Behavioral Health Technician

COMHAR INC•Philadelphia, PA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

COMHAR's Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) is located in the Philadelphia area. IBHS supports children, youth, and young adults with mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs. Services are provided to children, youth, and young adults across all settings (at the home, school, and community settings) in order to both help them reduce and/or replace problem behaviors with more positive, socially appropriate behaviors, with the highest priority placed on family engagement throughout the process. The Behavioral Health Technician provides one-to-one mental health interventions to a child(ren) or adolescent(s) with a serious emotional disturbance in order to prevent more restrictive services or out-of-home placement and to promote age-appropriate psychosocial growth. These services, recommended by a psychologist/psychiatrist and approved by CBH, are designed to be short-term with as little disruption as possible in the home and educational setting. The Behavioral Health Technician worker should work collaboratively with the family, the teachers and other school personnel to help them develop the skills and techniques needed to integrate the child into normalizing activities. The Behavioral Health Technician worker uses various interventions including: Positive behavioral reinforcement, Emotional support, Time-structuring activities, Crisis intervention techniques, and Other strategies as prescribed in the child’s treatment plan.

Requirements

Have a high school diploma/GED or higher.
Must be able to complete 64 hours of behavioral health technicians paid training upon hire.

Responsibilities

Specific interventions to assist the child in developing age-appropriate self-management skills, such as focusing attention, organization and planning and appropriate participation and interaction across multiple settings.
Support to the teachers, parents and other adults responsible for supervising the child in the classroom or in the home/community settings in their efforts to provide direct supervision.
Assistance to the teacher, parent or other adult in providing therapeutic structure and setting clear limits for the child.
Assistance in implementing a behavioral intervention plan for the child.
Assistance in implementing alternative activities to redirect challenging behaviors.
Assistance in promoting positive relationships with teachers, aides, families, siblings and peers.
Assistance to the family, teacher in ensuring safety to the child and others.
Assistance in promoting positive behavior with peers during lunch, recess, bathroom visits, bus, etc. while in school.
Assistance in promoting positive behavior within the family throughout the normally scheduled routines, as noted in the treatment plan.