Positive Support Analyst (Mental Health and Behavioral Professional)

Dungarvin•Maplewood, MN

9h•$66,500 - $68,328•Hybrid

About The Position

🎄 Celebrate the Season with a Fresh Career at Dungarvin! ✨ As the holidays approach and the year comes to a close, there’s no better time to unwrap new opportunities and look ahead to a brighter future. Embrace joy, purpose, and meaningful work this season—with Dungarvin! At Dungarvin, we're not just a national company; we're a family of caring, passionate, and dedicated team members working together nationwide to offer top-notch, community-based support. Our mission is simple: We're here to provide exceptional assistance to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those facing mental health, behavioral, or significant medical challenges. Discover how Dungarvin can make a positive difference in your journey or the lives of your loved ones. This position will primarily support the Washington/Ramsey county areas. A hybrid position, including in-person staffing and direct person served time but also so time working at home. Develop and implement programs and services to remediate behavioral and social problems for persons served. Positive Support Analyst must have competencies in areas related to: Behavior reduction/elimination strategies that promote least restrictive approved alternatives Data collection, tracking and reporting; demonstrated expertise with populations of mental health and cognitive impairments Ethical considerations related to behavioral services Functional assessment; measurement of behavior and interpretation of data Identifying desired outcomes and selecting intervention strategies to achieve desired outcomes. Training of frontline employees and supervisors Support plan monitoring and revisions Performing onsite assessments of clients in programs all over the state of Minnesota Conducting trainings and professional development for operation employees at all levels.

Requirements

Group home experience strongly preferred.
Must communicate effectively in written and oral form using positive interpersonal skills.
Experience with functional behavior assessment/functional behavior analysis.
Experience in the development and implementation of affective/social skill lessons.
Must have good decision-making and communication skills, be responsible, mature, flexible, and have management experience.
Must be qualified in one of the following ways:
Have four years of supervised experience working directly with people who exhibit challenging behaviors as well as co-occurring mental disorders and neurocognitive disorders; and meet one or more of the following requirements:
Baccalaureate degree, master's degree, or PhD in a social services discipline
Meet the qualifications of a mental health practitioner as defined in Minnesota Statutes 245.462, subdivision 17
Board-certified behavior analyst or board-certified assistant behavior analyst by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board

Nice To Haves

Group home experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement programs and services to remediate behavioral and social problems for persons served.
Behavior reduction/elimination strategies that promote least restrictive approved alternatives
Data collection, tracking and reporting
Ethical considerations related to behavioral services
Functional assessment
Identifying desired outcomes and selecting intervention strategies to achieve desired outcomes.
Training of frontline employees and supervisors
Support plan monitoring and revisions
Performing onsite assessments of clients in programs all over the state of Minnesota
Conducting trainings and professional development for operation employees at all levels.