalist.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitment@dars.virginia.gov for assistance.

Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

To Apply:

Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. PageUp will provide you with confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé are submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Email: Recruitment@dars.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.