Behavioral Case Manager

Job Summary:

The Behavior Support Specialist, using person-centered philosophy and practices, ensures that the necessary assessments and support/s, surrounding an adverse behavior or need for change, are completed, evaluated and modified as needed in accordance with what result/s the person supported, and their team are looking to achieve. The BSS represents Laura Baker Services Association to the customers and communities in which the Association participates, using Laura Baker Services Association standards of conduct and guiding philosophies to promote the well-being of the people the Association supports.

The BSS must pass a Minnesota Department of Human Services background check and must be able to maintain that eligibility. She/he must be able to meet the environmental, physical, mental, and sensory demands of the job. Upon hire, she/he must be able to prove valid work status, and she/he must meet and maintain the qualifications of a Positive Support Analyst as defined in the MN Community Based Service Manual (CBSM).

The BSS reports to the Director of Behavior Support Services. She/he is a member of that program’s Management Team and is responsible for regularly attending the scheduled meetings of that team.

The BSS will interact with all staff members and the people Laura Baker Services Association supports. Primary contacts will be with Behavior Support Service recipients, the program’s management team and any behavior support Staff.

The BSS will interact with all the constituencies of Laura Baker Services Association and the community mary contacts will be parents, guardians, case managers, mental health professionals, and day program providers.

• Laura Baker Services Association’s mission, vision and values to staff members, clients, team members, and the public.
• The decisions of the Association and program management team in a positive and professional manner to the rest of the Association.

• in an open and professional manner with clients, their families, and their support teams. LBSA staff, support staff, and members of the interdisciplinary teams.

• the accomplishment of behavior supports for each client as specified in the Individual program Plan.
• ISP to ensure compliance with provider responsibilities.
• behavioral goals, plans and problem solving with behavioral issues.
• significant event and incident reports in a timely fashion, making notes of patterns in behavior and recommending changes in individual programming, and/or other service delivery methods when needed.
• programming recommendations for behavior supports, considering input from clients and staff.
• revising behavior supports as needed in a timely fashion, with assistance from direct support staff.
• client behavior data in a timely manner, and making explicit and knowledgeable recommendations for changes, when needed.
• Due to the sometimes-short-term nature of services provided by LBBSS, support an ever-changing caseload of individuals experiencing varying degrees of interfering behavior.
• Travel to various settings as assigned including, but not limited to, family homes, schools, day programs, work sites, community based residential settings, hospitals.

• client behavior.
• behavior supports/goals and documentation of them provided by the client’s team.
• and documenting quality assurance visits, including recommendations.

• data collection, assessment, and interpretation of behavior.
• behavior and generate proactive and reactive support strategies which promote person-centeredness and least restrictive approaches.
• timely documentation of case notes and formulation of written assessment.
• identifying & completing general and specific staff training needs in a timely manner.
• ISP and advising on appropriate changes.

• the individual’s support network by strengthening their skills through improved understanding and implementation of sound behavioral support principles and strategies.
• serving as a resource to clients and staff.
• Staff/caregiver training both in small groups…