Behavioral Health Technician

Merakey; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Merakey is seeking a dedicated Behavior Health Technician to join their team in State College, PA, offering a starting pay of $17/hr. This role involves providing direct support to children or adolescents in various settings, implementing behavior plans, and collaborating with treatment teams. Ideal candidates are compassionate, dependable, and possess a high school diploma or GED, with preference given to those with previous behavioral health experience.

Benefits

DailyPay

Work/Life Balance

Flexible Schedules

Cell Phone Discount Plans

Employee Referral Bonuses

Qualifications

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED required.
• 2 years' experience providing behavioral health services preferred.
• Completion of 40-hour Registered Behavior Technician training course preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one interventions to a child or adolescent in home, school, or community settings.
• Implement behavior modification treatment plans and collaborate with treatment teams.
• Document progress and maintain regular communication with treatment teams.

Skills

Reliable transportation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put heart and soul into everything we do.

We are seeking aBehavior Health Technicianto join our team at our programs in State College, PA.

EARN $17/hr!

Position Details

Behavioral Health Technicians provide one-on-one interventions to a child or adolescent at home, school, and/or community setting when the behavior without this intervention would require a more restrictive treatment or educational setting.

Work Location(s): School, community, or home setting

• Works one-one-on with client(s)
  • Implements a behavior modification treatment plan targeting the recommendations from the psychological evaluation and developed by a senior level team member. Direction will determine for the setting for implementation of the treatment plan based upon medical necessity.
  • Utilizes prescribed interventions as needed when the child exhibits problematic behaviors in each particular setting. Targets child specific antecedent, behavioral/teaching, consequent, reinforcement strategies techniques and additional psychosocial rehabilitative activities as prescribed in the treatment plan.
  • Implements and models intervention techniques for members of the treatment team to stabilize the child or adolescent, lending support for family efforts to stabilize the child or adolescent, by transferring appropriate techniques and skills, and to promote developmentally and/or age-appropriate behavior. (i.e. the parent, grandparent, care givers, teachers, Personal Care Aide) for the transfer of skills which allows for successful discharge of services.
  • Collaborates with all members of the treatment team and professionals working in the home or other community settings, including the family.
  • Documents behavioral and program data during session, from each environment; Maintains progress notes for every billable contact or per regulatory and program requirements.
  • Maintains contact with case specific treatment team.
  • Submits payroll weekly or as directed by supervisor; including all county specific paperwork required with weekly submission.
  • Receives scheduled supervision from an assigned clinical supervisor
  • Attends training as required; attains required training hours per fiscal year.
  • May perform other related duties, when required or assigned.

Benefits

Merakey offers competitive compensation plans and more!

• DailyPay
• Work/Life Balance
• Flexible Schedules
• Cell Phone Discount Plans
• Employee Referral Bonuses

About Merakey

Merakey is a non-profit provider of developmental, behavioral health, and education services. More than 8,000 employees provide support to nearly 40,000 individuals and families throughout 12 states across the country each year. Click here to watch a video about Merakey. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Merakey welcomes all Veterans to apply!

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate will possess the following skills:

Required:

• Minimum of a high school diploma or general educational development (GED) is required.
• Must have reliable transportation.

Preferred:

• 2 years' experience providing behavioral health services (e.g., previous experience as a TSS/BHT with another agency)
• Completed 40-hour Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) training course.
• Completed college coursework in mental health, child development, or a related field.