STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION SPECIALIST
Class Code: 1065-16
Date Established: 07-01-74
Occupational Code: 7-4-7
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To analyze behavioral problems and
develop treatment strategies as supported by analysis results.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Compiles behavioral
analysis data on disabled persons within an institution to support recommended
changes in techniques and treatment procedures.
·
Organizes treatment
level behavior modification program to provide direction and focus of treatment
plans.
·
Observes treatment
teams to ensure optimal behavioral contingency management.
·
Assists social
workers in defining and designing management strategies to be taught to parents
or community service agencies.
·
Assigns priority to
specific cases and adapts behavior modification techniques and treatment
procedures to varying treatment situation.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing related or similar work, including scheduling work,
recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or
interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Possession of a Bachelor's degree from
a recognized college or university with a major in psychology or behavioral
sciences, or related field with a minimum of 5 psychology courses including
learning, abnormal psychology and statistics.
Experience: One year's experience as a child care
worker, teacher, researcher in mental health or social issues, or similar type
work in a program which operates under a behavior modification format.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of behavioral analysis and
program building. Ability to
establish and maintain harmonious relationships with patients, a wide variety
of professional staff having various theoretical approaches to treatment,
families and the general public.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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