Behavioral Health Technician (IBHS)

Northern Children Services • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

The Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) provides one-to-one behavioral management interventions to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances in assigned home, school, or community settings. The role supports families and other responsible adults, helps prevent the need for more restrictive services or out-of-home placement, and implements interventions identified in each child’s treatment plan. Most cases are school-based, typically between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The BHT helps stabilize children, build age-appropriate self-management skills, and support parents, family members, teachers, and other adults supervising the child. The technician works with the child, school staff, family, and treatment team to implement treatment-plan strategies and may help integrate or reintegrate the child into typical settings and activities.

The position requires communication and coordination with treatment team members, timely documentation, planning and monitoring interventions, direct service delivery, and collaboration with schools and other agencies. The BHT also attends required trainings, meetings, and evaluations, and represents the agency at conferences and interagency meetings as needed. Work may require a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends, and driving as needed.

Requirements

• Possess at least one of the following: Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) certification; Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification; Board Certified Autism Technician (BCAT) certification; a Behavioral Health or Behavior Analysis certification; or a high school diploma plus 40-hour training on the Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) 2026 Task List.
• Have 2 years of experience providing Behavioral Health services.
• Have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Be able to interact with people in varied settings.
• Be familiar with multiple child-serving systems, such as education, juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health, drug and alcohol, health care, and vocational rehabilitation.
• Be able to communicate and interact with all staff.
• Be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Be able to present information effectively and respond to questions from varied groups, including the media.
• Be able to perform basic calculations, including addition, subtraction, and percentages.
• Be able to give clear and concise oral and written instructions.
• Have working knowledge of the Behavioral Health system and the ability to navigate other systems.
• Be able to read and understand complex instructions, including regulatory policies.
• Have working knowledge of computers and pertinent software programs.
• Be able to walk up and down steps and lift 20 lbs.
• Be able to operate a calculator or computer.
• Have a current valid driver’s license and be willing to drive as needed.
• Be willing to work a flexible schedule that may include evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contact with treatment team members, including schools, families, wraparound staff, and other relevant parties.
• Communicate pertinent information to responsible parties and the Clinical Supervisor, and advocate for consumers’ needs to accomplish treatment objectives.
• Collaborate with other programs and departments to ensure continuity of service.
• Complete progress notes within 72 hours of service and complete required documentation in a timely manner and in the required formats.
• Document therapeutic interactions, unusual incidents, routine activities, and other matters as required by policies and procedures.
• Plan and organize interventions based on the Treatment Plan to support consumers’ social, emotional, and educational development.
• Attend interagency meetings, mandatory in-service trainings, psychiatric and medication evaluations, and Performance Improvement Activities as required.
• Provide oversight and direction to assigned children in accordance with best-practice principles.
• Assist parents, teachers, and other responsible adults with direct supervision of children.
• Assess and reassess consumers’ service needs and inform the assigned Clinician when the Treatment Plan may need updating.
• Provide ongoing support to consumers and other staff as determined by the Written Order.
• Create an environment that fosters consumers’ positive growth and development and provide interventions that promote social growth.
• Implement treatment-plan components developed with the treatment team and provide regular feedback about the plan’s relevance and potential alternative interventions.
• Represent the agency at conferences, trainings, and interagency meetings as needed.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Full-time employees receive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Full-time employees receive a $20,000 life insurance policy through Mutual of Omaha at no cost.
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability coverage and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Optional self-funded insurance plans, including accident, cancer, life, critical illness, and short-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with a matching contribution after one year of employment.
• Generous paid time off or sick leave.
• Employee Assistance Program offering confidential referral and counseling services for employees and their families.
• Self-funded legal services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED