Behavioral Therapy Specialist
Behavioral Therapy Specialist
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23-05-2025
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Job Description
Quality Staffing Inc. also working as Goddard Mason Executive Search a leading fullservice employment agency matching qualified talent with some of the areas top companies is looking for experienced Rehabilitation Assistants/Behavioral Therapy Specialiststo work through our agency as a contract employee with the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging (TN DDA) located in Nashville TN. This is an onsite position working three 12.5hour shifts per week with a rotating schedule including weekends nights and holidays with the day shift being from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm and the night shift from 6:30 pm to 7:30 am.The pay rate for this position is $17.00 per hour.
Facility Description and Behavioral Therapy Specialist Job Overview:
The Department of Disability and Aging (DDA) is seeking Behavioral Therapy Specialists (BTS) for the Harold Jordan Center. The DDA operates the Harold Jordan Center located in Nashville and the center is a facility which provides 24hour residential care to support and maintain the physical intellectual social and emotional capabilities of people with an intellectual disability. In addition the Harold Jordan Center offers a residential program which provides specialized forensic and behavior stabilization services to persons with an intellectual disability. The center is primarily responsible for ensuring the daily health safety and welfare of people who reside there while also providing for their daily services and supports. The services typically provided are personalized care selfhelp training ambulation communication and socialization skills intensive care for personalized habilitation training in selfhelp language development and motor skills for people with intellectual disabilities.
Behavioral Therapy Specialist Essential Job Duties will include:
- Under immediate supervision perform vocational behavioral therapy technical work of routine difficulty and perform related work as required.
- Will provide vocational habilitation training therapy and supervision for intellectually and developmentally disabled clients.
- Follow the individual support plan to ensure the needs and the active treatment requirements of persons served are met.
- Communicate with families conservators and employers of persons served and the public to share information and meet active treatment requirements.
- Analyze medical treatment and training data to detect changes in needs behavior and abilities.
- Analyze environmental data to ensure the safety and appropriate environment for persons served.
- Promote teamwork and working together.
- Train other staff on active treatment interventions to meet the requirements of individual support plans of persons served.
Education and Minimum Qualifications Needed for Behavioral Therapy Specialist position:
- Education equivalent to graduation from high school and experience equivalent to one year of fulltime work in providing services for disabled persons.
- Substitution of Education for Experience: additional college or technical coursework with at least nine quarter hours in education a social or behavioral science industrial arts nursing or mental health or human services field from an accredited college university or technical school may be substituted for the required experience.
- A valid vehicle operators license will be required for employment in this position.
- All necessary training is provided onsite.
- Preemployment drug testing and a criminal background check is required.
Benefits Include:
- Weekly Pay/Comparable Wages
- Major Medical Insurance
- Indemnity Medical Dental and Vision Insurance
- Term Life Insurance and ShortTerm Disability
Interested Here is how to apply:
- Visit our website at:
- Click on Apply Now and complete the process.
- Follow up with a phone textto Quality Staffings TN Recruiter.
- Please text your first & last name your email address and job #64358 Behavioral Therapy Specialist Nashville.
- This job closes on 6/30/25 (or when the positions are filled) and will no longer accept resumes after this date.
Quality Staffing Inc. and our subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or disability status.
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