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PLS Therapy Services
Jacksonville, Florida

Part Time BCBA- School/Clinic Based

BCBANo callNo weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$65-$68/hr

The week · per this posting

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

About Us

PLS provides ABA Therapy across Northeast Florida. We help children, teens, and young adults with social and communication challenges build independence, confidence, and lifelong skills. We are a highly dedicated team who offers in-house training, ongoing development, and opportunities for growth for all roles within PLS.

About the Role

We're looking for a Part time BCBA who shares our company values and wants to work in the schools and clinic setting:

  • Lifelong Learning – we grow as people and professionals every day.
  • Impact Over Hours – meaningful outcomes matter more than billing.
  • Inclusive Access – every child deserves opportunity and support.
  • Building Independence – we teach skills that last a lifetime.

Key Responsibilities

Mainly oversee cases in the school setting (Duval County). Clinic hours may also occur.

  • Collaborate and create opportunities for our clients to learn in a fun and nurturing environment
  • Oversee cases in clinic and School/Daycare, ensuring that treatment goals are relevant to each specific environment.
  • Manages a small caseload with BCaBA, Student Analyst, and RBT Lead support.
  • Contribute to the development of strategies for improving our client’s functional social, life and communication skills and independence
  • Create treatment plans to address goals and barriers to learning
  • Write and oversee behavior plans to prevent challenging behavior and to teach alternative skills

Further the PLS mission of making our community a better place to live for individuals with disabilities and their families

Maintain professional boundaries and ethical standards while navigating complex social dynamics in community and school settings.

Coordinates care with our clients Stakeholders in all aspects of their lives.

Why Work for PLS?

  • Flexible schedule with tiered support.
  • Supportive and positive working environment
  • Major medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Mentoring with senior BCBAs
  • Small caseloads

Professional Development Opportunities

  • Opportunities to lead specialized clinical initiatives and internal training programs.
  • Access to a collaborative peer network for case consultation and complex problem solving.
  • A culture that values work-life balance, transparency, and clinical integrity.
  • Opportunities to participate in community outreach and advocacy efforts.
  • Authorization team to support submissions with funders.
  • Opportunities for growth within PLS

Qualifications

  • Active BCBA certification is required.
  • Experience working with children/individuals with disabilities
  • High caliber character with strong commitment to ethics and a team player
  • Ability to build rapport with children and expertise in play and natural environment teaching (NET) within diverse public and educational spaces.
  • Master's Degree in related field and active certification as a BCBA (required)
  • Experience with CentralReach (preferred)

Proven experience in coordinating services and communicating effectively with external stakeholders such as teachers and medical providers.

If you’re a collaborative problem-solver who thrives in accountability-based environments, we’d love to meet you.

Graduate Students taking their exam within 1 month are encouraged to apply.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits

  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Mileage Reimbursement

Education

Master's (Required)

License/Certification

BCBA (Required)

Compensation

  • $65.00-$68.00 per billable hour
  • $30.00 per non-billable hour
  • $45.00 per nonbillable supervision hour (when client is not present/group supervision/treatment team meetings)

Non‐billable hours are limited to a ratio of 1 non‐billable for every 3 billable hours conducted. Remote supervision that is unbillable is excluded from the ratio and is not to exceed 6 hours per week.

Work Location: In person

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Case managementTreatment planningBehavior interventionClinical supervisionStakeholder coordinationData collectionCollaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Part Time BCBA- School/Clinic Based at PLS Therapy Services a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Applied Behavior Analysis — ranked against 2,633 active Applied Behavior Analysis listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Applied Behavior Analysis Career Context

In Florida, the Applied Behavior Analysis weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (72 salary observations; 161 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (1,897 salary observations; 5,266 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Applied Behavior Analysis listings this role was benchmarked against, 68% are remote, 25% have no call, 83% require no weekends.

Applied Behavior Analysis pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$138k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $134k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$138k midpoint, that is roughly $6k–$10k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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CME allowance
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401k / retirement match
77%
Sign-on bonus
63%
Loan repayment
50%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.9
Among the best 10% of Applied Behavior Analysis listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,633 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in Jacksonville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k
Typical market rent
$1,601/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
99.5
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Jacksonville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About PLS Therapy Services

Benefits & Perks

Major Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
Generous PTO Policy
Flexible Schedule
Mentoring with Senior BCBAs
Small Caseloads
Professional Development Opportunities
Mileage Reimbursement
Authorization Team Support