Behavioral Health Recruiter

Adolescent Wellness Academy; Florida; On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Adolescent Wellness Academy in Davie, Florida is seeking a Behavioral Health Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting and shape the new-hire experience through the first 100 days. You’ll recruit across clinical, operational, administrative, and leadership roles, using data, structured interviews, and Topgrading principles to identify top talent.

The role emphasizes growth within recruiting, employer branding, and employee experience, with an onsite, Monday–Friday schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting, talent acquisition, or healthcare staffing experience.
• Strong sourcing, interviewing, networking, and relationship-building skills.
• Organized, data-minded, and able to manage multiple openings, deadlines, and hiring metrics.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer, clearance, and onboarding.
• Recruit therapists, counselors, case managers, behavioral health technicians, administrative professionals, and leaders.
• Screen and interview candidates using Breezy HR, scorecards, and Topgrading methods.
• Lead hiring huddles and provide managers with candidate recommendations, interview feedback, and recruiting data.
• Coordinate references, background screening, drug testing, credential verification, and onboarding records.
• Track pre-start readiness, training, manager check-ins, new-hire feedback, and 100-day retention.
• Build talent pipelines through job boards, referrals, social media, employer branding, networking, schools, and community events.

Skills

Sourcing

Interviewing

Networking

Relationship-building

Data-minded

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience

Tools

Breezy HR

Topgrading

Job description

Behavioral Health Recruiter

Fully On-Site | Full-Time | Flexible Monday-Friday Schedule | $25.00/hour | Davie, Florida

About the Role

Lead full-cycle recruiting and shape the new-hire experience through the first 100 days across Adolescent Wellness Academy and Principles Recovery Center. You’ll use recruiting data, structured interviews, and Topgrading principles to identify people who will strengthen our clinical, operational, administrative, and leadership teams.

We’re looking for a growth-minded recruiter who wants to expand across talent acquisition, employer branding, and employee experience. Every hire matters here; each person welcomed into our village shapes our culture, our teams, and the care our clients receive.

Relevant Backgrounds: Behavioral Health Recruiting Healthcare Recruiting Clinical Recruiting Talent Acquisition Healthcare Staffing

What You’ll Do

• Manage full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer, clearance, and onboarding
• Recruit therapists, counselors, case managers, behavioral health technicians, administrative professionals, and leaders
• Screen and interview candidates using Breezy HR, scorecards, and Topgrading methods
• Lead hiring huddles and provide managers with candidate recommendations, interview feedback, and recruiting data
• Coordinate references, background screening, drug testing, credential verification, and onboarding records
• Track pre-start readiness, training, manager check-ins, new-hire feedback, and 100-day retention
• Build talent pipelines through job boards, referrals, social media, employer branding, networking, schools, and community events

What We’re Looking For

Required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting, talent acquisition, or healthcare staffing experience
• Strong sourcing, interviewing, networking, and relationship-building skills
• Experience managing multiple openings, deadlines, and hiring metrics
• Organized, responsive, data-minded, and interested in growing within recruiting and employee experience
• Ability to work onsite, travel locally, and satisfy DCF and AHCA Level 2 background-screening requirements

Preferred

• Behavioral health, mental health, substance use treatment, healthcare, or clinical recruiting experience
• Experience with Breezy HR or another applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Experience with Topgrading, structured interviewing, onboarding, or credentialing
• Employer branding, recruitment marketing, social media, or career-fair experience
• Bilingual in English and Spanish

Schedule and Local Travel

Set your Monday-Friday hours around interviews, recruiting priorities, and events. This is a fully on-site role with some local travel to company locations, schools, career fairs, and community events. Approved business mileage is reimbursed according to company policy.

Who We Are

AWA and PRC provide Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient care for adolescents and adults navigating mental health, substance use, and co-occurring conditions. We meet clients and families during some of their most critical moments with compassion, structure, and hope. Every person we welcome to our team strengthens our ability to change lives—and this role helps us find them.

Learn More: Adolescent Wellness Academy Principles Recovery Center