RESIDENT EDUCATOR – 67070672 APD- DDDP/ PATHWAYS

RESIDENT EDUCATOR – 67070672 APD- DDDP/ PATHWAYS

Date: Sep 23, 2024

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Requisition No: 838187

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: RESIDENT EDUCATOR – 67070672 APD- DDDP/ PATHWAYS

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 67070672

Salary: $1,396.28- $2,595.60 BIWEEKLY

Posting Closing Date: 09/25/2024

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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

POSITION: Behavioral Specialist F/C

POSITION NUMBER: 67070672

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

This is an ANTICIPATED VACANCY

SALARY RANGE: $1,369.58- $2,595.60 BIWEEKLY

This posting may close before the posted closing date.

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

Annual and Sick Leave benefits.

Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.

State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.

Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com ).

Flexible Spending Accounts.

Tuition waivers.

And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com .

Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.

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The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

Position Summary

Duties and Responsibilities

The employee will create an environment that cultivates people and transforms teams by increasing transparency and providing opportunities for professional development. The employee actively works to demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and leads others to embody the same. The team member lacks excessive ego, shares credit, is self-motivating, and exercises good judgement and intuition around the subtleties of group dynamics.

This is professional work that provides therapeutic interventions, develops therapy programs, and provides training to staff in a multiple residential unit. Ability to document and ensure documentation is completed as required.

Provides individual and group therapy focusing on mental health issues.

Provides technical assistance to staff in areas of mental health.

Attends meetings of the Interdisciplinary Team including, but not limited to, Local Review Committee (LRC), Individual Program Plan (IPP) meetings, active treatment meetings, and psychiatric consultations as a representative of psychology services.

Researches and reports historical data relating to court reporting.

Review progress of therapy individual and group programs.

Ability to document and ensure documentation is completed as required.

Completes all required training. Monitor and tracks to ensure assigned staff complete required training.

Maintain timesheet, ensuring accuracy and submit timely in accordance with policy and procedure. Review and approve timesheets as required.

Performs other related duties as required.

Program Overview

The Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program operates on the campus of Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee and at Sunland in Marianna under the auspices of The State of Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD). The Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program (DDDP) is dedicated to empowering persons with developmental disabilities charged with a felony crime to:

1. Acquire the skills and supports that will prepare them for success in their future environments.

2. Acquire the skills needed to become competent to stand trial.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s Degree in sociology, education, psychology, or human services field

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position:

• Knowledge of the theories and principles of clinical psychology.

• Knowledge of psychological testing principles and practices.

• Knowledge of methods of compiling, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data.

• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Ability to analyze and interpret psychological data.

• Ability to provide consultation, advice, and training to others.

• Ability to formulate and implement goals and objectives.

• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.

• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in a written format.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

• Ability to remain flexible in a changing environment.

• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries in a correctional/forensic environment.

Other job-related requirements for this position:

• The incumbent assigned to this position shall be required to be certified as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with at least two years of professional experience and/or certification eligible pursuant to Rule 65G-4 Florida Administrative Code or Doctorate from an accredited college or university in psychology, or related field, one year of supervised internship experience in professional psychology, or in a related field, and four years of professional experience in psychology or working in the area of developmental disabilities; or a minimum of a Masters degree and four years of professional experience

• Certification in the agency approved crisis prevention and intervention program at the Advanced level is required unless the incumbent requests a reasonable accommodation supported by an annual medical certification. Incumbent is required to submit to pre-employment TB screening and on an annual on-going basis as prescribed by DDDP.

• Maintain confidentiality of employee and/or resident information. This specific standard is mission critical as the Agency is entrusted with information about employees and residents which is protected by HIPAA and other federal and state laws. The Agency’s ability to maintain and protect confidential information has a direct relationship on our ability to gain and sustain the public trust.

• Based on the duties and essential functions of this position, incumbents will be required to spend a minimum of 75% of work time performing duties which involves direct contact with residents in a secure forensic facility. This position requires lifting, pulling and squatting.

Additional Information

We are dedicated to empowering persons with developmental disabilities charged with a felony crime to acquire the skills needed to become competent to stand trial, and to acquire the skills and supports that will prepare them for success in their future environments.

This position may be required to perform essential services before, during, and after an emergency per APD OP 2-0035. This position is critical to the safety and supervision of residents and may require the incumbent to work beyond their normal work schedule to maintain minimum coverage levels in the facility.

DUE TO THE COVID -19 CRISIS, SHIFT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED TO CARE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE.  

Our campus and facility are tobacco-free.

Recruiting Contact:        

Jodi NeSmith       

Recruitment Manager- Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program & Pathways   

Agency for Persons with Disabilities       

Telephone: (850) 793-7075

Email: jodi.nesmith@apdcares.org       

WORK SCHEDULE- Working Hours 8:00AM- 4:30PM

This position is located at a 24-hour facility. Staff members must be agreeable to working a shift schedule; regular, evening, or night. Days Off: Varies.

Employees may be required to work additional days/hours based upon the needs of the facility and center. This includes, but is not limited to ensuring facility coverage, activities, holidays, and emergency situations.

Direct Deposit Program – As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in State government is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT-  It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer. No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency. Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.  

 

THIS POSITION REQUIRES A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION INCLUDING FINGERPRINTING, PURSUANT TO S. 110.1127(1), FLORIDA STATUTES.  

 

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE:   Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.   

 

 WE HIRE ONLY U.S. CITIZENS AND THOSE LAWFULLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE U.S. APD PARTICIPATES IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PROGRAM (E-VERIFY).  E-VERIFY IS A PROGRAM THAT ELECTRONICALLY CONFIRMS AN EMPLOYEE’S ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER COMPLETION OF THE EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION FORM (I-9).  

 

ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD COMPLETE THE ON-LINE APPLICATION PROCESS.  IF ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE CALL THE PEOPLE FIRST SERVICE CENTER AT 1-877-562-7287. RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. ANSWERS TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION. 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clickinghere (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/content/download/97612/566545) . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.

Location:

CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL, US, 32324

Nearest Major Market:Tallahassee