Behavior Analyst Associate - # 47483
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Agency: Department of Human Services
Location: Anna, Illinois, 62906
Job Requisition ID: 47483
Opening Date: 06/02/2025
Closing Date: 06/13/2025
Salary: Anticipated Salary: (Eff 7/1/25) $5,148-$7,227/month ($61,776-$86,724/year)
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
County: Union
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: RC062
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Posting Identification Number 47483
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Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Behavior Analyst Associate for the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center located in Anna, Illinois. For a period not to exceed twelve months, actively participates in in-service and on-the-job training to gain proficiency and practical expertise in the field of applied behavior analysis consistent with the Behaviorist career discipline; receives instruction in appropriate treatment standards and practical application of intervention procedures, restraints and seclusion; completes controlled work assignments of increasing difficulty, complexity and responsibility; instructs staff responsible for implementing treatment programs and support or ancillary staff impacting treatment programs on detailed treatment instructions and methodologies. Serves as a member of an Interdisciplinary Team.
Job Responsibilities
- For a period not to exceed twelve months, actively participates in in-service and on-the-job training to gain proficiency and practical expertise in the field of applied behavior analysis consistent with the Behaviorist career discipline.
- Receives instruction in appropriate treatment standards and practical application of intervention procedures, restraints and seclusion.
- Develops, implements, and monitors training procedures relative to behavior modification for assigned cases of increasing difficulty and complexity.
- Instructs staff responsible for implementing treatment programs and support or ancillary staff impacting treatment programs on detailed treatment instructions and methodologies.
- Completes reports and participates in facility and/or department committees. Makes recommendations on solutions to issues.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires current, valid certification as a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)* or Board-Certified Behavior Analyst-D (BCBA-D) by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or its successor organization.
- * A master’s degree is required to gain BCBA certification; a doctoral degree (PhD) is required to gain the BCBA-D designation.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends and holidays.
- Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
- Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
- The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm (2 late nights per month, 10:30pm - 7:00pm), 1-hour unpaid lunch
Work Location: 1000 N Main St, Anna, Illinois, 62906-1652
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Choate Mental Health & Developmental Center
DD Services - Psychology
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@Illinois.gov
Job Family: Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services serves families in need all across Illinois. Our mission is providing equitable access to social services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve. We are committed to the core values of Human Dignity, Equity, Community, Urgency, Transparency and Kindness.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
A Pension Program
Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
*Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour Work Schedules (as applicable)
13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
10 Weeks Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
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