Salary : $156,572.00 Annually
Location : Denver, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: IHA 07463 9/16/2026
Department: Colorado Department of Human Services
Division: OCYF - Child Welfare
Opening Date: 09/16/2026
Closing Date: 9/30/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Type of Announcement: This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
Primary Physical Work Address: Remote Position/Home-Based Work Address
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information:
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Division of Child Welfare: Provider Services Unit
The position is located in the Office of Children, Aging and Community Services(OCACS), Division of Child Welfare (DCW), Provider Services Unit (PSU), and Provider Performance Unit. The Division of Child Welfare Services provides a range of leadership, management, and supervisory functions related to the delivery of public child welfare services to children, youth, and families. The Division is responsible for the ongoing implementation of child welfare services in Colorado and supervises county departments of human/social services in the administration of Child Welfare programs, and privately operated agencies and facilities licensed and monitored by the Division of Child Welfare.

The Provider Services Unit (PSU) exists to license, monitor, supervise, train, and provide statewide oversight for privately operated childcare facilities and agencies, including residential child care facilities (RCCF), qualified residential treatment programs (QRTP), secure residential treatment centers (SRTC), psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTF), homeless youth shelters (HYS), shelter care, specialized group facilities (group homes and group centers) (SGF), child placement agencies (CPA), foster homes (FH), therapeutic foster care (CPA-THRFC), treatment foster care (TX-FH), adoption agencies (CPAAD), respite child care centers (RCCC), day treatment facilities (DT), and Applied Behavior Analysis Clinics (ABA) across the State of Colorado. The goals of the unit are to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children and youth served in those facilities. The work unit is responsible for comprehensive integrated (interagency) licensing and monitoring of the 24-hour childcare facilities, auditing and investigating reports/allegations involving licensing violations, determining facility or agency culpability, evaluating the integration of trauma-informed principles and practices, monitoring the quality of care, providing support and education, and ensuring the safety of children placed or receiving services with providers.
Description of Job
This position is deemed 100% Remote Work.

Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change.
About this position:
This position is recognized as a staff authority within the ABA Investigative Monitoring Team, with specialized knowledge in education and facility school designation related to ABA-licensed facilities managed by the Provider Services Unit within the Division of Child Welfare. The role serves as a leader in the field, demonstrating technical expertise in fostering interagency collaboration with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), educational professionals, and in developing policies, procedures, and regulations affecting ABA clinic settings. Agency management regularly relies on this position's expertise and consultation to stay informed on current research and data, ensuring the implementation of best practices in educational aspects of ABA licensing.

Additionally, this role plays a critical part in guiding conversations, policy development, procedural updates, and statutory recommendations with stakeholders, legislators, and Child Welfare system partners regarding education and facility schools. The position involves researching and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of educational and district requirements, Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs), and facility school regulations relevant to ABA facilities. The incumbent serves as the primary point of contact for consulting on educational standards to ensure ABA facilities are held accountable to legal and ethical requirements.

The role also includes implementing the Division's monitoring processes, such as reviewing critical incident reports, conducting Stage II investigations, complaint investigations, providing technical assistance and training, issuing inspection reports, and making recommendations for penalties or adverse actions against facilities, agencies, or clinics. This position assesses compliance with internal guidelines, rules, policies, regulations, and standards, and identifies opportunities to enhance practice standards to meet operational requirements. Furthermore, this role involves coordinating information gathering across various entities and subject matter experts related to education and facility schools, providing support to other Monitoring Specialists and Division staff in matters concerning licensed ABA clinics. The position ensures the safety and well-being of youth in care by evaluating safety protocols, treatment planning, staff qualifications and training, supervision, as well as financial stability. This is achieved through file reviews, interviews with youth and staff, and verifying compliance with minimum standards and statutes. The incumbent is also responsible for safeguarding confidential information related to youth in care.

