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Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) (Full-Time)

ChildServe
Ames, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/5/2025 CLOSED ON 1/2/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) (Full-Time) position at ChildServe?

Ready for a fresh start? At Child Serve , we’re looking for Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) to help us expand our ABA program across Iowa. We’re dreaming big about what specialty healthcare can look like, and we invite you to join us.

We believe creating a supportive, caring environment for our team is the best way to provide exceptional care to kids. We are reimagining how to support clinicians by creating an environment where compassion fatigue is recognized and addressed, and where we support your well-being as a person while fostering your clinical expertise as a behavior analyst.

At Child Serve , we believe the best approach is one that is flexible, child-led, collaborative, and built on integrity. We are dedicated to ensuring the right set of experts surround a child and family to support their journey.

As a BCBA at Child Serve you’ll enjoy:

  • An inter-professional team: You will collaborate with clinical psychologists, mental health therapists, social workers, and speech, occupational and physical therapists to provide a holistic approach to autism services.
  • Work-life balance, with leaders who work to recognize and prevent compassion fatigue.
  • Leadership training and continuing education opportunities to support career growth.
  • The opportunity to help shape a well-established (but expanding) program and make a difference for kids with autism.

Schedule

  • Monday-Friday
  • Typical business hours

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • 403(b) retirement plan with company match
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Competitive Bonus Structure

What You'll Do

  • Assessment and treatment planning - Conduct functional behavioral assessments (FBA) and skill-based assessment. Develop and monitor implementation of treatment plans that are individualized and utilize evidence-based strategies. Monitor progress and evaluate treatment effectiveness.
  • Supervision of treatment - Provide supervision of experience for BCBA candidates pursuing certification. Provide supervision of treatment plan implementation for certified and non-certified direct care providers.
  • Collaboration - Collaborate with each child’s interdisciplinary team to implement effective techniques across all environments promoting progress and generalization. Advise and contribute to the development and growth of Child Serve ’s Autism program.
  • Training - Provide training to staff and families on treatment plans, including the use of standardized training curricula. Provide or collaborate on training within Child Serve and the community.

What You'll Need

  • Master’s Degree in Related Field and BCBA certification required. Successful completion of the BACB’s Supervisor Training Curriculum preferred. Will consider those sitting for BCBA exam in the next 6 months.
  • Preferred: Minimum of two years’ experience working with children with Autism and other developmental disabilities.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in reading, writing, and speaking the English language.

Not sure if you hit 100% of the position expectations? Let's talk! Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team by emailing Careers@childserve.org .

Make a Difference Every Day at Child Serve

  • Child Serve partners with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life.
  • Child Serve is a leading pediatric healthcare provider with Iowa’s only children's specialty hospital, offering a variety of services and programs to meet each child’s unique needs.
  • Child Serve ’s four key specialty areas include: complex medical care, pediatric rehabilitation, autism and behavioral health, and community-based services. With a coordinated approach to care delivery, services are interwoven and streamlined, so families can address their child’s needs in one location.
  • Established in 1928, Child Serve proudly provides more than 30 pediatric specialty services to nearly 6,000 children in Iowa each year.

Child Serve is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email careers@childserve.org . Child Serve is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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