Summary of Job Duties:
Investigates Compliance of ABA Clinics/Facilities and Provides Technical AssistanceThis position will carry a caseload consisting of ABA licensed clinics/ facilities, as well as supervise the Investigative Monitoring Specialists who also conduct agency and facility investigations. This position is assigned a caseload of licensed ABA providers for whom they are responsible for monitoring and overseeing their compliance. Equipped with extensive expertise in Volume 7 regulations (12 CCR 2509-8) and Titles 24 and 26 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, this position is responsible for assessing compliance, providing interpretations, and ensuring regulatory enforcement. This position investigates and ensures ongoing compliance with regulations and statutes related to licensed ABA clinics/ facilities that provide ABA Services; however, this position is cross-trained to monitor all licensed agencies and facilities that provide out-of-home care, day treatment, and/ or educational services through Stage II investigations, Complaints Investigations, and the ongoing review of critical incident reports submitted by providers in accordance with Volume 7 regulations. This position is ultimately tasked with determining agency/facility culpability as it relates to incidents that have occurred within the agency, facility, or foster home. Using their knowledge base, this position will specifically assess content received through various means, such as critical incident reporting, policies and procedures created by the provider, staff files, children/youth files, foster parent files, hotline referrals, referral assessments, and all other related documentation that is accessible to the Department, to determine if there are compliance issues related to the information being reported and observed. Other means used during investigations include, but are not limited to, interviewing foster parents, agency/facility staff, placing authorities, county personnel, guardians ad litem, legal guardians, parents, youth, children, and others who may be related to the case and/or incident. This position is responsible for investigating, interviewing, and evaluating programs on topics such as (but not limited to): policies and procedures, board notes, restraints/seclusions, behavior management and discipline, client rights, medication administration, educational activities, community activities, recreational activities, treatment, and services to be or are being provided to youth and their families, as well as site compliance. Additionally, this position is responsible for ensuring compliance by determining if care providers are supervised and trained according to the needs of the youth and their individual learning needs, assessing treatment planning, observing the milieu, assessing the quality of home study evaluations, assessing behavioral interventions utilized by facilities, and examining financial documentation to ensure the stability of agencies and facilities and that the basic needs of the youth are being met. This position is relied upon to be the regulatory authority for interpreting Volume 7 regulations while monitoring and investigating their assigned providers. This position may be asked to assist other Licensing and/or Investigative Monitoring Specialists on scheduled licensing or monitoring visits. This position is responsible for collaborating with and partnering with the assigned Licensing Specialist when there is an opportunity to work together with the agency/facility. Provides or researches options for and coordinates delivery of technical assistance to licensed facilities and agencies in order to support quality care of youth and to increase their compliance with State and Federal rules, with particular focus on child protection, safety, and children's rights. Oversees and directs providers to improve programming to ensure the safety, care, and well-being of children and youth in placement. This position provides technical assistance to assist providers with coming into compliance with the minimum standards and related statutes.

This position is recognized as a staff authority and subject matter expert specific to the ABA Investigative Monitoring Team with a focus on education and facility schools as it pertains specifically to the ABA facilities licensed by the Provider Services Unit within the Division of Child Welfare. This position is responsible for remaining informed about the latest research and data, ensuring the best strategies are implemented with ABA licensed as it relates specifically to education and facility schools. This includes researching and staying up-to-date on policies, procedures, statutes, and requirements related to education, including collaborating with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) facility school team, DCW's Educational Liaison, school districts in Colorado, and other experts in education to best align requirements with regulation and practices when possible. This position is responsible for gathering information across entities and subject matter experts related to education and facility schools, and providing support to other Monitoring Specialists and other staff within the Division of Child Welfare as it relates to licensed ABA clinics.

Completes Reports of Inspection for Investigations
This position is responsible for regularly conducting Stage II Investigations, Complaint Investigations, Critical Incident Report Investigations, and other relevant investigations to determine agency/facility culpability and compliance with Volume 7 regulations and related statutes for providers assigned to their caseload. Once the investigation is complete, this position is responsible for completing a timely Report of Inspection (ROI). The ROI contains information related to the allegations, a narrative of the visit, the technical assistance that was provided to ensure compliance, and whether the allegations were confirmed/unconfirmed (for Complaints) or founded/unfounded (for Stage II's). This position is responsible for ensuring that the ROI addresses whether there is identified agency/facility culpability (violations), and if not, the Specialist is responsible for explaining how they came to their conclusion that there were no identified violations. This position must provide information about the specific technical assistance that was provided throughout the visit and afterward if follow-up is required. This position is also responsible for documenting that the violations were communicated and reviewed with the agency/facility staff, so they have an understanding of how they need to come into compliance with the related regulations and/or statute violations. This position is responsible for completing ROI's for all visits, in person, while out at the facility, to include the technical assistance being provided. This position is responsible for reviewing responses to ensure the agency/facility has come into compliance with the violations identified. If this position determines the response is unacceptable to the Department's standards, this position is responsible for reissuing the ROI and providing additional technical assistance until the agency/ facility comes into compliance with the identified violation(s).

Stakeholder Involvement
This position will work closely with other Government entities and stakeholders associated with the Placement Services Unit for consistency and to offer the most appropriate and quality services to the providers, families, and children/ youth served. Participates in the development and implementation of integrated and consistent Monitoring protocols within the Division of Child Welfare as well as with other divisions and stakeholders, including the Administrative Review Division, Office of Behavioral Health, Division of Youth Services, and Colorado Department of Early Care and Learning. Consult as necessary regarding these protocols with county departments of human services, and other Government agencies including the Department of Pub